Untitled

2008

Acrylic on canvas

72.7×90.7cm
Framed 89.2×107.5×4.7cm

​Signed&dated on the reverse side

SOLD

In 1982, she was born in Chiba Prefecture.

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After graduating from high school, she went to illustration at a graphic design vocational school and graduated at the age of 20.

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She participated in the Design Festa and performed live performances. It is said for the first time that she came up with a method of drawing directly by hand without using a brush.

Began creative activities on the road from 2002 (2002),

and participate in GEISAI # 4 the following year. Ayako who attracted attention on the spot won the Scout Award.

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After that, she visited New York, returned to Japan with the knowledge of foreign galleries, and joined GEISAI again in 2006 (2006). Ayako’s work began to be introduced in Europe from around this time, and she recorded more than 100 sales in live paintings performed at the art Basel exhibition in Switzerland. she moved to Berlin around 2009.

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Both popularity and evaluation are higher in Europe than in Japan, but mainly in overseas activities, but when the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred in 2011 (2011), she returned to Japan and let children in the Tohoku region draw by which I made a creation. In the same year, she held a large-scale solo exhibition at the Kunsthall Museum in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and the Danubiana Museum in Slovakia (Slovak edition) the following year. In May 2017, a solo exhibition of three-dimensional works using acrylic board is held at “GALLERY TARGET” in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.

2019

Fumble in colors, tiny discoveries, Japan

June 8 – August -25

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2018

Bright wind another step, Amsterdam

May 26 – 27

June 8 – August -25

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2017

ramblings habitat, Japan

October 21 -November 19

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OBSCURA, Japan

May 18 – June 8

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2016

Sealed Reminiscence, Amsterdam

May 25 -June 30

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2015

Lumpy Fluffy Splatter

Gallery Trax, Yamanashi, Japan

May 30 – Jun 28

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2014

Never Ending Love Letter

Gallery Target, Tokyo, Japan

Mar 15 – Apr 13

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2012

Where the Smell Comes from

Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia (C)

Sep 23 – Dec 9

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2011

Colours in my hand

KUNSTHAL Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands, (C)

Jun 23 – Aug 21

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2010

About Us

Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (C)

Jan 12 – Feb 12

About Us

VACANT, Tokyo, Japan, (C)

Nov 16 – 21

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2009

Untitled

San Carlo Gallery, Milano, Italy

Jan 12 – Feb 12

Untitled

Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium

Dec 12 – Jan 21

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2008

Untitled

Galerie Wild, Frankfurt, Germany

May 12 – Jun 21

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