Michiko Aoki
Bio
Japanese sculptor living in Peru since 1979. Aoki usually describes her work as a conversation with the material, she creates by dialoguing with it, seeking that this contact be the one that shows her the way to sculpt in it within the vast horizon of abstraction.
She has participated in various collective exhibitions, both in Peru and abroad.
Some of his individual exhibitions:
2015, “Akari”, Yvonne Sanguineti Gallery; 2014, “A single end”, Pedro de Osma Museum; 2013, “Coral Fossils”, Japanese Peruvian Cultural Center; 2011, “Black and White”, Yvonne Sanguineti Gallery; 2011, “White on White”, Pedro de Osma Museum; 2008, “Endless Fund”, Yvonne Sanguineti Gallery; 2003, “Footprints”, San Francisco Gallery.
Award-winning works:
2013: First place, XV IPAE Annual Sculpture Contest
2009: Honorable Mention, ICPNA
2006: National Contest "Silver of Peru"
Selected works abroad:
United States, Spain, Japan, Canada and Argentina.
Statement
The silent stone announces its reason for being. When, between me and the stone, the silence visits us, an intuition comes flying towards me. At this moment, the stone and I are face to face.
I carry that fortune on my chest.
I open the first door.
