Ayako Rokkaku / ロッカク アヤコ

Ayako Rokkaku
b. 1982, Chiba, Japan

Lives and works in Berlin and Tokyo

Solo Exhibitions:

2024
KÖNIG SEOUL, Seoul, Korea (solo)

2025
The Artbarn, Cape Schanck, Australia (solo)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES

2024
Detour for an Ice Cream Fairy, Palazzo Corner Mocenigo, Venice, Italy
Surreal Surroundings, KÖNIG MEXICO CITY, Mexico
Holding an Island, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain

2023
Ayako Rokkaku: Close to Your Treasure, Long Museum, Shanghai, China
CUTE. WEIRD. FREE., KÖNIG GALERIE, St. Agnes, Berlin, Germany

2022
T&Y Projects, Tokyo, Japan
Asia NOW Paris Asian Art Fair, Paris, France
Imagination for Flying Adventure, KÖNIG LONDON, London, UK
Solo Booth (Booth E6) at FRIEZE Los Angeles, California, USA

2021
Born in the fluffy journey, KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin, Germany
„Phantom Thief Stray Junkie“, Gallery Trax, Yamanashi, Japan

2020
Magic Hand, Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan

2019
Fumble in colors, tiny discoveries, Museum Jan van der Togt, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2018
Bright wind, another step, Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2017
OBSCURA, Gallery Target, Tokyo, Japan ramblings‘ habitat, Gallery Trax, Yamanashi, Japan

2016
Sealed Reminiscence, Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2015
Lumpy Fluffy Splatter, Gallery Trax, Yamanashi, Japan

2014
Never ending love letter, Gallery Target, Tokyo, Japan

2012
Where the smell comes from, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia

2011
Colours in my hand, KUNSTHAL Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2010
About Us, Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, Netherlands

About Us, VACANT, Tokyo, Japan

2009
girl in moment, Guy Peters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Untitled, San Carlo Gallery, Milano, Italy

2008
Untitled, Galerie Wild, Frankfurt, Germany
Untitled, Juliana Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2007
Rokkaku Ayako Exhibition, Galerie Teo, Tokyo, Japan
Untitled, Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark
Walking around cloud, Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2006
Untitled, GALERIE AAA, Paris, France

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2024
TRACES AND THREADS, KÖNIG SEOUL, Seoul, Korea

2021
One Decade of Female Sculptors, KÖNIG GALERIE im KHK Vienna, Austria

2020
Oketa Collection — The World — From the OKETA COLLECTION, 21st Century Museum of
Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Oketa Collection — A NEW DECAD, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan

2018
25th Anniversary in Gallery Trax vol.I, Gallery Trax, Yamanashi, Japan Perpetual Colors, PHILLIPS X, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2017
Cat Love. Nine lives in the art, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Cool Japan, Volkenkundig Museum Leiden, Netherlands

2015
Swatch Faces 2015 at 56th Venice Biennale, Arsenale TESA100, Venice, Italy
Swatch loves Art, Hong Kong, China

2014
Faces and Traces, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai
Museum van der Togt, Amstelveen, The Netherlands

2012
Pop Art Accrochage, Fluegel-Roncak Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany
Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China

2011
Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China

2010
Manga in Amsterdam, Willem Kerseboom gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2006
Tokyo GG Night, Hotel Claska, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Girls Collection, Yoyogi Taikukan, Tokyo, Japan

COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)
Oketa Collection, by Shunji and Asako Oketa, Tokyo, Japan
Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Voorlinden Museum, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi, Japan
Sehwa Museum of Art / Sehwa Art and Culture Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Awards:

2006
GEISAI#10, Scout award

2005
GEISAI#9, Goto Akio award
Energy Award #8

2003
GEISAI#4, Scout award