Aiko Tezuka手塚 愛子

News

• The State Guest House at the “Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan” in Yumeshima-Osaka
  

  Aiko’s two large installations, Re-Weaving the Era (A Study of Courage and Curiosity) and The State Guest Houses (Weaving in Progress, Meiji to Reiwa) are exhibited in the State Guest House at the “Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan” in Yumeshima-Osaka. Kawashima Selkon Textiles Co., Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan) donated the significant textile works designed by Aiko Tezuka to the State Guest House.
  These works are not open to the public. Still, the production materials and records of the production process are exhibited at the Kawashima Textile Museum in Kyoto.

• Contribution to the Booklet
  

  Aiko contributed to the booklet “News” No.256 (P6-7) issued by the National Museum of Art, Osaka. (Japanese only)

• New Acquisitions in The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
  

  The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, acquired two of Aiko’s works, “Ghost I met ” (2013) and “Rewoven #04 ” (2017), as the permanent collections.
  The list of artworks purchased by the National Museum of Art, Osaka (2023)

• New Deposited Work in The Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
  

  “A Study of Necessity (Satsuma-Buttons and Self-Orientalism) – 01 ” (2019) has been deposited in the Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan, by a private art collector.

• Textile Pattern Description
  

  Textile Pattern Description of the series “Closing and Opening (A Study of Bravery) “ has been uploaded!

Current Exhibitions

• Jakob Gasteiger and Aiko Tezuka Duo Exhibition (Barcelona)
  

  Aiko will participate in the duo exhibition with Jakob Gasteiger at Richeldis Fine Art, Barcelona, Spain. The exhibition runs from 27th February through 1st May 2025.

• Collection 2: Undo, Redo (Osaka, Japan)
  

  Two works by Aiko Tezuka, Ghost I met and Rewoven #4, newly acquired by The National Museum of Art, Osaka, in 2024, will be exhibited at the Collection 2: Undo, Redo at the museum. The exhibition will be on view from February 15 to June 1, 2025.

• Cut from the Same Cloth: Textile and Technology (California)
  

  Aiko participates in the group show “Cut from the Same Cloth: Textile and Technology” at Palo Alto Art Center, California, United States.

  The show will be on view from January 18 to April 6 2025. This exhibition is curated by Christine Duval.

  Press Release

• Batik Nyonyas: Three Generations of Art and Entrepreneurship (Singapore)
  

  Aiko is participating in a special exhibition at the Peranakan Museum in Singapore, bringing a large-sized commissioned work.
  Exhibition duration: 11 October 2024 – 31 August 2025
  Opening hours: Sunday to Thursday: 10am – 7pm, Friday: 10am – 9pm

Recent Articles

• News Magazine “ARCADIA” No. 98
  

  News magazine “ARCADIA” about the group exhibition “Opening and Connecting – A Study of Incision and Suture”, published by the Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi, Japan. Aiko is the cover girl!

• “Opening and Connecting – A Study of Incision and Suture” at Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aich, Japan, Related Articles・Japan
  

  Reviews of the group exhibition “Opening and Connecting – A Study of Incision and Suture” at Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aich, Japan, in which Aiko participated, was published in Art Exhibition JAPAN, OutermostNAGOYA, and Chunichi Shimbun.

• RANGE ROVER’s invitation-only event, “RANGE ROVER HOUSE 2024″・Japan
  

  Aiko’s artwork was exhibited there and featured in GQ’s eNewsletter.

• Arte Morbida・Italy
  

  Aiko Tezuka’s upcoming solo exhibition in Kyoto has been featured in Arte Morbida Magazine, Italy.

• Lux Magazine ・UK
  

  Aiko Tezuka’s experience during DBF’s Majhi International Art Residency 2023 has been featured in Lux Magazine, UK.

• Numéro Magazine ・France
  

  Aiko Tezuka’s artworks created during the Majhi International Art Residency 2023 have been featured in Numéro Magazine’s article about the Asia Now Art Fair.