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Ayame Iizumi

Painter & Artist

Born with very sensitive mind and body. She grew up in an environment where gods and Buddhas blended into her life, coming into contact with the vast nature of Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture. For Ayame, "life" was both ephemeral and the connection with everything, and it was something that would last forever.

After the Great East Japan Earthquake, "being alive now" has become irreplaceable. I walked in the mountains of Japan and the world in search of strong real feeling and conviction. At one point she encounters a life-changing shock. Ayame stood on the summit of Kilimanjaro. The morning sun was risen. It was the murderous and intense sunlight that came directly through the clear air. The outline of life burned into her soul. She soon became an artist and began to painting by self-taught.

The production begins with listening to small changes deep inside the mind and body. While drawing, She is guided by many impressions. The sense of unity between the heartbeat and oxygen, which is full of anxiety and expectations, is transformed into the swell and jump of paint. The sense of unity betweenThe courage, the ground and the body is transformed into an uneven texture. The hope and conviction felt in the sunlight is transformed into a clear contrast of colors.

Ayame's work expressed by paintings and words is clear and dynamic. Ayame calls her creation a "gift for life". It is a gratitude for all the connections she have felt on her journey to the top of the "now" and a pray for the moment when the sun today illuminates a life.

Curriculum Vitae

  • 1989
    Born in Ibaraki, Japan

Education

  • 2013
    Dept of Architecture and Design, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
  • 2017
    Dept of Medical nutrition, Teikyo Heisei University, Tokyo
  • 2023
    The training course of Person-Centered Expressive Therapy Institute inJapan

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2013
    Pepper's Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
  • 2013
    Gallery AORANGI (Tokyo, Japan)
  • 2020
    Gallery Cloud Nine (Ibaraki, Japan)
  • 2021
    Yasuda Memorial Hall (Ibaraki, Japan)
  • 2021
    Gallery jin (Ibaraki, Japan)
  • 2022
    GALLERY AND LINKS 81 (Tokyo, Japan)
  • 2022
    Bar Last Waltz (Ibaraki, Japan)
  • 2022
    GALLERY SAZA (Ibaraki, Japan)
  • 2022
    ISHIGURA Shiten (Ibaraki, Japan)
  • 2023
    G’s Gallery TSUKUBA (Tokyo, Japan)

Art Festivals & Group Exhibitions

  • 2012
    Group Exhibition at 2/20Gallery (New York, USA)
  • 2019
    Group Exhibition at Tsukuba Art Museum (Ibaraki, Japan)
  • 2021
    Art Event & Fair at TOKYO PORTCITY TAKESHIBA (Tokyo, Japan)
  • 2021
    International Art Exhibition at M.A.D.S GALLERY(Milan, Italy)
  • 2022
    Art Festival in Tsukuba(Ibaraki, Japan)
  • 2023
    Group Exhibition at GALLERY AND LINKS 81 (Tokyo, Japan)
  • 2023
    Art Festival in Asahi (Chiba, Japan)

Works & Projects

  • 2012
    Art cooperation for the movie " I just came to Tokyo"
  • 2018
    The Wall Art Project in Tsuchiura
  • 2018
    Performance at TEDxTsukuba2018
  • 2019
    Performance at Ishigura RIZ
  • 2019
    Performance at IBARAKI LIVE ART MEETING 2019
  • 2020
    Performance at IBARAKI LIVE ART MEETING 2020
  • 2023
    Art & Housing Exhibition with Sekisui House, Ltd.
  • 2021-2023
    The Wall Art Project with JAPAN TOBACCO INC. and Mito Station Development Co.,Ltd.