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Rouketsuzome
I make artwork with rouketsuzome. Rouketsuzome is one of techniques used to dye cloth. For rouketsuzome, we make use of the characteristic of wax: the wax on cloth resists the penetration of dye. Rouketsuzome is created with brushes, wax and dye. We control wax and use it prevent the cloth being dyed.
Statement
Through her work in Japanese batik, Ayaka Umeda explores the perspectives of other living beings and the presence of invisible realms, drawing inspiration from the shifting forms of nature. Rooted in the belief that infinite images reside within all things, her practice gives form to these visions through the meticulous and irreversible process of wax-resist dyeing.
Rather than illustrating imagined scenes, Umeda allows the movement of dye on water to guide each image, embracing the delicate balance between control and unpredictability. From these forms, narratives and systems gradually emerge, revealing a unique world shaped by both intuition and material response.
Biography
Born:
1993 Yamagata-gun, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan.
Education:
2012-2016 Hiroshima City University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Design and Applied
Arts, Division of Textiles (BFA)
2018 Hiroshima City University, Department of Design and Applied Arts,
Division of Textiles (MFA)
2017 I was selected Scholarship member from Mitsubishi Corporation.
Solo Exhibition:
2024 ■ ‘Hollow and Blink’ at Gallery Seek Caretta Shiodome, Tokyo (10/3~10/17)
2023 ■ ‘Last Flower’ at Ginza Gallery Seek, Tokyo (11/29~12/5)
2022 ■ ‘Pluralistic Biotope’ at Ginza Gallery Seek, Tokyo (11/12~11/20)
2018 ■ ‘Undying Trees’ at mm project gallery, Hiroshima (10/27~11/17)
2016 ■ ‘SOMEIRO Aquarium’ at mm project gallery , Hiroshima (9/3~10/25)
Art Fair:
2024■ ‘ART TAIPEI2024’ at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1, Taiwan
2024■ ‘Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong2024’ at Hall 1D&E HongKong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2023■ ‘ART TAIPEI’ at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1, Taiwan
2023■ ‘Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong2023’ at Hall 1D&E HongKong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2022■ ‘KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2022’ at Hyatt Centric Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Group Exhibition:
2023■ ‘Fregrant Breeze, Fragrant Blossoms’ at art space morgenrot, Tokyo
2023■ ‘Smash Hits 04 from ONBEAT’ at AFRODE CLINIC, Tokyo
2022■ ‘Amakakaeru Ryu ni Tokimeki 2nd’ at Artglorieux, Tokyo
2022■ ‘Port Yokohama Summer Marche’ at FEI Art Museum Yokohama, Kanagawa
2022■ ‘LOS-PINTXOS’ at Lapis Gallery, Hiroshima
2022■ ‘Beyond Spring vol.4’ at Hideharu Fukasaku Gallery Roppongi, Tokyo
2022■ ‘The Cat Size of SM’ at Gallery Seek, Tokyo
2021■ ‘Wondering in the Frost Month’ at art space morgenrot, Tokyo
2022■ ‘Amakakaeru Ryu ni Tokimeki 1st’ at Artglorieux, Tokyo
2021■ ‘The joint exhibition of Ayaka Umeda and Saika Fujihara’ at Moonrise Gallery, Tokyo
2021■ ‘The 2nd Exhibition of dyeing works recommended by universities nationwide’ at SOME Seiryukan, Kyoto
2020■ ‘Grass Dew, Flower Scent’, art space morgenrot, Tokyo
2019 ■’Art Gaia@Jonanjima’, Jonanjima Art Factory, Tokyo
2019 ■ ‘Spring’s First Song, Petal Breeze, Morning Dew’ art space moegenrot, Tokyo
2018 ■‘All Japan college selected dying artworks exhibition’ at Some Seiryukan, Kyoto
2017 ■ ‘Wide Angles of Dying, Sharpe Angles from Dying’ at Some Seiryukan, Kyoto
2017 ■ ‘The life in Satoyama ! The Artists – Into the Streets’
at mm project gallery and the shopping street in Kake, Akiota, Hiroshima
2017 ■ ‘The New World’, at Hiroshima Art Center, Hiroshima
2017 ■ ‘The ultramarine of spring’, at Honmaru Coffee gallery
Award:
2023 ■ Charm Care Corporation 22th Competition
2023 ■ Corporate Art Aid Kyoto
2021 ■ Accepted to Venture community for Arts
2021 ■ Gallery Seek Prize at the 1st Artist New Gate
2020 ■ Minato Oasis Mojiko Prize at Mojiko Art Wharf
2018 ■Indepent Tokyo 2018 Judges’ special Award
2018 ■ Award for Outstanding Work at The 21th Art Museum Acquisitions Exhibition
2017 ■The 72th new Takumi Crafts Exhibition Award for Effort Work
2017 ■ The 71th Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Exhibition
2017 ■ Auction in Kanazawa for Kogei and Art（AKKA）
2017 ■The 34th Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program*
*My works was also accepted for The 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45th this competitions
and all my winning works were purchased by Mitsubishi Corporation.
2016 ■ The exhibition of Seifukai My work was purchased for Itsukaiti Memorial Hospital
2016 ■ The 19th Art Museum Acquisitions Exhibition
Award for Outstanding Work /My work was purchased for Hiroshima University Art Museum.
2015 ■ International Orchid Festival 2015, Art Competition /Award for Outstanding Work
Collection:
■ ARETECO HORLDINGS
■ Charm Care Corporation
■ Hiroshima City University Art Museum
■ Itsukaiti Memorial Hospital
Contact : urrrim1176@gmail.com