Ayaka Umeda
JAPAN
Born in 1993 in Hiroshima
Graduated in 2016 from the Department of Design and Crafts, Textile Art at Hiroshima City University
2016: Excellence Award / Purchase Award at the 19th Hiroshima City University Graduation and Completion Works Exhibition, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art
2017: Selected as a Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program Scholar
2018: Completed Master’s Program in Art, Hiroshima City University, specializing in Textile Art Excellence Award for Completion Work at the 21st Hiroshima City University Graduation and Completion Works Exhibition, Art Resource Center Jury Special Award at “Independent Tokyo 2018,” Asakusa Hulic Hall
2020: Selected for “Moji Port Art Wharf” / Minato Oasis Moji Port Award
2021: Gallery Seek Award at the 1st ARTIST NEW GATE Selected for “Venture Community for Arts”
2023: Selected for “Corporate Art Aid Kyoto,” Kyoto City Art Museum Annex Exhibited at “ART TAIPEI 2023”
Comment I am pursuing new planar expressions through wax dyeing. By combining my imagination with dyeing phenomena, I expand my inner world, expressing perspectives of other organisms, environmental worlds, invisible time, and space.