ARTISTS
AIKA NAGANO
Aika NAGANO
永野 愛佳
永野 愛佳
Treating the infinite "ma" as a finite space.
In Japanese painting, the composition of the picture plane is based on the importance of the relationship between the figure and the white space around it, but in my own work, I see the white space as light, and the focus is on the background of the picture plane, or the "finite space." By giving the infinite space, which we would not normally be able to touch, a white background as light, I aimed to convey the artist's physical sensations, including the subtleties of time, humidity and the seasons. Rather than leaving the distance between objects as it is on the canvas, by painting it white, the seemingly infinite distance is illuminated by light and transformed into something finite.
The ground, formed by light, affects the image, and the relationship between the two becomes richer, expressing the lingering harmony of space and objects.
In Japanese painting, the composition of the picture plane is based on the importance of the relationship between the figure and the white space around it, but in my own work, I see the white space as light, and the focus is on the background of the picture plane, or the "finite space." By giving the infinite space, which we would not normally be able to touch, a white background as light, I aimed to convey the artist's physical sensations, including the subtleties of time, humidity and the seasons. Rather than leaving the distance between objects as it is on the canvas, by painting it white, the seemingly infinite distance is illuminated by light and transformed into something finite.
The ground, formed by light, affects the image, and the relationship between the two becomes richer, expressing the lingering harmony of space and objects.
BIOGRAPHY
1995
Born in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
2022
Graduated from Oil Painting Department, Tokyo University of the Arts.
2024
Completed Oil Painting Studio 4, Department of Painting, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
"eureka!" ERIC ROSE YOKOHAMA COFFEE, Kanagawa
2025
"Falling into the In-Between" LURF GALLERY, Tokyo
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
"Tokyo University of the Arts Advancement Exhibition" 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo
2022
"Tokyo University of the Arts The 70th Graduation Works Exhibition" TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM, Tokyo
2024
"Tokyo University of the Arts Open Archive VIVA" atre TORIDE, Ibaraki
"LURF ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2024 - The Boundary Between Senses and Memories" LURF GALLERY, Tokyo
"Anonymous Drawings" Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin
"Tokyo University of the Arts The 72nd Graduation Works Exhibition" TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM, Tokyo
"LURF ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2024 - The Boundary Between Senses and Memories" LURF GALLERY, Tokyo
"Anonymous Drawings" Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin
"Tokyo University of the Arts The 72nd Graduation Works Exhibition" TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM, Tokyo
2025
"NEWS 2025" Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2026
"Creativity in Many Forms" Plaza North, Saitama
"grid5" biscuit gallery, Tokyo
"grid5" biscuit gallery, Tokyo