AIKO was born in Tokyo, Japan and currently resides in New York City since the mid 90’s. She received an BFA at Tokyo Zokei University in the field of graphic design and filmmaking, also MFA at The New School, NY with honor mention on Media Studies.
In 1997, she assisted the earlier Brooklyn MURAKAMI’s based studio. Few years later she teamed up with two young American artists, which eventually became the seminal street art collective known as FAILE. After 5 years of putting hard work in the US and international streets, galleries and museums, she departed the group to develop her individual artist career as Lady AIKO.
She utilizes mixed media on her works, such as spray paint, acrylics, latex enamels, oil bars, coffee stains, rhine stones glitter and pigments. Also she creates images with collecting with her daily documentation and photography, and applies techniques working with collaging, stenciling, silk screening and hand painting. After years of living in US , being an immigrant from from Japan, AIKO discovered American contemporary art movements such as Abstractionism , POP Art , Graffiti and Street Art. Her pieces are combination of those forms with Japanese traditional aesthetic in an innovative way. It tells a story playfully, portraying femininity, sexuality and beauty of human life.
AIKO is recognized in the contemporary art world also well respected with the graffiti and street art scene. Skillfully, she has been painting vibrant large scale works indoors and outdoors in many cities, including the Wynwood Wall Project ( curated by Jeffrey Deitch) in Miami in 2009 and commission pieces for the Standard Hotel in both coast in 2010. Her works has been exhibited at the MACRO Future Rome Italy, Shanghai MOCA China, Brooklyn Museum NY, PS1 MOMA NY as well as major museums and galleries in the US, Europe and Asia.
