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Aya MORITA: From Primavera

November 22, - December 23, 2023

gallery ART UNLIMITED (Nogizaka, Tokyo)

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Collection Unlimited by 4 Female Artists

May 27 - June 24, 2023

gallery ART UNLIMITED (Nogizaka, Tokyo)

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S,M,L―Into the Unknown

April 10 (Sat) - May 22 (Sat), 2021

gallery ART UNLIMITED, Tokyo

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Aya MORITA: For Ophelia

January 20 (Wed.) - February 27 (Sat.), 2021

gallery ART UNLIMITED, Tokyo

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SELECTED WORKS

From Primavera
Aya MORITA From Primavera 2023 166.0×160.0cm Paper Cutout
Aya MORITA From Primavera (part of image) 2023 Paper Cutout
Aya MORITA Hand of Zephyros 2023 47.0x34.0cm Paper Cutout
Aya MORITA Love like honey-heart 2023 57.0x40.2cm Paper Cutout
Aya MORITA Breath of God-lungs 2023 61.0×55.0cm Paper Cutout
Aya MORITA Eat My Flesh, Drink My Blood-Stomach 2022 66.0x53.0cm Paper Cutout
Aya MORITA Creation and Destruction-Liver 2022 64.5x55.5cm Paper Cutout
Aya MORITA Undrawn bones 2023 30.0x42.0cm Paper Cutout
Aya MORITA Sweet Dream Ⅳ 2023 30.0×20.5㎝ Paper Cutout
In the Genes, Taking Marvelous Meiji Craftsmanship Into the Future
Aya MORITA The Birth of VenusII 2022 146.5×144.0cm paper cutout
Aya MORITA The Birth of VenusII(Detail) 2022 146.5×144.0cm paper cutout
Aya MORITA The Birth of Mary Magdalene 2022 98.0×118.0cm paper cutout
Aya MORITA The Birth of Mary Magdalene(Detail) 2022 98.0×118.0cm paper cutout
S,M,L ―Into the Unknown(Group Show) April 10-May 22, 2021
Aya Morita Lassie 2021 30.0×30.0 cm paper cutout
Aya Morita 《Paradice》 Kaitai Shinsho Ⅱ 2021 62.0×72.0 cm paper cutout
Aya Morita 聖なる胎児ー8ヶ月 2019 56.0×41.0cm Paper cutout, Acrylic
Aya MORITA For Ophelia  2021
Aya MORITA For Ophelia 2020-21 210(可変)×212cm
Aya MORITA Escape 2021 38.5×58.5cm
Aya MORITA The Hands of  Ophelia 2021 38.5×53.0cm
Aya MORITA The Hands of Proserpina2 2021 44.0×31.0cm
Aya MORITA Seven- Wrath 2021 50.0×59.0cm
Aya MORITA Insect Wheel 2021 40.0×37.0cm
Aya MORITA Flower Power  2021 34.0×34.0cm
Aya MORITA Twitter 2021 47.0×34.5cm
Aya MORITA Birthday 2021 19.0×26.0cm
Aya MORITA Robin, Daisy 2021 18.0×25.5cm
Aya MORITA Robin, Violet 2021 16.5×23.5cm
Aya MORITA Robin,Poppy 2021 18.0×25.0cm
盛田 亜耶 山下裕二の隠し球 日本橋三越本店
盛田 亜耶 解剖学的アプローチによる受胎告知 2019 90.0×72.0cm(額寸) 切り絵
盛田 亜耶 聖なる胎児-3ヶ月 2019 45.0×43.0cm(額寸) 切り絵、マーブリング
盛田 亜耶 聖なる胎児ー5ヶ月 2019 45.0×43.0cm(額寸) 切り絵、マーブリング
盛田 亜耶 告知する大天使ガブリエルの手 2019 58.0×46.0cm(額寸) 切り絵、アクリル絵具
盛田 亜耶 お告げを受ける聖母マリアの手 2019 55.0×40.0cm(額寸) 切り絵、アクリル絵具
Aya MORITA The Last Supper
Aya MORITA The Last SupperーHands of Jesus Ⅱ 2018 54.0×74.3cm Paper cutout, Acrylic
Aya MORITA The Last SupperーHands of St. Matthew 2018 28.0×39.0cm Paper cutout, Acrylic
Aya MORITA The Last SupperーHands of St. Andrew's 2018 35.5×22.4cm Paper cutout, Acrylic
Aya MORITA The Last SupperーHands of St.Small Jacob 2018 34.8×23.0cm Paper cutout, Acrylic
Aya MORITA The Last SupperーHands of St. Thadai 2018 33.6×23.0cm Paper cutout, Acrylic
Aya MORITA The Last SupperーHands of St. Simon 2018 24.5×33.7cm Paper cutout, Acrylic
Aya MORITA The Last SupperーHands of  St. Bartholomew 2018 31.3×27.0cm Paper cutout, Acrylic
Aya MORITA The Last SupperーHands of Judah Ⅱ 2017 34.2×29.5cm Paper cutout, Acrylic
Aya MORITA Judas kiss 2018 54.5×78.0㎝ Paper cutout
Aya MORITA La PrimaveraーThe Three Graces 2018 187.5×146.0㎝ Paper cutout
Aya MORITA Sweet dream  2017 Paper cutout, Acrylic
Aya MORITA Sweet dream Ⅱ  2018 24.2×28.0㎝ Paper cutout, Acrylic
Aya MORITA - 65TH Graduation Works Exhibition at Tokyo University of the Arts (MFA) 26 - 31 Jan, 2017
Aya MORITA - Chain of Life 2016 130.9×163.0cm Paper Cutout
Aya MORITA - Chain of Life-The Birth of Venus 2017 179.5×161.0cm Paper Cutout
Aya MORITA - Chain of Life-The Annunciation 2017 133.0×163.0cm Paper Cutout
Aya MORITA - Installation View: Graduation Works Exhibition at Tokyo University of the Arts (MFA) 2017
Aya MORITA - Installation View(detail): Graduation Works Exhibition at Tokyo University of the Arts (MFA) 2017
Aya MORITA - Installation View: Graduation Works Exhibition at Tokyo University of the Arts (MFA) 2017
Aya Morita - The Creation of Adam
Aya MORITA - アダムの創造, 2016, 48.5x92cm, 切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA - 洗礼者ヨハネの右手, 2016, 44.5×35.5cm, 切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA - 祈りの手, 2016, 44.5×35.5cm, 切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA - トカゲに噛まれる少年, 2016, 44.5×35.5cm, 切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA - 自画像, 2016, 57×49.5cm, 切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA - 前途羊々, 2016, 49.5x57cm, 切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA - 魅惑の落とし穴Ⅰ「ヒヨコ」, 2016, 29.5×25.5cm, 切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA - 魅惑の落とし穴Ⅰ「蛙」, 2016, 29.5×25.5cm, 切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya Morita Love is Blind 2016 50.0×60.0cm paper cutout
Aya MORITA - 愛の起源, 2015, 99.0×116.0cm, 切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA - 片割れ, 2015, 105×60.0cm, 切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA - 生命の連鎖, 2016, 130.9×163.0cm, 切り絵
Aya MORITA works 2012-2015
Aya MORITA「かくかくしかじか」2015  52.5×43.0cm  切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA「cage」2015  52.5×43.0cm  切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA「call bird」2015  45.0×35.5cm  切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA「球根-大雀蜂 (きゅうこん・おおすずめばち)」2015  45.0×54.0cm(額寸)  切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA「隠元ー豹紋蛸 (いんげん・ひょうもんだこ)」2015  45.0×54.0cm(額寸)  切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA「森羅-毛管」2015  35.5×45.0cm  切り絵、アクリル絵の具
Aya MORITA「Tree of blood」2012  182.0×91.5cm  切り絵、アクリル板
Aya MORITA - 太陽と月の子, 2014, 130.0×200.0cm, 切り絵、額
Aya MORITA - Vein, 2015, 53.0×44.0cm(額寸), 切り絵、額
Aya MORITA - よこしま, 2015年, 切り絵, 65.0×57.0cm (額寸) 
Aya MORITA - 誘惑, 2014, 67.0×80.0cm 切り絵、額
Aya MORITA - Tree of blood 02, 2012, 45.0×54.0cm 	切り絵、額
Aya MORITA - 私の鼓動はまだ鳴り止まない, 2014, 65.0×57.0cm 切り絵、額
Aya MORITA - Asthma, 2014, 65.0×75.0 ㎝ (額寸), 切り絵
Aya MORITA - ヘビーローテーション, 2014, 65.0×75.0㎝ (額寸), 切り紙

