Ayano OKI

Ayano OKI
The world of OKI Ayano, which has emerged as a companion piece to the genre known as "beauty paintings," invites us into a gaze of deep eroticism.
The women who accept the men depicted in wildly colored paintings, as if they were upside-down cups of coffee, are at the edge of sensuality and throw their gazes this side of the screen in search of something deeper and more intense.
Her hidden intensity is unique in the Japanese portrait scene, which repeatedly depicts the surface of hard-skinned women.
Her paintings, which never cease to question and love sensuality, human existence, and the very existence of things, evoke a sense of tension that is unique to artistic expression. Her sensuality, which could be called a Japanese Egon Schiele, is not, however, the European obsessiveness of Schiele's paintings, but seems to suggest a Japanese optimistic desire for happiness.

Works

Ayano OKI “sunroom” 2024 Ayano OKI “融点” 2023 Ayano OKI “翳りの中” 2021 Ayano OKI “抱擁” 2021 Ayano OKI “春が過ぎたら” 2022 Ayano OKI “纏う” 2022 Ayano OKI “枯れた花がある部屋” 2022 Ayano OKI “羽化” 2022 Ayano OKI “腫物” 2022 Ayano OKI “薄衣” 2022 Ayano OKI “Window with withered flowers Ⅰ” 2022 Ayano OKI “Window with withered flowers Ⅱ” 2022 Ayano OKI “At the entrance of the cave” 2022 Ayano OKI “Bathroom Ⅰ” 2022 Ayano OKI “Bottle by the window” 2022 Ayano OKI “Eyes through the mirror” 2022 Ayano OKI “Bathroom Ⅱ” 2022 Ayano OKI “Distorted cave” 2022 Ayano OKI “Dream at dawn” 2022 Ayano OKI “Until the fire goes out” 2022 Ayano OKI “Mirror at Midnight” 2022 Ayano OKI “白い背中” 2021 Ayano OKI “縺れ” 2021 Ayano OKI “眠りに落ちるまで” 2021 Ayano OKI “穏やかな夢を” 2021, 落ち着かない世の中で不安になることの多い日々でした。せめて絵の中の女性は、穏やかに凪いだような表情に描けたらと祈りながら制作しました。 Ayano OKI “Dark night” 2021 Ayano OKI “明眸” Ayano OKI “closet” 2021 Ayano OKI “みなも” Ayano OKI “食卓” 2020 Ayano OKI “戯れ” 2020
Ayano OKI “sunroom” 2024
Ayano OKI “融点” 2023
Ayano OKI “翳りの中” 2021
Ayano OKI “抱擁” 2021
Ayano OKI “春が過ぎたら” 2022
Ayano OKI “纏う” 2022
Ayano OKI “枯れた花がある部屋” 2022
Ayano OKI “羽化” 2022
Ayano OKI “腫物” 2022
Ayano OKI “薄衣” 2022
Ayano OKI “Window with withered flowers Ⅰ” 2022
Ayano OKI “Window with withered flowers Ⅱ” 2022
Ayano OKI “At the entrance of the cave” 2022
Ayano OKI “Bathroom Ⅰ” 2022
Ayano OKI “Bottle by the window” 2022
Ayano OKI “Eyes through the mirror” 2022
Ayano OKI “Bathroom Ⅱ” 2022
Ayano OKI “Distorted cave” 2022
Ayano OKI “Dream at dawn” 2022
Ayano OKI “Until the fire goes out” 2022
Ayano OKI “Mirror at Midnight” 2022
Ayano OKI “白い背中” 2021
Ayano OKI “縺れ” 2021
Ayano OKI “眠りに落ちるまで” 2021
Ayano OKI “穏やかな夢を” 2021, 落ち着かない世の中で不安になることの多い日々でした。せめて絵の中の女性は、穏やかに凪いだような表情に描けたらと祈りながら制作しました。
Ayano OKI “Dark night” 2021
Ayano OKI “明眸”
Ayano OKI “closet” 2021
Ayano OKI “みなも”
Ayano OKI “食卓” 2020
Ayano OKI “戯れ” 2020

Biography

2024
Solo Exhibition “37.2℃ Skin” / GALERY SCENA / Harajuku, Tokyo
2023
POSITIONS Berlin 2023 / Sukado+SCENA Booth / Berlin
Duo Exhibition Oki Ayano・Shiojyu Nanami “Handiwork” / Artglorieux of TOKYO / Ginza, Tokyo
Solo Exhibition “Flowers blooming in the nude” / Hakkendo Gallery / Kyobashi, Tokyo
OSAKA ART FES 2023 / HANSHIN Umeda Department Store / Osaka
KENZAN2023 / Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre / Ikebukuro, Tokyo
2022
Duo Exhibition Oki Ayano・Saori Muto “Spring depression” / Yo Gallery / Hanzomon, Tokyo
Group Exhibition “SOU 〜 奏 (Making Music with Colors) 〜 Six Artists” / Isetan Art Gallery / Tokyo
Duo Exhibition Oki Ayano・Murakami Hitomi “Secret daily life” / GALERY SCENA / Harajuku, Tokyo
Solo Exhibition / Shibata Etsuko Gallery / Ginza, Tokyo
Japanese nude paintings
2021
Group Exhibition “Seven Eyes - In the near future” / Bunkamura Gallery / Shibuya, Tokyo
The Exhibition of publication of "Bijinga-Zukushi 3"
2020
武蔵野美術大学卒業制作優秀賞
Solo Exhibition “boundary” / Isetan Urawa Art Gallery / Saitama
Solo Exhibition “MOSAIC” / Court Gallery Kunitachi / Tokyo
2019
個展　旧粟野中学校（栃木県）
個展　八犬堂ギャラリー（東京都）
「KENZAN2018」(東京都) 中島千波賞
2018
「KENZAN2018」(東京都) 八犬堂ギャラリー賞、準オーディエンス賞

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