Mothers' Daily Schedule

Mothers' Daily Schedule is a solo exhibition by Sachigusa Yasuda that examines the pressures placed on women—especially mothers—through the language of textiles, household materials, and sculptural form. Drawing inspiration from her own mother’s routines and broader social expectations in Japan, Yasuda creates a visual terrain that honors the emotional complexity of domestic labor.

At the center of the exhibition is the embroidered piece Mothers' Daily Schedule, influenced by the color systems of Alighiero Boetti, whose thread palettes were famously chosen by Afghan women in refugee camps. Yasuda adapts this gesture to construct a vibrant, gridded schedule, surrounded by clothing, tablecloths, sheets, and other domestic textiles. The embroidered letters disrupt the uniformity of the grid, creating a layered surface that draws viewers into the overwhelming choreography of care, repetition, and confinement.

In Fragmentation, plaster casts of female body parts emerge from tangled thread and mounds of fabric. The work resists resolution, instead offering a chaotic and vulnerable vision of the social and psychological demands placed on women. Across the exhibition, Yasuda reveals how domestic space becomes both a site of invisible labor and quiet resistance—reminding us that even within constraint, there is agency, resilience, and power.

Artist

Sachigusa Yasuda is a New York-based visual artist born and raised in Japan. She received an MFA in Social Practice from Queens College in 2023 and an MFA in Painting from Tokyo University of Arts. She explores the individual human value beyond societal norms of women. She participated in various projects and exhibitions internationally, including "Upcycle Uplift" in 2021-2022, "Memories of Life" with the Fukushima Museum in 2013-2018, the California Museum of Photography, Art Chicago, and ISCP. Her articles appeared in publications such as Hyperallergic, Frieze, Art in America, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.