“I sink into a painting with my whole body, I find myself in a perfect refuge, undisturbed. The heart falls silent and enters a meditative, almost spiritual state. Then the flickering of a shooting star, cell divisions and transient lights appear, as if they respond to landscapes, to feelings, to the body and to life. Textures, colors and fine drawings merge on paper and canvas. Many different fragments of the world have touched my senses, and they all appear in my painting, a perfect refuge for my heart…” Aya Onodera.
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Turnaround gallery, Sendai, Japan
2022 RL16 Berlin 2022 Hyper Cultural Passengers e.V., Hamburg, Germany
2019 Aya Onodera solo show Rias Ark Museum of Art, Kesennuma, Japan
2019 Turnaround gallery, Sendai, Japan
2019 Transmitter, Berlin, Germany
2016 Iksan Creation Center, Somrigol Gallery, South Korea
2016 2nd Art Residency Festival, Iksan Arts Museum, Jeonbuk, South Korea
2016 E127 Iksan culture house, South Korea
2014 Locus Designatus, Berlin, Germany
2014 Japanese-German Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2011 G11 Gallery Berlin, Germany
2011 Cotton spinning mill, Leipzig, Germany
2009 kunstverein greven e.V., Greven, Germany
2009 Pro Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
2008 Lindenfels West Wing, Leipzig, Germany
2007 Kunstraum t27 e.V, Berlin, Germany
2006 Gallery H17, Vienna, Austria
2005 Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2022 Grant Nomura Foundation, Nomura/Japan
2020 Grant Istyle Art Foundation, Nomura/Japan
2018 Grant Asahi Shimbun Foundation, Nomura/Japan
2018 Artist Resedency, Benaco Arte, Sirmione, Italy
2016 Artist Resedency, Iksan creation center, South Korea
2016 Case Sparse Residenza Artistica, Malonno, Italy
2013 Artist Residency, PHYSIS, Veria, Greece
2011-2012 Overseas Study Program, Cultural Office, Japan
2008 LIA – International Art Program, Leipzig, Germany
2005 Research Prize, Joshibi College Art & Design, Tokyo
Since 2021 master student at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts
2011 Fine Arts graduate with Prof. Burkhard Held, Berlin University of the Arts
2005 Bachelor of Arts in Design and Art, Joshibi Junior College of Art and Design, Tokyo
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