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Aya Ito

TKG Projects #2 Aya Ito

2010. 6. 25th（fri.） - 7. 10th（sat.）

TKG Editions Kyoto

opening reception 6.25. fri. 6:00 - 8:00pm

＊[Artist Talk] Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto：6.25. fri. 5:30pm －

Introduction
Works Image

©Aya Ito　Photo：Yasushi Ichikawa

» Introduction:

Aya Ito's works have unique motifs such as zombi, ghost, and ones that are "vulgar, not erotic but childish". Viewers may be surprised, amused, and imagine that Ito paints them unrestrainedly and spontaneously. Her works, which embrace unusual sense of space, however, are composed through a series of careful process. Ito creates maquette and examines the visual effects by taking many photographs, before she starts painting. She transforms the unexpected things happen in the process into some reality with special density. "I would like to make a zombi become a part of the reality and let him live in the same world with us". Her works do not carry stories, and even if they do, the stories do not have certain meanings. But the reality in her works seems to seize our consciousness.
Ito states, "I have been attracted by realism rather than imagination, and collage rather than simple realism." By using different elements such as sculpture, installation, photography, as well as painting, Ito pursues her own reality.

» Concept:

This is the second exhibition of "TKG Projects", which introduces emerging artists.
The theme for the exhibition is "The room of dreaming boy". Ito creates a room of adolescent boy by the installation including paintings and sculptures. What is this boy thinking about?

» Artist Biography:

Aya Ito was born in Arita-city, Wakayama in 1987. She graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2009, and currently studies at Kyoto City University of Arts, Graduate School of Art, painting.
Ito received Suntory award at in Art Camp in Kunst-Bau 2007 (Suntory Museum, Osaka), and Runner-Up Prize in Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2009 (Gyokochika Gallery, Tokyo). Her major solo exhibitions include "Umaretsuki J" (Art Jam Contemporary, Tokyo, 2009), and her major group exhibitions include "Mont Blanc Young Artist Patronage in Japan" (Mont Blanc GINZA, Tokyo, 2009), "VOCA 2010" (The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, 2010), and "RESONANCE" (Suntory Museum, Osaka, 2010).
　　This is the first exhibition at Tomio Koyama Gallery.

Contact information for press materials：

[ Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto / TKG Editions Kyoto ] Futaba Fujikawa TEL： +81-75-353-9994

*Please click Photos for more images.

ゾンビと半魚
©Keiko Masumoto＜br /> Photo：Yasushi Ichikawa

installation view at TKG Editions Kyoto, 2010
©Aya Ito

半魚　Mermaid, 2010
oil on ceramic
h.37.5 x w.25.5 x d.3.0 cm
©Aya Ito

ゾンビ Ver. 2　Zombi Ver.2, 2010
oil on ceramic (釉薬: 岡田寛先生)
h.22.8 x w.21.0 x d.2.4 cm
©Aya Ito

フェイス・ボー　Face bar, 2010
oil on ceramic
h.14.5 x w.30.0 x d.2.2 cm
©Aya Ito

ノリノリのり君入浴前　Groovy Nori, brfore bathing, 2010
oil on canvas
55.3 x 43.3 cm
©Aya Ito

妄想くん　Daydreaming boy, 2010
oil on canvas
59.4 x 84.3 cm
©Aya Ito

景色 Ver. 3　女 / Landscape ver.3　woman, 2010
oil, pastel on canvas / oil on ceramic
73.1 x 60.2 cm / h.8.8 x w.21.0 x c.3.0 cm
©Aya Ito

あさり Ver. 2　Ms. Clam ver. 2, 2010
oil, pastel, crayon on canvas
48.3 x 63.2 cm
©Aya Ito

あさり　Ms. Clam, 2010
oil, acrylic, pastel on canvas
42.0 x 65.3 cm
©Aya Ito

ピンポイント・タッチ　Pinpoint touch, 2010
oil, acrylic, pastel, crayon on canvas
40.9 x 52.7 cm
©Aya Ito

MAMI Ver. 2, 2010
oil, acrylic, pastel on canvas
55.0 x 40.3 cm
©Aya Ito

MAMI, 2010
oil, acylic on canvas
38.0 x 50.3 cm
©Aya Ito

失恋モード　Broken heart mode, 2010
oil on canvas
44.8 x 32.3 cm
©Aya Ito

バ・ナ・ナ　Ba・na・na, 2010
oil on canvas
24.6 x 64.7 cm
©Aya Ito

Hi 笙｡ Ver. 2, 2010
oil, pastel, crayon on canvas
43.0 x 33.8 cm
©Aya Ito

NAB (ノンアルコールビール）　NAB (non alchohol beer), 2010
oil, acryic on canvas
39.7 x 29.2 cm
©Aya Ito

うんこトランポリン　Poop trampoline, 2010
oil, pastel on canvas
35.0 x 35.0 cm
©Aya Ito

Hi 笙｡, 2010
oil, pastel on canvas
38.2 x 28.7 cm
©Aya Ito

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