Born in 1976 in Saitama, Japan
Lives and works in Japan
solo shows
2017
- The Jelly Civilization Chronicle, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Synesthesia, Pavillon Bosio, École Supérieure d'Arts Plastiques, Monte Carlo, Monaco
2015
- The Ocean Inside, The Flowers Inside, Johyun Gallery, Busan, South Korea
2014
- La Maison d'Aya BIBO, Hong Kong
2012
- Heaven Is Inside Of You, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
- To Lose Is To Gain, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
2011
- Stars, flowers and honeynight, SieboldHuis, Leiden, Netherlands
2010
- The Universe Portal, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- Aya Takano, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden Baden, Germany
- Hong Kong Art Fair, Booth Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Hong Kong
2009
- Reintagrating Worlds, Skarstedt Gallery, New York USA
2008
- Toward Eternity, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
2007
- Tradition and modernity, curated by Hélène Kelmachter, Miro Foundation, Barcelona.
- Wild dogs, hawks, owls, cats, a landfill the size of 44 and a half Tokyo Domes, the stratosphere, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, USA
2006
- Aya Takano, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
- City Dog, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Parco Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2005
- Frieze Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
- The Far Reaches of The Universe, My Garden, Blum & Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
2004
- Aya Takano, a web project for Digital Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
- Naoki Takizawa for Issey Miyake, 2004-5 Autumn Winter Collection, Paris, Tokyo (collaboration)
2003
- Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
2002
- Space Ship EE, nanogalerie, Paris, France
2000
- Hot Banana Fudge, NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
1997
- SHU WA KIMASERI, shop33, Tokyo, Japan
group shows
2017
- Murakami by Murakami, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
- Arts Visuels Au Japon Depuis 1970, Pompidou Metz, France
2015
- Animamix Biennale, Daegu Art Museum, South Korea
2014
- Bishojo: Young Pretty Girls in Art History - 16 Perspectives for Studying the Idea of the bishojo, Aomori Museum, Aomori City, Japan
2010
- Kyoto-Tokyo: From Samurais to Mangas, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
- Garden of Painting Japanese Art of the 00s, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
2009
- The Very Bottom Of The Air, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Winter Garden, Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- VRAOUM, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
2008
- Aya-Chiho-Drive, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Quando vidas se tornam forma - Panorama da arte contemporanea brasileira e japonesa, Museum of Modern Art, San Paolo, Brazil / Museum Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil
- Kaikai Kiki Artists, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2007
- Kawaii! Japan now, Fundation Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
- The Door to Summer, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan
2006
- Spank the Monkey, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, United Kingdom
- Etoile, Xavel, Inc. (Virtual department store design)
- Aya Takano, Chiho Aoshima, Chinatsu Ban Exhibition, Mizuho Oshiro Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan
2005
- Kaikai Kiki Exhibition, Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
- Japan Pop, Helsinki Museum of Art, Helsinki, Finland
- The Sensual Line, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture, Japan Society, New York, USA (curated by Takashi Murakami)
- MTA Subway Poster Design, Public Art Fund and Japan Society, New York, USA
- What’s Good Conference, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong (Lecture), China
- Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
2004
- T-Junction, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
- Fiction. Love: Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chiho Aoshima, Mr., Aya Takano, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin at LFL Gallery, New York, USA
- Tokyo Girls Bravo, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, USA
2003
- Girls Don’t Cry, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Naoki Takizawa for Issey Miyake, Tokyo (collaboration), Japan
- Hope—The Future is in Our Hands, LaForet Harajuku, Tokyo
2002
- The Japanese Experience – Inevitable, Das Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Tokyo Girls Bravo 2, NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
- Chiho Aoshima, Aya Takano, Mr., Takashi Murakami, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
2001
- Superflat, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA
- Hiropon Show, White Cube Gallery, London, United Kingdom; Shinsaibashi Parco, Osaka, Japan
- Yokai Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2000
- Superflat (curated by Takashi Murakami), Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999
- Tokyo Girls Bravo, NADiff, Tokyo; Parco Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
- Hiropon Show, Parco Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
- Hiropon 32/80, NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
1998
- Ero Pop Christmas, NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
- Hiropon Show, George’s, Los Angeles, US
1997
- Hiropon Show, shop33, Tokyo; Iwataya Z-side, Fukuoka, Japan
- Hiropon Show, Manken Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan
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