SOYA Asae

Profile

Asae Soya is a contemporary artist who creates paintings and installations on the theme of light, color, and physical sensation. In 2006 she obtained her doctorate in fine arts from Tokyo University of the Arts. She was resident at ISCP in NYC in 2014 as a foreign trainee through the Japan's Cultural Affairs Agency. She currently works in Japan and abroad.


Recent Exhibitions
"The Collection of Takamatsu Art Museum+ In Spilling Light with Chuta Kimura" Group Exhibition, Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa, 2018
"19th DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow" Group Exhibition, The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2016
"Rainbow" Solo Exhibition, Aki Gallery, Taipei, 2015
"sora iro (color of the air)" Solo Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, 2013
"Ringing" Solo Exhibition, SHISEIDO GALLERY, Tokyo, 2010

Awards, Grants
Granted a fellowship to study in the US for a period of one year Japanese Government Overseas Study (2014)
Youth Award at Kanagawa Cultural Award (2013)
VOCA Prize (Grand Prize) at "The Vision of Contemporary Art 2002" (2002)
Grand Prize at "The 6th Exhibition of Showa Shell Sekiyu Contemporary Art Prize" (2001)

About works / performance

Circles, 2008, 115 x 150 cm (45 9⁄32 × 59 1⁄16 in.), Oil on Cotton on Panel

Circles, 2007, 30 x 162 cm (51 3⁄16 × 63 25⁄32 in.), Oil on Cotton on Panel

Circles, 2010, 180 x 180 cm (70 55⁄64 × 70 55⁄64 in.), Oil on Cotton on Panel

Bathtub, 2001, 164 x 226 cm (64 9⁄16 × 88 31⁄32 in.), Oil on Cotton on Panel

The Light 3, 2009, 162 x 162 cm (63 25⁄32 × 63 25⁄32 in.), Oil on Cotton on Panel

The Light, 2016, 162 x 162 cm (63 25⁄32 × 63 25⁄32 in.), Oil on Cotton on Panel

The Light, 2017, 65.2 x 65.2 cm (25 43⁄64 x 25 43⁄64 in.), Oil on Cotton on Panel

Ringing, 2010, Dimension Variable, Mixed Media, Nacása & Partners Inc.

Ringing Light, 2013, Dimension Variable, Film on Floor and Wall, Nacása & Partners Inc.

sora, 2013, Dimension Variable, Animation, Mirrorball, Nacása & Partners Inc.