December 1 – December 31, 2021
SOLO Exhibition
AYA ABE
PEONIES


Waiting spring
mineral pigments with glue (nikawa) on Japanese paper
9.89 x 10.95 inches
2017
$150 (with frame)

Blooming
mineral pigments with glue (nikawa) on Japanese paper
12.92 x 14.38 inches
2017
$190 (with frame)

Light pink peony
mineral pigments with glue (nikawa) on Japanese paper
11.46 x 11.46 inches
2017
$170 (with frame)

Peony SHIMADAIJIN
mineral pigments with glue (nikawa) on Japanese paper
19.38 x 25.79 inches
2017
$350 (with frame)

Peony HANADAIJIN
mineral pigments with glue (nikawa) on Japanese paper
36.34 x 21.42 inches
2017

Peony GODAISHU
mineral pigments with glue (nikawa) on Japanese paper
36.34 x 21.42 inches
2017

In the leaves
mineral pigments with glue (nikawa) on Japanese paper
7.92 x 7.8 inches
2021
$50 (without frame)

Among the leaves
mineral pigments with glue (nikawa) on Japanese paper
17.29 x 6.78 inches
2021
$90 (without frame)

In the rain
mineral pigments with glue (nikawa) on Japanese paper
14.41 x 9.85 inches
2021
$50 (without frame)

After the rain
mineral pigments with glue (nikawa) on Japanese paper
9.85 x 10.32 inches
2021
$50 (without frame)
Aya, a girl in love with music, dance, and drawing pictures, got to live in Ithaca, New York, with her family for a year when she was in high school. It was during that time that she saw Japan from the outside perspective for the first time, which ultimately led her to major in Japanese style painting at University. While she has been pursuing a more dynamic expression of space based on the idea of realism using Japanese traditional drawing materials for more than 45 years since then, it took inconsiderable patience to stay motivated to draw with numerous arrangements to make such as sketching and composing. As she reaches a major milestone in her life, she hopes to realize the expression that dances on the flat surface by revisiting herself in the past when she used to dance freely to the sounds of music, letting go of the painting style she has established over the years. The major exhibitions she participated in include “Floraison et défloraison” Espace Culturel Bertin Poiree (Paris, 2014), artexpo (NewYork, 2015) , and X FLORENCE BIENNALE (Florence, 2015).