Aiko Miyanaga

Aiko Miyanaga (born 1974) is a contemporary Japanese artist known for sculpture and installation works that give visual form to time by revealing the evidential traces of its passing.[1]

Early life and education

Aiko Miyanaga was born in 1974 into a family of potters in Kyoto, Japan, heir to the Miyanaga Tozan kiln.[1] Miyanaga's father is a ceramic artist and a former member of the now disbanded avant-garde modern Japanese ceramics collective Sodeisha.[2]

She went to school at Kyoto University of Art and Design and Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music graduating in 2008.[3][4]

Awards and fellowships

Among the honors which Miyanaga has earned are:

Nissan Art Award 2013[4]

Books

  • Aiko Miyanaga : strata, origins (2014)[5]
  • Aiko Miyanaga - Nakasora The Reason For Eternity (2012)[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Asia Corridor: Artist: Miyanaga Aiko". Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition. Culture City of East Asia. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Rosen, D.H. (January 30, 2009). "Who says an art work must exist? Aiko Miyanaga produces delicate pieces that disintegrate during their exhibitions". Japan Times Ltd. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Alumni artist-in-residence: Aiko Miyanaga". McColl Center for Art + Innovation. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 "NAA/2013Artists/Aiko Miyanaga". Nissan Motor Corporation. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Berman, David; Ito, Yukiko (2014). Aiko Miyanaga : strata, origins. London: White Rainbow. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Fukuoka, Shin'ichi; Kokuritsu Kokusai Bijutsukan (2012). 空中空 = Nakasora : the reason for eternity. Seigensha: Kyōto-shi. ISBN 4861523680. Retrieved 30 November 2017.


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