ARTISTS
AI NARIYAMA
Ai NARIYAMA
成山 亜衣
成山 亜衣
My practice explores how the immaterial, perpetually unfocused "images" of memory might be expressed—or translated into a pictorial equivalent—using highly material paint on a two-dimensional surface that readily comes into focus.
BIOGRAPHY
1983
Born in Osaka
2007
B.F.A. in Printmaking, Kyoto Saga University of Arts
2009
M.A. in Printmaking, Kyoto City University of Arts
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Ai Nariyama Solo Exhibition (gallery morning kyoto/Kyoto)
2025
nonphysical reality (LURF GALLERY/Tokyo)
The Playful Hippocampus (CENTRAL STAGE, Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store/Spiral Art Gallery/ Aichi)
The Playful Hippocampus (CENTRAL STAGE, Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store/Spiral Art Gallery/ Aichi)
Since 2009, has presented annual solo exhibitions in Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, and other cities throughout Japan.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Shell Art Award Artist Selection 2020 (SAS) - Recommended by jury member Yasuyuki Nakai (The National Art Center/Tokyo)
2023
Osaka Art Festival (Enokojima Art Culture and Creative Center/Osaka)
2024
Spiral Independent Creators Festival SICF25 (Spiral/Tokyo)
Spiral Xmas Market 2024 Part 3 (Spiral/Tokyo)
Spiral Xmas Market 2024 Part 3 (Spiral/Tokyo)
2025
WAVE YELLOW (LURF GALLERY/Tokyo)
2026
ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO (Kyoto National Museum/Kyoto)
Ai Nariyama | Hitomi Endo Duo Exhibition: Latent Perception (GALLERY ROOM・A/Tokyo)
Bunkamura Gallery Selection 2026 (Bunkamura Gallery/Tokyo)
Ai Nariyama | Hitomi Endo Duo Exhibition: Latent Perception (GALLERY ROOM・A/Tokyo)
Bunkamura Gallery Selection 2026 (Bunkamura Gallery/Tokyo)
SELECTED AWARDS
2023
metasequoia Kyomachibori Art Fair: Kazuma Ieiri Prize, Kintaro Takahashi Prize
2024
SICF25 Exhibition Division, Runner-up Prize
