Two videos of the works at Solo Exhibition at Tenri Gallery December, 2023.
Each video is about 2 minutes 30 seconds.
--->If you don't see the videos, please go to YouTube and search ayakohfl, my YouTube channel. Or my Instagram: @ayakohfl
Solo Exhibition "For Little Ones"
with Guest Artist:Toki Ozaki, Rihcard (performance), Sanae M. Buck (music)
at Gallery Onetwentyeight, LES: 128 Rivington Street & near Essext
Oct.31~Nov.10. (Turs.~Fri. 1~7 pm, Sat.~Sun. 12~6 pm, Last day until 5 pm)
Opening Reception : Nov. 2 3~6 pm
Press release
Ayakoh Furukawa-Leonart
For Little Ones
Artwork that comes from the artist's heart resonates with other souls.
— Ayakoh Furukawa-Leonart
October 31 - November 10, 2024
Opening reception Saturday, November 2, 3 - 6pm
Gallery Hours: Thursdays and Fridays 1-7pm, Saturdays and Sundays 12 -6pm
* Last Sunday until 5pm
Gallery Onetwentyeight
128 Rivington Street, (Essex and Norfolk)
New York, NY 10002
Please make an appointment for other dates and times at 917.561.1889
Solo Exhibition by Ayakoh Furukawa-Leonart with Guest artist Toki Ozaki
This exhibition features works by Ayakoh Furukawa-Leonart. This time, Ayakoh presents a
series of drawings and paintings that evoke the unsettled feelings of childhood that still linger in
everyone's heart.
Not all childhood experiences are pure and carefree. Many people grow up with anxiety about
nostalgic memories, and many live with unhealed emotional wounds. The artist embodies these
emotions and states of mind in various ways. Some works may evoke a sense of confronting
the poison in your soul and reopening your wounds. However, what the artists want to convey
through her works is that there is a beautiful soul within you that will never be lost.
Guest artist Toki Ozaki adds another layer to this exhibition. She creates multimedia objects
and woven works. These abstract, landscape-like pieces are inspired by places the artist has
been. They suggest feelings of uncertainty, distorted memories, and nostalgic stories.
In this exhibition, you will encounter works that become more endearing each time you see
them.
Ayakoh Furukawa - Leonart is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist. Her works are diverse,
ranging from portraits of women created by repeating poems and sentences as if in prayer, to drawings
and oil paintings of animals that capture the innocence of fragile lives. She also explores themes such as
a girl in a red hood surrounded by an unfavorable environment, a knitted piece that expresses the eulogy
of motherhood, and semi-abstract works that incorporate ink painting techniques. Additionally, Ayakoh
occasionally performs at events to foster connections among people. At first glance, her works may seem
unrelated, but a recurring theme throughout is her earnest desire for salvation and her love for humanity.
Ayakoh has exhibited her works primarily at cultural facilities and galleries in and around NYC, including
the Japan Society, Ise Cultural Foundation, Jersey City Museum, Tenri Cultural Center, Williamsburg Art
& Historical Center, Gallery Onetwentyeight, Suzan Ely Fine Art, Mahr Gallery, Marlborough Chelsea,
Plaxall Gallery, RESOBOX, and others. She holds an MFA from Hunter College, CUNY.
Toki Ozaki lives and works in New York City. She creates woven textile and video and considers the two
interrelated. Her textile works reflect the labor and time of weaving and are often meditative. The material
evokes everyday life, and she feels that both material and labor are connected to human life and
emotions. Having worked as a textile designer for over 20 years, she can say that thread and fabric
materials have become part of her life. In her video works, she fuses documentary techniques with
unnatural proportions and deformations to create another layer of reality. She also explores time, which
she sees as a duration naturally captured in photography and video. Her work aims to explore the
relationship between humans, the environment, and society through visible and imaginative images.
