Completed the Master's Program in Fine Arts, Japanese Painting Course, at Musashino Art University Graduate School of Art and Design in 2019.
She creates abstract paintings using pigments and other materials on handmade Japanese paper. She also uses a technique called "tarashikomi," which involves using materials such as ice and sponges as tools and creating images through the flow of water.
Currently based in Kyoto.
Her major exhibitions include the solo exhibitions "A Faint Heat" (TENSHADAI, Kyoto, 2025) and "Color of Fog" (INNOCENTURE, Hyogo, 2022), and the group exhibitions "Flow Glow Blow Bubbles" (UNION SODA, Fukuoka, 2025) and ASYAAF (DDF, South Korea, 2019). She is a recipient of the 27th term scholarship from the Sato International Cultural and Educational Foundation.
Artwork image: Photography by Jasmine Noda
WAKINO Aya is an abstract pain based in Kyoto.
She completed the Master's program in Japanese Painting at Musashino Art University Graduate School.
She primarily creates pain tings using pigments on handmade Japanese paper.
Her works are produced using a technique that employs materials like ice and sponges as tools, drawing with the flow of water.
Her work has been exhibiting in Singapore, Indonesia, Korea, and Japan.
Artwork Credit: Photo by NODA Jusmin
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