Asuka Nakayama Solo exhibition

Wed. October 30, 2024 – Wed. December 4, 2024 

Gallery Yamaki Fine Art is pleased to present Asuka Nakayama’s solo exhibition. In her fifth solo show at our gallery, we will feature new paintings focusing on the relationship between “things that influence each other,” such as humans and nature, parents and children, and society and individuals, with “erosion” as the keyword. Nakayama has been exploring “the relationship between humans and nature, where mutual coexistence and domination are entwined,” and has depicted illusionary scenes of living spaces with neatly arranged furniture and natural landscapes with lush vegetation. Nakayama’s gaze, which considers the relationship between humans and nature, including natural disasters and environmental destruction, gradually turned to her own life as she struggled to raise her children while feeling the daily loss of contact with society after starting a family. 

Nakayama says, “The slogan ‘diversity’ has been permeated in recent years, and when I look at a society where the intrusion of others under the word causes various debates and flaming, I think that the relationships among individuals, families, societies, and nations have not changed that much, and it makes my daily life seem both grand and ridiculous.” 

Nakayama’s works, which are dedicated to new subjects such as the relationship between parents and children and between society and individuals, seem to symbolically represent the inside of those of us striving for relation to others with different values, and to an ever-changing society and lifestyle while trying hard to find a place for dialogue.

Nakayama was born in Hyogo, Japan in 1986. After completing a master’s degree in painting at Kyoto University of the Arts, she lives and works in Hyogo. In 2015, Nakayama had her first solo museum exhibition at the NISHIWAKI OKANOYAMA MUSEUM OF ART. She also participated in the VOCA Exhibition (at The Ueno Royal Museum, in 2019) known as a steppingstone to success for young artists. Also, Nakayama won the Kyoto Newspaper Prize at the Kyoto Prefecture New Artists Exhibition (Kyoto Museum of Art, 2021). Her humorous and critical work has attracted a lot of attention. We hope you will visit us and enjoy her ambitious pieces, which Nakayama says, “I have no choice but to paint now.” We hope you will visit and enjoy Nakayama’s works at this exhibit.