Makoto Aida
Makoto Aida was born in Nigata prefecture, Japan, in 1965. He was initially trained in painting at Tokyo University of the Arts, but has since expanded his artistic range to include photography, sculpture, performance, installation art, urban design, and comic book and novel writing. Aida has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions both in and outside of Japan. His most recent exhibitions include “Wallworks,” Yerba Buena Center of Arts, San Francisco (2009); 17th Biennale of Sydney, Australia (2010); and “E-BAKA,” Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo (2010). He is an author of Mutant Hanako (comic), Adolescence and Perversion (novel), and Monument for Nothing (exhibition catalogue), among other publications. Aida is currently a part-time instructor in the Oil Painting Department of Tokyo University of the Arts.
Selected Bibliography
The following works are by Matoko Aida:
Beijing Behind the Art. Tokyo: Daiwa Press Co., 2009.
Monument for Nothing. Tokyo: Graphic-sha Publishing Co., 2007.
Apt.Kubo-So#6. New York: Andrew Roth, 2006.
La Trentaine. ABC Shuppan Co., 2002.
Lonely Planet. Tokyo: Danvo Co., Ltd., 1999.
Mutant Hanako. Tokyo: ABC Shuppan Co., 1999.
Adolescence and Perversion. Tokyo: ABC Shuppan Co., 1996.