AYUKO TANAKA

Illustrator, Children's Book Author. Based on Tokyo, currently living in Berlin.

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New Exhibition  'The Box Garden of Copernicus’  in Tokyo

Information of the coming exhibition in Tokyo.

AYUKO TANAKA Exhibition  'The Box Garden of Copernicus'

In the 16th century, Copernicus changed the people's viewpoint of the universe 180 degrees by proposing Heliocentrism. I will display the story made by collecting pieces of his imagination as a three-dimensional installation, in a small space of about 2 tatami mats.

13 Jan 2017 (Mon) − 18 Jan (Sat)  12 : 00 - 19 : 00 （Saturday till 17 : 00）

Gallery KOBO under the stairs

〒104-0061 Okuno Building B1F, GInza, Chuo-ku, TOKYO Tel / Fax [phone] http://gallerykobo.web.fc2.com/1943.html

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‘Illustrator 59’: Annual catalogue & Exhibition 2017 / Society of Illustrators

One of my clay illustration works has been included in the long list of Society of Illustrators competition ‘Illustrator 59’ (Advertising Category), and it is now been exhibited in their Illustrators 59 Exhibition, which is currently held in their headquarters in New York.

Here is the detail of the exhibition:

“Illustrators 59: Advertising, Institutional, Uncommissioned” Exhibition

Exhibition Dates January 4 – January 28, 2017 (Opening Reception and Awards Presentation January 06, 2017 | 6:00 pm)

Location Society of Illustrators 128 East 63rd Street between Lexington and Park Avenue

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Created by Ayuko Tanaka, the clay work and simple animated gif for the exhibition of Day of the Dead 2016 in Gallery House MAYA Tokyo.

http://ayukotanaka.com/day-of-the-dead

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Illustrations and simple gif animation from “Imaginary Space Laboratory” series for the exhibition in Gallery House Maya in Tokyo 2013. Main theme of this exhibition was the possibility of human languages and imagination. ギャラリーハウスマヤ（東京）での個展のためのオリジナル作品「仮想空間実験室」より「貫き男の旅」2013年 http://ayukotanaka.com/penetrated-man

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Inspired by H.G. Wells' "Crystal Egg", painted by Ayuko Tanaka.  http://ayukotanaka.com

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“Astrology Night Stories” written by Ryuji Kagami, cover ilustration by Ayuko Tanaka. Published by Setsuwa-sha Inc.

「占星術夜話」鏡リュウジ／著、たなか鮎子／カバーイラスト。 説話社 刊。

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a collage work inspired by the strange novel called “Fish Solbre” by Andre Breton in 2013.

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inspired by the novel "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Borges. Exhibited in Gallery house MAYA Tokyo in 2013.

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H.C. Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" / Published by Froebel-Kan Co.,Ltd (Japan)

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inspired by the novel "City of Glass" by Paul Auster. 2013

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by Ayuko Tanaka