■Profile

Born in Gifu, Japan.

Aoi K is a self-taught artist who creates works with the theme of “BREATHING LIFE INTO PAINTINGS” and "CAPTURING REALITY".

 

■Artist Biography

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

〈2021〉

“Ibuki - Breathe of Life”

(Central Gallery, Nagoya)

 

〈2022〉

“Ibuki II”

(Tochio Community Exchange Facility Tochiore, Nagaoka City, Niigata)

 

“Nozoku”

(9’s gallery TRiCERA, Tokyo / Gallery Uemachi, Osaka / Gallery White Cube Nagoya Japan, Nagoya)

 

〈2023〉

"Realizm"

(Gallery Hakuchuudoudou, Nigata)

 

"Entanglement of things"

(9’s gallery TRiCERA, Tokyo)

 

〈2024〉

"feel"

(+DA. YO. NE. GALLERY, Hankyu Men’s Tokyo 7th Floor, Tokyo)

 

"Jitsu ≠ Zen"

(Gallery Jiyugaoka, Tokyo)

 

 

 

Group Exhibitions

 

〈2022〉

“Time of 8”

(Gallery Hakuchuudoudou, Nigata)

 

〈2023〉

“Chroma Distance”

(POLA MUSEUM ANNEX, Tokyo)

 

 

 

Art Fairs

 

〈2022〉

“World Art Dubai 2022”

(DUBAI WORLD TRADE CENTRE Hall, Dubai, UAE)

 

“Salon Art Shop Paris 2022”

(Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France)

 

〈2024〉

"Kobe art Marche"

(Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel, Kobe)

 

 

 

Competitions

 

〈2022〉

4th Hoki Museum Award – Selected

(Hoki Museum, Chiba)

 

 

 

Others

 

〈2021〉

“Yumeakari”

(Ogaki City Youth Council, Illumination Project – Co-production)

 

〈2023〉

”Street Piano 《YOSHI PIANO》 Paint Workshop"

(Japan Showa Music Village, Ogaki)

 

"Art and Tsukimi"

(Exhibition at Mt. Fuji Tokoji Temple)

 

 

 

■Statment

Continuously confronting “realism” led to the realization that “realism encompasses not only what is visible, but also the ability to depict the unseen and the evoked”. From there, captivated by the precision of the underlying “real”, I have come to desire understanding and immersion in its beauty.

 

"Nature (original)" refers to the realm of physical phenomena and all things that humans cannot perceive, which I have captured using the powers of observation I have developed through my work.

 

I consider "myself" to be part of "nature," but I further analyze "myself" in terms of two other concepts.

 

The first is the "(other) self," an identity formed from the environment and values outside of "myself." The second is what remains when all of the "self" is removed from "myself."

 

I will call this the "soul."

 

The meaning of my work is to face "nature/self" and listen to the voice of my "soul," and I paint for the romantic feeling of the connection between the two.

 

So my works are just the by-products of this process.
I would be happy to know that I have breathed life into my works and moved someone who has encountered them.