Chiho Aoshima
Profile
Chiho Aoshima made her debut with a series of chromogenic prints that took advantage of her mastery of Adobe Illustrator but has since gone on to produce digital animations, sculptures, and hand-painted works. With imagery dealing mainly with Japanese yokai and graveyard spirits, she uses dialog with the extra-dimensional to explore the personal landscape of her own subconscious. Perhaps in an attempt to gather material for such works, she has lived next door to a cemetery for the past ten years.
Whether it’s cruel, catastrophic scenes of human dismemberment or nature expressing its rage in the form of natural disasters, her images are conceived in a violent array of colors and at times seem the product of a brutal mind, but are in fact her primitive response to the terrors of our world.
- 1995
Graduated from Department of Economics, Hosei University, Tokyo
- 1974
Born in Tokyo
- 2024
“Emptinesses”, Perrotin (Paris, France)
- 2020
“Our Tears Shall Fly Off Into Outer Space”, Perrotin (Hong Kong, China)
- 2016
“REBIRTH OF THE WORLD”, Kaikai Kiki Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
“REBIRTH OF THE WORLD”, Kaikai Kiki Pop-up Gallery (Kyoto, Japan)
- 2015
“REBIRTH OF THE WORLD”, Seattle Art Museum (Seattle, USA)
- 2008
“Kawaii! -Horror and seduction”, Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2007
“The Giant and the Courtesans” Perrotin (Paris, France)
“Chiho Aoshima: City Glow,” Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, USA)
- 2006
“Art Wall”, Mural Installation, Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, USA)
“Chiho Aoshima”, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (Gateshead, UK)
“Chiho Aoshima”, Musée d’Art Contemporain (Lyon, France)
“City Glow, Mountain Whisper,” Gloucester Road Underground Station Installation, Platform for Art (London, UK)
- 2003
Perrotin (Paris, France)
- 2023
“NOCTURNAL BALLADS”, Perrotin (Shanghai, China)
- 2022
“Roppongi ARTNIGHT GROUP SHOW”, Kaikai Kiki Gallery（Tokyo, Japan）
- 2021
”GEIBI KAKUSHIN(Aesthetic Innovation on Japanese Ceramic Art”, Perrotin (Paris, France)
“HealingxHealing”, Kaikai Kiki Gallery（Tokyo, Japan）
”Healing”, Perrotin（Shanghai, China）
- 2020
”Healing”, Perrotin（Seoul, Korea）
”Healing” Perrotin （Paris, France）
- 2019
“2019 Kaikai Kiki Autumn Show”, Kaikai Kiki Gallery（Tokyo, Japan）
- 2014
“GIRL”, Perrotin (Paris, France)
- 2009
Perrotin (Paris, France)
- 2004
“T-JUNCTION”, Perrotin (Paris, France)
- 2002
Perrotin (Paris, France)
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