Biography

Aya Imamura
Lives and works in Berlin & Kyoto, JAPAN


[Education]

  • 2014-2015
    • The Oversea Researcher Program supported by the Pola Art Foundation At Das Institut für Geschichte und Theorie der Gestaltung, the University of Art Berlin
    • Gender/Queer study in film and photography
  • 2006-2008
    • M.A. Fine Art, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto
    • (2007-2008 with scholarship from Japan Arts Foundation)
    • (2006-2008 with scholarship from Kato Sadamu Scholarship Foundation)
  • 2002-2006
    • B.A. Fine Art, Printmaking Course, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto

[Solo Exhibitions]

  • 2019
    • "Can We Look at Each Other?" Studio exhibition at Atelier Mondial, Switzerland
  • 2015
    • "Toward Home", Print Museum in Tartu / Tartu Dome Cathedral, Tartu, Estonia
  • 2014
    • "Suspended in Time", DATs Creative, Nuremberg, Germany
  • 2007
    • VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto, Japan
  • 2006
    • VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto, Japan

[Selected group Exhibitions]

  • 2020
    • "Daisy Chain" TOKAS Creator-in-Residence 2020 Exhibition, Tokyo
  • 2018
    • The Pola Anex Museum, Tokyo
  • 2017
    • Duo exhibition at Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin
  • 2016
    • Splitgraphic Japanese Graphic, Split, Croatia
  • 2015
    • "Connected in Art - 25 Jahre Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow", Germany
    • "FILTER I- Attention Induced Euphoria, Berlin
  • 2014
    • "Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection II", Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
    • "HYSTERIA #3 'Abjection', Soma Gallery, Berlin
  • 2013
    • "The Beauty of Kyoto. The Beauty of the Collection. To the Beauty of Tomorrow", The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
    • "DI CARTA/PAPERMADE Biennale Internazionale di Opere di Carta", Italy
    • "A Commemorative Exhibition Celebrating 80 Years Since the Inauguration of the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art", Kyoto, Japan
    • "KALEIDO 2013", London, UK
    • "CuttingEdgePrinmaking exibition & symposium", the Academy of Fine Art in Wroclaw, Poland
    • "in.print.out", Künstlerhaus Wien, Austria
  • 2012
    • "Born To Be Alive - I Tell You We Must Die!" curated by Factory-Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany
    • "Galerie Renz", Galerie Renz, Fellbach, Germany
    • "Artist Residence project, The Old School", Gorna Lipnitsa, Bulgaria
    • "The Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition VII", Vancouver, Canada
    • "The 15th International Biennial Print Exhibition", Taiwan
  • 2011
    • "Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivieres", Canada
    • "The 26th National Cultural Festival in Kyoto", Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
    • "V SPLITGRAPHIC International Graphic Art Biennial", Split, Croatia
    • "Atlanta Print Biennial International Exhibition", Atlanta, USA
    • "The Iosif Iser International Contemporary Engraving Biennial Exhibition", Art Museum of Prahova County, Romania
  • 2009
    • "Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection II", Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
  • 2008
    • "Kyo-ten 2008", Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
  • 2007
    • "Selected Artists in Kyoto 2007 - New Wave", The Museum of Kyoto, Japan
    • "Cool black", VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto, Japan

[Residency Programs]

  • 2019
    • International Creator Residency Program of Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) to Atelier Mondial, Switzerland
    • Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium
  • 2015
    • Kultivera Residency, Tranas, Sweden
    • Tartu Art Residency, Estonia
  • 2014
    • DATs Creative, Nuremberg, Germany
    • Sculpture Space Inc, NY, USA
  • 2012
    • Artist Residence project The Old School, Gorna Lipnitsa, Bulgaria
  • 2010
    • The Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland, supported by the Asahi-sinbun foundation
  • 2009
    • Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany

[Awards & Grants]

  • 2020
    • NEUSTART KULTUR-Stipendiums by Stiftung Kunstfonds
  • 2019
    • International Creator Residency Program of Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) to Atelier Mondial, Switzerland
  • 2016
    • Nomura Foundation, Japan (scholars)
  • 2015
    • Pola Foundation, Japan (scholars)
  • 2014
    • Grants, Sculpture Space resident, founded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, USA
  • 2012
    • Fellowship, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow, Germany
  • 2011
    • Honorable mention at The 21th National Cultural Festival in Kyoto (Fine art)
  • 2010
    • The Asahi-sinbun Foundation
    • Grants from The Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
  • 2009
    • Fellowship, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany
  • 2008
    • Kyoten2008, Shicho-Award (Printmaking)
    • Kyoten2008, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Award
  • 2007
    • Japan Arts Foundation (scholars)
    • Annual Exhibition of the Association of Japanese Art College, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan (Prize)
  • 2006
    • Kato Sadamu Scholarship Foundation (scholars)
  • 2005
    • Annual Exhibition of the Association of Japanese Art College, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan (Prize)

[Private & Public Collections]

  • The city of Schio, Italy
  • Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium
  • Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow, Germany
  • The Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
  • Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
  • Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
  • The Kitahama TOWER&PLAZA, Osaka, Japan
  • NABEAUURE YOKOHAMA, Yokohama, Japan

[Publications]

  • Printmaking Today, the Summer issue 126
  • Education book for Prinmaking, Published by Musées des Beaux-Arts de Liège
  • Collective project book, Fachwerken / Mitwirken

[Artist Talk]

  • Hysteria at The Berlin community Radio, Berlin, Germany
  • Mohawk Valley Community Collage, NY, USA