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Ay-O

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(Untitled) AP

(1980)

45.0 × 55.5 cm

Screen print on paper

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Artist Profile :

Ay-O(Japan) 1931- 1931  Born in Ibaraki.
1953  Joined the Demokrato Artists Association.(hereinafter called “Demokrato”)
1954  Graduated from Art Departement, Faculty of Education, the Tokyo Kyoiku University (Current University of Tsukuba).
1958  Left for the United States, to be a New York based artist since then, while going back and forth between US and Japan.
1966  Represented Japan to participate in the 33rd Venice Biennale.
1971  Represented Japan to participate in the Sao Paulo Biennale and was awarded Bank of Brazil Prize.
1987  Executed the 300-meter Rainbow Eiffel Tower Project in Paris.
1995  Awarded Medal with Purple Ribbon.
2006  “Over the Rainbow: Ay-O Retrospective, 1950-2006” (Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum)
2012  One man show “Ay-O: Over the Rainbow Once More” (Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Niigata City Art Museum, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art)
2019  One man show “AY-O: RAINBOW 88” (Karuizawa New Art Museum)

Collection :
The National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo), The National Museum of Art (Osaka, Japan), The National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto), etc

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