Aya TAKANO Biography

Born in Saitama Japan ion 1976. Belongin to Kaikai-Kiki ( Organized by Takashi MURAKAMI), held numberous solo/group exhibitions;

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 (upcoming) - Per Skarstedt Gallery, NY (November 2009)

2008 - "Toward Eternity", Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France

2007 - "Tradition and modernity", curated by Hélène Kelmachter, Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain - "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 EXHIBITIONS

2009 - "VRAOUM", La Maison Rouge, Paris, France

2008 - "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 - 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, Japan

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", Parco Gallery, Tokyo (curated by Takashi Murakami), 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, USA

1997 - Hiropon Show, shop33, Tokyo; Iwataya Z-side, Fukuoka, Japan - Hiropon Show, Manken Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan