Aya HATANAKA

Born 1994, Shizouka, Japan

Lives and works in Hiroshima, Japan

“My works are drawn along with one theme: Warm loneliness.

Usually, loneliness is tough and should be excluded from daily life. But I consider the loneliness gives my personal time. Some white thin streaks on my artwork are not mistakes. Printed artworks are like a clone. But each piece has its own existence.”

Biography

2015-2019       BA, Arts and Painting, Hiroshima City University, Japan

2019                Scholarship, Kamiyama Foundation, Kamiyama, Japan

2019-               MA, Arts, Hiroshima City University, Japan

Awards

2019                Nomination, Prize for Originality and for Breaking Classical Boundaries, 5^th IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Exhibitions/selection/

7^th Guanlan International Print Biennial, China; 5^th IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia; Mostra International Mezzotint Exhibition, Campinas, Brazil; 6^th Annual Student Scholarship, Kamiyama Foundation, Kamiyama, Japan /2019/; 17^th Seminario Print Exhibition, Nagasaki, Japan /2018/.

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