BIO
AIKO was born in Tokyo, currently resides in New York since late ‘90. Floral designs, girl cartoons and street pop culture images are all incorporated on her mixed media works. AIKO utilizes both stencil, spraypaint and silkscreen print techniques to create her vibrant large-scale works which often transform “cupcake” images to playfully portray feminine sexuality and beauty. Being an immigrant from Japan, AIKO has herself been discovering Americana-type pop imagery and recreating it in an innovative way. She has recently shown her works at PS1 MoMA in NY, Brooklyn Museum in NY, MACRO Future in Rome, and Shanghai MoCA in China as well as major galleries and museums in US, Europe and Asia.
SOLO PROJECTS
2010 HERE’S FUN FOR EVERYONE Exhibition at Andrew James Art- Shanghai, China
2010 The Standard Stairwell Project at The Standard – NY& Hollywood LA
2009 LOVE MONSTER Exhibition at Joshua Liner Gallery- Chealsea NY
2008 SHUT UP and LOOK Exhibition at Brooklynite Gallery-Brooklyn, NY
2008 Aiko “Lady Kill” and “Vandarismo” print release with POW – London, England
2008 AIKO BUNNY – KID ROBOT© Limited Edition Vinyl Figure
GUEST LECTURES
2008 “Street art” with Charlie Ahearn at School of Visual Art – NYC
2008 “History of Graffiti and Street Art” with Martha Cooper at Kyoto Zokei University – Kyoto Japan
2008 BROOKLYN MUSEUM Panel Discussion – “Envisioning Japan”
Creative Dialogues with the Wider World
2008 BROOKLYN MUSEUM “Visual Release: Gender, Art, Representation and Exchange,” Apart of the museum’s Murakami Love and Pop symposium
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 VIVID FICTION Exhibition at Merry Karnowsky – LA USA
2010 SWEET THINGS Group Exhibition at Crewest Gallery – LA USA
2010 PREVIEW 2010 Group Exhibition at Merry Karnowsky – LA USA
2010 DARK POP 2.0 at Last Rites Gallery – NY USA
2009 Animamix Biennale at Shanghai MoCA and Beijing Today Art Museum- China
2009 THE WYNWOOD WALLS by Jeffrey Deitch and Tony Goldman- Miami USA
2009 Graffiti Gone Global – Miami USA
2009 GO GET YOUR SHINEBOX at Brooklynite Gallery – NY USA
2009 Apocalypse Wow! at MACRO FUTURE – Rome Italy
2009 THREE APPLES Exhibition Celebrating 35year of HELLO KITTY at Royal T – LA USA
2009 Tokyo!Tokyo!Tokyo at VACANT – Tokyo Japan
2009 Diesel Cultivate Exhibition at Diesel – HongKong
2009 The New York Connection Group Exhibition Curated by Aiko at Gallery Target – Tokyo Japan
2009 JOY RIDE at Bicycle Film Festival – NY, SF, Denver, Chicago etc. USA
2009 Urban Superstar Show at MADRE Museum of Naples – Italy
2009 Work To Do at 112 Greene Studio – Soho NY
2009 Hard Left 2 at Merry Karnowsky Gallery – Berlin, Germany
2009 GOING POSTAL! Curated by Martha Cooper at Adhoc Art- Brooklyn NY
2009 Street Crush at Alphabeta – Brooklyn, NY
2009 New Image Art 15th Year Anniversary Exhibition – Los Angeles, California
2008 Piece Process at Anonymous Gallery – New York
2008 SCOPE MIAMI with Joshua Liner Gallery
2008 TIME CHANGES – Curated by AIKO at Calm & Punk Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
2008 NEXT: MIKE MING & FRIENDS at Uplink Gallery –Tokyo, Japan
2008 GROUP EXHIBITION at Joshua Liner Gallery NYC
2008 GRAND OPENING GROUP EXHIBITION at Merry Karnowsky Gallery – Berlin, Germany
2008 PINK AIKO – Brick Ladies of NYC at Ad Hoc Art – Brooklyn, New York
2008 SCOPE NYC at Lincoln Center with New Image Art
2008 POP SUBVERSION at Ad Hoc Art – Brooklyn, New York
2008 POSTER RENAISSANCE 2 at New Image Art – Los Angeles, California
2008 RUN TO THE HILLS at Andenken Gallery – Denver, Colorado
2008 BEHIND THE SEEN at Ad Hoc Art – Brooklyn, New York
2007 SANTA’S GHETTO – Bethlehem
2007 FAME COLLECTIVE Art Basel Miami – Florida
2007 INDEPENDENT RESIDENTS at Lineage Gallery – Philadelphia, PA
2007 BESTIAL at Iguapop Gallery – Barcelona Spain
2007 DECADE at Merry Karnowsky Gallery, 10th Year Anniversary Exhibition – LA, California
2007 NO SLEEEP TILL BUSHWICK at Ad Hoc Art – Brooklyn NY
2007 ART WALK (Atlantic Avenue) – Brooklyn, New York
2007 BEATNIK at Revelations – Tokyo, Japan
2007 ELEVEN at Leonard Street Gallery – London, England
2007 HEART THROB at Merry Karnowsky Gallery – Los Angeles, California
2007 MY 2007 at Colette – Paris, France
