Misa Aihara
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Interviews:
→ Investable Artists Directory 2025: Art Market Experts
→ Noble art interview: Contemporary Art Collectors
Books:
→ Filozofias koloroj: Misa Aihara (2009, New York Art Ltd. Tokyo)
→ Important World Artists 3, 4, 5 (World Art Magazines)
→ Art Tour International 2016, 2017
→ Worlds of Art 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 (Contemporary Art Magazine)
→ Future of Art Global Masterpiece Award (Contemporary Art Curator)
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2016
→ Group exhibition (Bohner Gallery, Manheim, Germany)
2017
→ Group exhibition (Metropolitan Gallery, Las Vegas, USA)
→ Solo exhibition (The Stainer Gallery, Vienna, Austria)
2018
→ Art Expo New York, USA
2019
→ Group exhibition (Grimandi Gallery, New York, USA)
→ Group exhibition (Art Box Project, Zurich, Switzerland)
→ Group exhibition (Liquid Gallery, Venice, Italy)
Spectrum Miami, USA2022
→ Group exhibition (Colorida Art Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal)
→ Group exhibition (Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York, USA)
2023
→ Tokyo Tower Art Fair (Tokyo, Japan)
2024
→ Group exhibition (Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York, USA)
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→ Artistic Merit Certificate / La Pinacothèque Museum
Luxembourg, Germany→ Circle Foundation for the Arts
10th International Artist of the Month Contest
Creative Excellence Award→ El Greco Fine Arts Award
International Cultural Management
Barcelona, Spain→ St. Louis Artists’ Guild Members Exhibition
St. Louis, Missouri
2nd Place Winner, The Perfect Storm -
Misa Aihara is a Japanese contemporary artist recognized by her impressive works through its originality and the strength of its visual language. She was born in 1942, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from Joŝibi University of Art & Design, Tokyo, she began her artistic carrer.
In 1972 she visited some African countries. She often sketched people in motion at the Niger River's edge and the Dakar bazzar in Senegal. She was intrigued by their dynamics. She is creative in both her thought processes and artistic work, with a consistent sense of dynamism shaping her approach.
After the journey she spent four years in London, UK, visiting museums across Europe and studying old masters. She produced ething works and visited the print room at the British Museum to examine Goya's prints. She also visited the New York City Library and studied the prints of Katusika Hokusai.
She felt thrilled by analyzing the compositions of his printworks. She came back to her home country in 1975. She has participated in several solo and group exhibitions in her home country, over Europe and the USA. She has attended prestigious art events including Florence Art Biennale, the London Art Biennale, the Art Expo New York, Specrum Miami, the Chianciano Art Awards, among others.
My subject is a philosophical exploration of what constitutes 'reality' of within a work of art. I do it with pictorial abstract elements. I want to give an emotional and spiritual impact to a composition on a canvas and invite the viewer to explore a deeper dimension of consciousness.