Selected Shows: Solo at Gallery 128, NY,
“Temporary”
, 2023,Solo at Gallery Riviere, Japan,
“Passing by”
2023, Gallery Bvoo, Linz Austria, Parker’s Box, Stadt Gallery, Krem, Austria Performances: AIR Gallery,
Gallery128, Jack Tilton Gallery (with Kazuko Miyamoto and Gerald Jackson), Video: Gene Frankel
Theatre, La Mama 2022, Press: Detroit News, MI, N. Adams Transcript, MA, Interviewed at WBAI.
Hunter College MFA
About Gallery Onetwentyeight
Founder/Artist Kazuko Miyamoto arrived in New York in 1964 and was an early member of New York’s
A.I.R. Gallery, the first nonprofit all-women artist collective in the United States in the 1970s. Miyamoto
soon began collaborating with Sol LeWitt, fabricating his early open-cube sculptures and executing his
important first wall drawings. In 1986, she founded her own gallery, Onetwentyeight, at 128 Rivington
Street, which still stands today as the longest continuously running gallery on the Lower East Side. The
gallery has showcased a mix of international and local artists. Gallery Onetwentyeight is Miyamoto’s
lifelong project and remains at the heart of the art scene, hosting exhibitions throughout the year while
occasionally serving as her studio and archive.
More information of the artists:
https://www.ayakohfurukawa.com IG:@ayakohfl
ayakohfurukawa@gmail.com
lastlunchout.com
lastlunchout@gmail.com
Japanese Artists Association of New York 52nd Annual Group Exhibition at Tenri Cultural Institute, Union Square New York, NY
10th Annual Exhibition: PEACE 2024
Dates:August 1 - August 27
At: International Center of CCCS (80 Maiden Lane, 14th FL, New York NY)
Opening Reception: August 6 Tuesday, 5-7 pm
Group Exhibition: Floral
Japanese Artists Association of New York Summer group show curated by YUKAKO
Dates: June 4 to August 25. At: Rabbit House ( 41 Essex Street, New York, NY). Opening Reception: June 22
SJAC 2024 EXHIBITION
Dates:JUNE4-15
At Gallery Max New York ( 552 Broadway, Suite 401, New York)
The 4th Annual Drawing Exhibition: Beyond the Surface
Juried Exhibition by LICArts Association, Curated by Jorge Posada
Dates:March 31 to May 01
At: LIC-A Art Space (The Factory suite 105a, 30-30-47th Ave. LIC, NY)
Group Exhibition at Museum Of Motherhood
Celebrating womanhood and motherhood in conjunction of National Women's Month
Mid March to the End of June.
Venue: Museum Of Motherhood
2606 Fairfield Ave.S (The Factory) St. Petersburg, FL
Solo Exhibition: Japaneseness! From Traditional To Kawaii (Japanese Cuteness)
Dates: February 21 ~ April 02
At: International Center of CCCS (80 Maiden Lane, New York, NY)
25th WAH Center Salon Show
at Williamsburg Art Historical Center, Brooklyn NY
Dates: Feb 3 ~ March.9
Gallery Hours: Sat & Sun 1~5 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ4AHQajA5c
** Please check the YouTube above.
They exhibit my drawing below: Mothers...Sons and Brothers
Exhibiting work at NY Connection 2024
" Impossible to Picture" 12 h x 9 w " Graphite on Paper, 2007
Whispers of the Soul: Prayer in Art
魂の囁き:アートにみる祈り
December 9 (Sat.) ~
December 21(Thurs.) 2023
** The Exhibition will be on view from Dec. 9th.
Reception Party
December 16 (Sat.) 3~5 pm
Tenri Gallery
(Tenri Cultural Institution)
43A 13th St. New York, NY 10011
Hours:
Mon. 12-6 pm
Tue. 12-6 pm
Wed. 12-6 pm
Thurs. 12-6 pm
Fri. Closed
Sat. 12-3 pm ** Dec.16 12-5 pm
Sun. Closed
Artist will be at the Gallery
Saturdays and more days (TBA)