Ayako Funato / 舩戸 彩子

Born 1990, in Aichi Prefecture,Japan

2018: Completed the Master’s Program in Painting (Oil Painting) at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts.

Solo Exhibitions

2023
The Window That Whispers (Empty Space/Gifu)

2022
Witnessed Lightness (Chojamachi Cotton Building/Aichi)
Fake Fur?! A night where a revived man and melted women dance in the flickering light. TheReason for the Sneakers That Forgot Tomorrow’s Memories, (Kogane 4422bldN MARKSG/Aichi)

2020 About the Magazine in the Bushes (TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY/Tokyo)

2019 Everywhere, Nowhere (Gallery noivoi/Aichi)
“Ayako Funato Exhibition” (Micro Museum/Gifu)

Group Exhibitions

2025
Minokamo Annual 2025 (Minokamo Culture Forest, Minokamo City Museum / Gifu)

2023
Minokamo Annual 2023 (Minokamo Culture Forest,Minokamo City Museum / Gifu)

2022
GALLERY NOIVOI 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION [WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE] (Gallery noivoi / Aichi)

2021
Practices of Contemporary Art 2021 (Gekko Art Museum / Gifu)
Morio Shinoda and the Artists of Gekko Art Museum (Art Space Roshinban / Tokyo)

2020
Fun de Nagoya 2020 “The Act of Being Here” (Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada / Aichi)

2019
Perspectives on Contemporary Art 2019 (Gekko Art Museum / Gifu)
Minokamo Annual 2019 (Minokamo Culture Forest, Minokamo City Museum / Gifu)

2018
Ireal - The Dark Side of the Moon - (YEBISU ART LABO / Nagoya)
Minokamo Annual 2018 (Minokamo Culture Forest, Minokamo City Museum / Gifu)

2017
New Generation of Contemporary Art Exhibition 2017 (Gekisho Art Museum / Gifu)
Minokamo Annual 2017 (Minokamo Culture Forest Minokamo City Museum / Gifu)
ART NEXT: Stories, Aporias, and Sapiens (Denki Bunka Kaikan / Nagoya)

2016
Focus Flowing (GALLERY MoMo Projects / Tokyo)

2015
Fun de Nagoya Art Exhibition 2015 “TO BE CONTINUED” (Citizens’ Gallery Yada / Nagoya)
Flyby - Close Approach / Yada Citizens' Gallery / Nagoya
Nagoya University of the Arts Graduate School of Simultaneous Expression x Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Intermedia Art: Traffic Site Nagoya University of the Arts Art & Design Center / Aichi

2014
BLACK TICKET N-MARK B1 / Nagoya
connect / Gallery Kusabue / Nagoya

2013
Parallel World / Gallery Genso Kobo / Gifu
Young Face / Art Lab Aichi / Nagoya