The bright, usually cheery, pastel color palette Hikari employs in her portraits tell the opposite story of the anx- ious, starry-eyed spirits she portrays. The paintings, embellished by sparkly stickers and Manga stylings, depict pale, horned children—demonic muses called upon to remind us of our mortality and the longevity of harm caused to humanity and our ecosystem. Hikari explores two concepts for this first solo exhibition at Circa. Chil- dren of this Planet, using Anime depictions of Japanese magic or “Shojo”, girls and Whereabouts of God, a series inspired by Fukushima and the equally tragic Chernobyl disasters. Hikari’s pint-sized omniscients carry a tell-tale scar around their neck, the “Chernobyl necklace” seen on those children who underwent surgery for thyroid cancer after the incident. This new body of work also shows an evolution of Hikari’s technique, as the skin tones of her subjects achieve more depth through detail and there is a renewed emotional complexity in their expressions.