Artworks from Ayako Rokkaku

Ayako Rokkaku

Ayako Rokkaku's exuberant paintings, with cartoonish characters in rainbow-colored fields, have fans all over the world. The self-taught Japanese artist mostly paints with her bare hands, giving her Superflat-like figures and color schemes a rougher edge. Her chosen surfaces range from canvases to pieces of cardboard and vintage Louis Vuitton suitcases. Rokkaku started painting in 2002 and her big break came in 2006, when she received the prestigious Akio Goto award at Kaikai Kiki's Geisai Art Fair.
She has since exhibited in galleries in Paris, Tokyo and Amsterdam, and in 2015 participated in Swatch Art Pavilion's Open Studio at the Venice Biennale.

Rokkaku's raw compositions reflect her love for the boundless freedom and energy of childhood.Sindsdien heeft ze geëxposeerd in galerieën in Parijs, Tokio en Amsterdam, en in 2015 nam ze deel aan de Swatch Art Pavilion's Open Studio op de Biënnale van Venetië.

Rokkaku's rauwe composities weerspiegelen haar liefde voor de grenzeloze vrijheid en energie van de kindertijd.