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Bio
Aya
was born and raised in Tokyo Japan.
She now works and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
She likes Cats, seals , and receiving postcards and she has ever changing
weekly obsessions, now it's
Clavariaceae
and star nosed mole.
She also elaborates lots of theories about lot of things.
When she doesn't indulge in her obsessions she paints and draws, creating
her own whimsical narratives.
Aya is part of Arts collectives below:
FLUX FACTORY
Publication and award
Society of illustrator LA :
Silver Medal on Gallery Art Category (2008)
Society of illustrator :
Selected for Illustration Annual 50(2008)
By Hand- The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art : Featured Article (2007)
Illustration-play - Craving for the Extraordinary: Featured Article (2007)
American Illustration :
Selected for Illustration Annual, Book 27 (2009)
Selected for Illustration Annual, Book 26 (2008)
Selected Illustration Annual, Book 25 (2007)
Curvy (Australian Illustration Annual):
Selected for Curvy 4 (2008)
Selected for Curvy 2 (2006)
Selected for Curvy 1 (2005)
Print
Magazine:
Selected for one of 20 New Visual Artists 2003 (2003)
PRESS
Design Week :"Totally Weird" Feauture Article with Tara McPherson and souther Salazar about a talk we gave at AIGA "Pretty Ugly" (2006)
Charleston city paper/best of 2006: Our Show "SAWAGUZO!" was chosen for BEST LECTURE and BEST EAST MEETS WEST by Charleston City Paper!!! (2006)
NY Arts Magazine: Step Inside Design Magazine, Feature Article about the show "Comix Ex Machina" (2005)
Bijyutu Tecyo : Japanese Contemporary Art Magazine, Feature Article(2005)
Charleston city paper : Press about the show "SAWAGUZO!" at Charleston, SC (2005)
canceledflight : Feature Article (2005)
Lyon Road Sign Project: this project got a lots of press! (2004)
Comic
Rabid Rabbit : Comic Zine that I contribute every issue!
Lecture and Workshop
March 2007: Diorama workshop at FluxFactory, NY
Nov 2005: Pretty Ugly lecture at AIGA / NY Public Library, NYC, NY
Oct 2005: Japanese Artists in Contemporary lecture at Simons Center for the Arts, Charlston, SC
collaboration
Honey B Toys: toy design for Honey B Toys (HongKong)
War of Monsters: postcard project with Koa (France)
Lyon
Road Sign Project: with
Panos (France)
Clients
NIKE, Delta, Nickelodeon, Noggin TV, Nick Jr., The NewYorker Magazine, New York Times News Paper, New York Press Weekly FreePpaper, Bust Magazine, Chicago Magazine, Timeout Chicago magazine, Boston Globe News paper, Bitch Magazine, Vancouver Magazine, Venus Magazine, Girl's Life Magazine, Young dancer magazine, , , etc...
Galleries / Solo • Group Shows
Flux Factory. LIC, NY
Headquarters Galerie . Montreal, Canada
La Luz de Jesus Gallery. Hollywood, CA
New York Times gallery9. NYC, NY
Visual Arts Gallery . NYC, NY
Redux Art Gallery . Charleston, SC
DIC color square gallery . Tokyo, Japan
Compound Gallery . Portland, OR
Nuture Art Gallery . Brooklyn, NY
Aidan Savoy Gallery . NYC, NY
MF
Gallery . NYC, NY
Metropolis Gallery,
Lancaster, PA
Space 1026 Gallery,
Piladelphia, PA
Front room Gallery . Brooklyn, NY
Junc Gallery . L.A, CA
Renowned Gallery . Portland, OR
Cafe esperanza Gallery . Montreal, Canada
Future Prospects Gallery. QuezonCity, Philippines
Jannotta Gallery . Smith College, MA