Contemporary fiber artist from Japan exploring identity and existence through embroidered portraiture. Kayo Aiba | Contemporary Japanese Fiber Artist. | Embroidery & Textile Portrait Art | 刺繍アート・ファイバーアートの現代美術作家アイバカヨ公式サイト|Kayo Aiba - アイバ カヨ
Kayo Aiba
アイバ カヨ
Stitching "In-nen Sho-ki (En)"
(Dependent Origination)
因縁生起を縫う
Weaving the Invisible Flow:Resonance of "En"
Works Acquired by :
Ronald S. Lauder (Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Founder of Neue Galerie, NY)
Takeshi Kitano (Film Director)
Imuraya Group Co., Ltd.(Headquarters Gallery)
Tatsumi Shokai Co., Ltd.(Kyoto / Annual auspicious art collection)

Existence emerges through relation.
My work engages with the unseen flow of connection,
giving it quiet form through thread and stitch.
存在は、関係の中で立ち現れる。
私の制作は、目に見えない「縁」の流れに触れ、
それを糸と縫いによってかたちとして現す試みである。

Form appears to hold, yet it is always unraveling.
What remains is a tension between staying and dissolving.
かたちは保たれているようで、常にほどけ続けている。
そこにあるのは、留まろうとする気配と、崩れていく気配である。
Existence does not arise on its own.
It emerges, almost by chance, within an infinite web of relations.
Everything in this world exists within an ever-flowing network of connections,
like a single, continuous thread.
My practice is an attempt to touch this uncertain continuity.
I continue to give form to prayer and gratitude.
存在は、単独では生まれない。
それは無数の関係の中で、偶然のように立ち現れている。
この世のすべては、一本の連なる糸のように、絶えず流れ続ける「縁」の重なりの中にある。
私の制作は、その不確かな連なりに触れようとする試みである。
祈りと感謝を、 かたちにし続けている。
WORKS
Series: A Structure That Holds

INNER PRAYER
Portraits that emerge from invisible relations.

INNER PRAYER
Not an individual,but a presence formed within relations.
![Contemporary Japanese Embroidery figure by Kayo Aiba -[female/Camille Claudel]:アイバカヨによる現代刺繍の人物画「カミーユ・クローデル」](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8efc7_1dac0d20f4634a3cb2c907acf395e189~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_575,h_575,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/a8efc7_1dac0d20f4634a3cb2c907acf395e189~mv2.jpg)
RELATIONAL FIGURES
Figures that exist only through connection.

ICONIC PRAYER
A quiet icon of presence and belief.
![Contemporary Japanese Embroidery & Fiber Art figure painting by Kayo Aiba -[Woman]:アイバカヨによる現代刺繍の人物画「母神仏」](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8efc7_c3f625df71ea4a62924b15ddcb6f887a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_575,h_575,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/a8efc7_c3f625df71ea4a62924b15ddcb6f887a~mv2.jpg)
MINIMAL PRAYER
The smallest form of existence.
![Modern embroidered figure by aibaKayo-[Tokyo Girl]:アイバカヨによる現代刺繍の人物画「東京ガール」](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8efc7_bfd70f601aa14965a4fb048ddcb1f14a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_625,h_625,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/a8efc7_bfd70f601aa14965a4fb048ddcb1f14a~mv2.png)
Series: What Passes Between
Records of a Once-in-a-Lifetime Encounter : The Kaze (Wind) Series.







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