Aiko Yuno was born in 1993 in Osaka. She completed an M.F.A in Mixed Media at Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2018. In 2017 she undertook a short-term exchange program at the Royal College of Art, London. In 2018 she participated in the Kuandu Residency Program, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan. She currently lives and works in Kyoto.
Her major solo exhibitions include “When I’m small” (Tomio Koyama Gallery, 2021), while she has also participated in group shows such as “CAF Award Exhibition” (Daikanyama Hillside Forum, 2017), “Gunma Biennale for Young Artists” (2019), “Kyoto Perspective” (ANB Tokyo, 2021) and “Aiko Yuno, Kenryou Gu “HOW TO RECORD THE PAST, HOW TO LET GO THE PAST?”” (CADAN Yurakucho, 2023).
Based on the gap and emotions lying between childhood and adolescence, she works in a wide range of media, including painting and sculpture, using diverse techniques and materials such as metal, resin, ceramics, and acrylic paint.
Solo Exhibitions
2021 | “When I'm small” Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo |
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Group Exhibitions
2024 | "The Echoes of East Kyoto” WHAT CAFE, Tokyo, Japan “RE:FACTORY_2” WALL_alternative, Tokyo, Japan |
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2023 | Aiko Yuno, Kenryou Gu “HOW TO RECORD THE PAST, HOW TO LET GO THE PAST?” CADAN Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan “Substance, Screen” FINCH ARTS, Kyoto, Japan THE BRIDGE, Osaka, Japan |
2022 | “In the Flow” Kunjukan, Kyoto “POLYPHONY” Arario Gallery Shanghai, China |
2021 | “MEET YOUR ART at Daimaru Umeda” Daimaru Umeda, Osaka, Japan “Contemporary Art Fair at HANKYU LUX” Hankyu Umeda, Osaka, Japan “Gathering/Opening: 2nd Anniversary BnA Alter Museum” BnA Alter Museum, Kyoto, Japan “Body, et cetera” ANA InterContinental Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan “FUN LIFE with ART / MEET YOUR ART × OCEANS” RIVERSIDE CLUB, Tokyo, Japan “Kyoto Perspective” ANB Tokyo, Japan “ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO” THE MUSEUM OF KYOTO ANNEX, KYOTO SHIMBUN B1 Former Printing Plant, Japan |
2019 | BnA Alter Museum, Kyoto, Japan “ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO” THE MUSEUM OF KYOTO ANNEX, KYOTO SHIMBUN B1 Former Printing Plant, Japan |
2018 | “KYOTO ART LOUNGE” HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO, Japan “ART PROJECT TAKASAKI” Gunma, Japan |
2017 | “Ultra Girls Collection” HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO, Japan “DEP / ART Kyoto” Kyoto Takashimaya Show Window, Japan |
Awards
2019 | Gunma Biennale for Young Artists, Selected |
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2017 | Contemporary Art Foundation Award, Selected |
2016 | ULTRA AWARD NEW ORGANICS, Selected |
Public Collections
BnA Alter Museum
OBAYASHI CORPORATION
STARBUCKS Kyoto BAL
Ryutaro Takahashi Collection