Ai Yamaguchi, initially trained in textile design, was inspired to paint on various textiles that have since developed into narrative paintings. Most recognized for her depiction of child-like courtesans with long fine hair and round turquoise eyes, she incorporates anime qualities with realism through the traditional Japanese painting style of “flatness”. Her artworks are strongly contemporary, infused with a rare sensitivity inspired by the artistic style of the late 17th century Edo-period, conveying an intensity that transcends time.
Born 1977 in Tokyo. Lives and works in Tokyo.
1995
Entered Women's College of Fine
Arts, Department of Crafts (Concentration in Weaving), Kanagawa
1999
Established the group "ninyu
works"
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
“ashita
mata”, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
2011
"kumogakure",
Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"hogara
hogara", NADiff Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010
"kiyu",
Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008
"hana
wa no ni aruyouni / Flowers as they are in the field", Robert &
Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2007
"yama,
haruru", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006
"E
no e : Pictures of Pictures", GR2, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2004
"Oyasumi",
Shaheen Modern & Contemporary Art, Cleveland, U.S.A.
"Haru
no yukue", Mizuho Oshiro Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan
"Hana mite kurasu
haru", NADiff, Tokyo, Japan (traveled to NADiff bis, Miyagi, Japan)
2003
"Sukutoko",
Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, Japan
"Hanabukuro",
Viewing Room yoyogi/garage, Tokyo, Japan
2002
"Kinuginu",
Gallery Eve, Tokyo, Japan
"Ai
Yamaguchi", Giant Robot Store, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
"Ai
Yamaguchi", Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2001
"Ominaeshi",
NADiff bis, Miyagi, Japan
"Shoumonraifuku",
SHIBUYA SEIBU ART GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2000
"Haru
ni shirarenu hana", NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
"Mokomoko no
tsuki", NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
"Kamuro",
Salon Sui, Ishikawa, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
"ZIPANGU
- 31 sprited artists cuttieng through new territories of Japanese contemporary
art", Takashimaya Nihonbashi exhibition Hall (8F), Tokyo (traveled to
Osaka, Kyoto, Japan)
2009
"November
Steps -Susan Phillipsz & Gallery Artists-", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo,
Japan
2008
"Macrocosm",
Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
"Off the
Rails", Mizuma and One Gallery, Beijing, China
2006
"DO
NOT STACK", Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
"2006 Group
show", Mizuho Oshiro Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan
"Fiction@Love", Museum of
Contemporary Art Shanghai, China (traveled to Singapore Art Museum,
Singapore)
2005
"take
art collection 2005", Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
"Untitled",
Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
"A -lunch",
AXIS Gallery ANNEX, Tokyo, Japan
2004
"EYE
OF THE NEEDLE", Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
"Fiction.
Love-Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art", Museum of Contemporary Art
Taipei, Taiwan
"OFFICINA
ASIA", Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
2003
"Still
Waters", Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2002
"Kageki
Metonymics", Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
