EGUCHI Ayane

Overview

EGUCHI Ayane was born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1985 and received her M.A. degree from Kanazawa College of Art in 2011, majoring in oil painting. Her works have been exhibited in Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, China, and the United States.

EGUCHI Ayane’s elaborate natural landscapes exude an overall impression of innocence through her iconic pastel palette. However, upon closer inspection, her paintings reveal treacherous scenarios, where the natural world appears mercurial and eerie. To achieve the fleshy, vivid texture of her works, she first applies multiple layers of oil paint across the canvas, removes some areas before the paint dries, then builds up others, ultimately creating her unique expression.

The recurring character of the teddy bear, “KUMA”, pronounced similar to “bear” in Japanese, represents something that lives and dies, and symbolizes the duality of reality. She is conscious of how seemingly innocent facades can conceal a darker reality, and more importantly, how everything is about life and death.

Works

Exhibitions

Press

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1985 Born in Hokkaido, Japan
2011 M.A. in Oil Painting, Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa, Japan

Solo Exhibitions

2025
“Fugue of Day and Night”, Hiro Hiro Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
“Cosmos of Color”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2024
“Intervals”, A/D Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2023
“Sugar-Coated Landscape”, Hiro Hiro Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan

2022
“‘Q’ which decomposes”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2020
“EIKO”, Meets by NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
“Viscera of the Vast Land”, Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2018
“Ode to Wonderland”, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2013
“Mystical Kingdom”, MIZUMA ACTION, Tokyo, Japan

2011
“Fuwa・Moko・SaraSa・Ra”, Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo, Japan

Group Exhibitions

2024
Art Taipei 2024, Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1, Taipei, Taiwan
Tokyo Gendai 2024, Pacifico Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
“ART OF MIKU -Autumn Fair-“, Site-A Gallery Beneath the Railways, Kanagawa, Japan
Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Art Fair Tokyo 2024, Tokyo, Japan
“ART OF MIKU”, PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
“ART OF MIKU”, Sapporo PARCO, Hokkaido, Japan

2023
“Perception and Sensibility”, Humarish Club, Macau

2021
“BOUNDLESS”, Hwa’s Gallery, China

2019
“A Gentle Gaze”, Hwa’s Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Hopes & Dialogues in Rumah Kijang Mizuma”, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2018
“Prime Meridian”, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Manila, Philippines

2017
Art Stage Singapore 2017, Mizuma Gallery, Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, Singapore

2016
“Seeing the Unseen”, Gallery Ohrin, Hitachi Izumo Taisha, Ibaraki, Japan
“Eyes & Curiosity -anomaly-“, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Art Stage Jakarta 2016, Mizuma Gallery, Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
“ART|JOG|9 Universal Influence”, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Art Stage Singapore 2016, Mizuma Gallery, Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, Singapore

2015
Bazaar Art Jakarta 2015, Mizuma Gallery, The Ritz-Carlton Pacific Place, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Further towards the Future”, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2014
“Impacts! 勢み” Japan Art Festival, Zane Bennett Contemporary Art × Mizuma Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

2012
“To the Future”, MIZUMA ACTION, Tokyo, Japan

2011
“The Selections from Graduation Works 2011”, Kanazawa Art-Gummi Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan

2010
“2010 Kawaii Award”, Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
“carré 2010”, Gallery TEN, Ishikawa, Japan
“WONDER SEEDS 2010”, Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
“carré à zurich”, Zurich Insurance Company, Zurich, Switzerland

2009
“via art 2009”, Shinwa Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
“Jinzukyo Art Exhibition 2009”, Osawano Shogai Gakushu Center, Toyama, Japan
“Tokyo Wonder Wall 2009”, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
“cross”, Green Arts Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan
The 4th Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program, Eye of Gyre, Tokyo, Japan

Awards

2011
“Judge’s Special Prize”, KANABI Creative Award 2010