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BIOGRAPHY

Aya Morita has been making cutouts based on the poses of paintings by masterpieces of Western art history since she was a student at Tokyo National University of the Arts. She draws drawings of her friends as models, enlarges with photocopy, and patiently cuts them out of a sheet of paper. Out of anatomical interest, the drawings depict muscles and internal organs. Through Morita's interpretation, her characters from masterpieces emerge as fascinating contemporary figures.

 

1987 Born in Tokyo, Japan
2014 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting
2017 Completed Master's degree, Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting

 

[Awards]

2012 TURNER-AWARD 2012 - Excellent Prize
2014 Ikuo Hirayama Prize for graduation work, Tokyo University of the Arts
2015 TERADA ART AWARD 2015 - Selected Prize
2017 Tokyo University of the Arts, Completion Work, Mori Prize / Art Olympia 2017, Selected Prize and Special Jury Prize
2018 The 10th Koji Kinutani Award, Encouragement Prize

 

[Solo Exhibitions]

2016 "Creation of Adam" Gallery Art Unlimited, Tokyo
2017 "The Body of a Masterpiece" Gallery Art Unlimited,Tokyo
2018 "The Last Supper" Gallery Art Unlimited ,Tokyo
2021 "For Ophelia" Gallery Art Unlimited, Tokyo

 

[Major Group Exhibitions]

2013 "TURNER-AWARD 2012 Prize-winning and Honorable Mention Exhibition" Turner Gallery, Tokyo
2014

Graduation Works Exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo

FIGURES - by Tamana Moteki and Aya Morita" Gallery Art Unlimited, Tokyo

Tou Exhibition -Painting with Love, Art of the Rokken School-", Art Space of the Painting Building, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo

2015

“TERADA ART AWARD 2015 Selected Exhibition" T-Art Gallery, Tokyo

Hajimari ha Hajime wa Kume Keiichiro kara", Art Space, 1F, Painting Building, Tokyo University of the Arts

2016 MITSUKOSHI×Tokyo University of the Arts "Summer Art Festival 2016" Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
2017

Graduation Works Exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo

Art Olympia 2017 "Prize Winning Selection Exhibition" Toshima Ward Office Building, Toshima Center Square (Tokyo)

Every child is an artist. The question is whether they can remain artists when they grow up. Pablo Picasso." The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo

2019 "From Newcomers to Charismatic Artists. The 16 hidden balls of Yuji Yamashita," Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Nihonbashi, Tokyo
2020 “Gift from Artist to Medalist - Victory Bouquet Exhibition" Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo
2023 “In the Genes, Taking Marvelous Meiji Craftsmanship into the Future", Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Nagano Prefectural Art Museum, Abeno Harukas Art Museum, Mitsui Memorial Museum, and others.

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