Ryōko Aoki

Ryōko Aoki ( Japanese 青木 陵 子 , Aoki Ryōko ; * 1973 in Hyōgo Prefecture ) is a Japanese artist who works primarily with drawings and animation . Her work was shown at the documenta .

Life

Ryōko Aoki studied graphic design at the Kyōto City Art School . She completed her studies in 1999 with an MA . In her drawings and paintings, Aoki varies plant and animal motifs in what appears to be a typical Japanese style. She uses techniques such as charcoal drawing, felt-tip pens and watercolor painting and alienates her work with the means of choosing perspective and color.

Aoki has worked and exhibited with Zon Itō ( 伊藤 ausgestellt ) for several years , resulting in the installation Children of Veins , which uses the traditional technical means of stop motion and based on the kawaii look to create a “world with sinister undertones ”. Ryoko Aoki's work was presented in Artforum and Flash Art . In 2003–2004 the Museum of Modern Art acquired eight drawings for its own collection. Aoki lives and works in Kyoto .

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 2005: Hammer Projects - Ryoko Aoki , UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
• 2002: Criterium # 51 , Art Tower Mito, Contemporary Art Center, Mito .

Participation in group exhibitions (selection)

• 2008: Desenhos estranhos [Uncanny drawings] , Porta 33, Funchal .
• 2007: documenta 12 , Kassel. Works on paper were shown.
• 2007: The Door Into Summer: The Age of Micropop , Art Tower Mito, Contemporary Art Center, Mito.
• 2006: Children of Veins - Ryoko Aoki & Zon Ito , Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts , Australia.
• 2005: DIS & APPEARANCE , Fri Art - Center d'art contemporain , Friborg in Switzerland.
• 2005: AniMate , Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka .
• 2004: Past in Reverse: Contemporary Art of East Asia , San Diego Museum of Art . The exhibition was then shown in Kansas City and Dartmouth College .
• 2004: FUSION: Architecture + Design in Japan , Israel Museum , Jerusalem. The video installation Children of Veins was shown . (Ryoko Aoki together with Zon Ito.)
• 2004: Roppongi Crossing - New Visions in Contemporary Japanese Art , Mori Art Museum, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower , Tokyo.
• 2001: Yokohama 2001 - International Triennale of Contemporary Art , Tokyo .
• 1998: Donaiyanen! Contemporary Japanese Art - So What? École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris .

literature

• Ivan Vartanian: Drop Dead Cute: The New Generation of Women Artists in Japan . Chronicle Books 2005. ISBN 0-811-84708-X . (A chapter on Ryōko Aoki.)

Web links

• Ryōko Aoki at artfacts.net
• Ryoko Aoki at the Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York City.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Children of Veins ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Roomsheet from PICA, 2006. (Accessed November 4, 2008.) 
2. ↑ Phillipe Vergne: First Take: Zon Ito and Ryoko Aoki . In: Artforum, January 2005. ISSN  0004-3532
   Midori Matsui: Ryoko Aoki at Kodama Gallery . In: Flash Art, March 2003. ISSN  0394-1493
3. ^ MoMA Collection (Retrieved November 4, 2008.)
4. ↑ Hammer Projects - Ryoko Aoki , UCLA Hammer Museum, September 14, 2005 - January 8, 2006. Curated by Aimee Chang. Online ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 4, 2008.) 
5. ↑ Criterium # 51 , Art Tower Mito, October 5 - November 4, 2002. Curated by Kenji Kubota. Catalog with the title Half a Paradise published in Tokyo 2002. Online ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 4, 2008.) 
6. ↑ Desenhos estranhos , Porta 33, Funchal, February 22nd - May 3rd, 2008. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Online ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 5, 2008.) 
7. ^ Documenta 12 , Kassel. June 16 - September 23, 2007. About the works by Ryoko Aoki shown on the official documenta blog: Online ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed November 4, 2008) 
8. ^ The Door Into Summer , Art Tower Mito, October 5 - November 4, 2002. Curated by Midori Matsui. Catalog published by Parco View, Japan 2007. ISBN 4-891-94753-5 . Online ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 4, 2008.) 
9. ↑ Children of Veins , Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, February 9 - March 19, 2006. Online ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 5, 2008.) 
10. ↑ DIS & APPEARANCE , Fri-Art, Friborg, September 17 to November 6, 2005. In the exhibition archive in item 2005/4. (Retrieved November 5, 2008.)
11. ↑ AniMate , Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, February 3 - March 29, 2005. Online (Retrieved November 5, 2008.)
12. ^ Past in Reverse , San Diego Museum of Art, November 6, 2004 - March 6, 2005. Curated by Betti-Sue Hertz. Catalog published by the San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego 2004. ISBN 0-937-10833-2 . Online ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 5, 2008.) 
13. ↑ FUSION , The Israel Museum, 2004. Online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 5, 2008.)  
14. ↑ Roppongi Crossing , Mori Art Museum, February 7 - April 11, 2004. Catalog by Mami Kataoka (Ed.) Published by Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 2004. Online (Accessed November 5, 2008.)
15. ↑ Participation in collaboration with Zon Ito. Yokohama Triennale , September 2 - November 11, 2001. Online ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 3, 2008.)