Biography

Aono FUMIAKI(b. 1968) collected fragments of objects being annihilated and ruined in one instant, and connected them in unique way and recalls memories. Artist collected ordinary object such as torn cloth, newspaper pieces, broken piece of sign board, destroyed furniture and their vestiges are combined with new objects in the process of reshaping them into new objects. Each collected object is embodied someone's memory in the past, and its memory and nostalgia amplifies as it goes through the artist's hand. Through this process, his work goes beyond transforming or restoring, but it aims to heal, and repair. For instance, it has ‘heal’ and ‘recovery’ message of works that are gathered from Sendai, one of the places suffered from most heavily catastrophe during the 2011 East Japan Great Earthquake and Tsunami. Objects worn and lost in different places reveal a new kind of solidarity that share by gathering in one place through the artist's hand, reminding a community of past life, suffering and memories. The artist metaphorically conveys this precarious reality to us through his work.

 

Aono FUMIAKI has held solo exhibitions at Sendai Mediatheque (Miyagi, Japan) in 2019; Kichijoji Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan) in 2017; Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum (Okinawa, Japan) in 2015; and Arario Gallery Seoul (Seoul, Korea) in 2014. He has also participated in group exhibitions at Mori Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan) in 2019; Arario Gallery Shanghai (Shanghai, China) in 2017; Aomori Museum of Art (Aomori, Japan) in 2016; Arario Museum Dongmun Motel (Jeju, Korea) in 2014; Aichi Triennale (Aichi, Japan) in 2013; TURNAROUND (Miyagi, Japan) in 2012; and Shimane Art Museum (Shimane, Japan) in 2011. The artist’s works are included in major collections including The Miyagi Museum of Art (Miyagi, Japan); Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (Aichi, Japan); 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan); Rias Ark Museum of Art (Miyagi, Japan); and Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts (Tokyo, Japan).

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  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Amalgamation, Coupling, "Fragments Collected in Yuriage, Miyagi, Japan / Closet" , 2015
    Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Amalgamation, Coupling, "Fragments Collected in Yuriage, Miyagi, Japan / Closet" , 2015
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Boot Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
    Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Boot Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Can with an Illustration of Mickey Mouse on Its Surface Collected in Wakabayashi Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
    Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Can with an Illustration of Mickey Mouse on Its Surface Collected in Wakabayashi Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Container Collected in Wakabayashi, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”, 2014
    Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Container Collected in Wakabayashi, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”, 2014
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Bowl Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Bowl Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Cassette Tape Collected in Yuriage, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Cassette Tape Collected in Yuriage, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Photograph Collected in Wakabayashi, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”, 2014
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Photograph Collected in Wakabayashi, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”, 2014
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Photograph Collected in Wakabayashi, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”, 2014
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Photograph Collected in Wakabayashi, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”, 2014
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of an Electric Outlet Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”, 2014
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of an Electric Outlet Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”, 2014
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of Cassette Tapes Collected in Yuriage, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of Cassette Tapes Collected in Yuriage, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of Cassette Tapes Collected in Yuriage, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of Cassette Tapes Collected in Yuriage, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, “Restoration of a TV Remote Control Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
    Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, “Restoration of a TV Remote Control Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2014
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Playing Card Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2013
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Playing Card Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2013
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of Red Toys collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2013
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of Red Toys collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2013
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Coupling, “Restoration of a Land Marker Collected in Yuriage, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (Memorial Configuration)” , 2013
    Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Coupling, “Restoration of a Land Marker Collected in Yuriage, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (Memorial Configuration)” , 2013
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Incursion, Coupling, “Restoration of a Truck Collected in Higashi-matsushima, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2013
    Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Incursion, Coupling, “Restoration of a Truck Collected in Higashi-matsushima, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2013
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Substitution, Incursion, Coupling, “Restoration of a Red Signboard Collected in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2013
    Mending, Substitution, Incursion, Coupling, “Restoration of a Red Signboard Collected in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2013
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a CD Case Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2012
    Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a CD Case Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2012
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Notebook Collected at a Clothing Store (Satō Clothier) in Miyako, Iwate, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2012
    Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Notebook Collected at a Clothing Store (Satō Clothier) in Miyako, Iwate, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2012
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Signpost Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”, 2012
    Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Signpost Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”, 2012
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Clothing Store (Satō Clothier) Door Collected in Miyako, Iwate, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2012
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Clothing Store (Satō Clothier) Door Collected in Miyako, Iwate, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2012
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Green Cassette Tape Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”, 2012
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Green Cassette Tape Collected in Yuriage, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”, 2012
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Incursion, Coupling, “Restoration of a Boat Collected in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2012
    Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Incursion, Coupling, “Restoration of a Boat Collected in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2012
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Incursion, “Low Tables Covered with Floor Materials from Houses Destroyed in the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2012
    Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Incursion, “Low Tables Covered with Floor Materials from Houses Destroyed in the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2012
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of Ceramics Pieces Collected in Disaster Areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2011-2014
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of Ceramics Pieces Collected in Disaster Areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” , 2011-2014
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Takeover, Accumulation, "Multiple bottoms" , 2011-2012
    Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Takeover, Accumulation, "Multiple bottoms" , 2011-2012
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Pylon”, 2011
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Pylon”, 2011
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Takeover “Restoration of a Plastic Box”, 2011
    Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Takeover “Restoration of a Plastic Box”, 2011
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Substitution, “Restoration of a Pylon” , 2011
    Mending, Substitution, “Restoration of a Pylon” , 2011
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Tray” , 2010
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Tray” , 2010
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Takeover, “Restoration of the Lid of a Foamed Styrol Box” , 2010
    Mending, Substitution, Consolidation, Takeover, “Restoration of the Lid of a Foamed Styrol Box” , 2010
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Kerosene Container - Reddish Brown”, 2008
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Kerosene Container - Reddish Brown”, 2008
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a White Container”, 2007
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a White Container”, 2007
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Extension 2007.5.18, “Restoration of a Bath Mat Collected in Torinoumi,, Watari, Miyagi, Japan” , 2007
    Mending, Extension 2007.5.18, “Restoration of a Bath Mat Collected in Torinoumi,, Watari, Miyagi, Japan” , 2007
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Green Kerosene Container” , 2007
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Green Kerosene Container” , 2007
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Green Kerosene Container” , 2007
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Green Kerosene Container” , 2007
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Consolidation, Substitution, Takeover, 2005-2 , 2005
    Mending, Consolidation, Substitution, Takeover, 2005-2 , 2005
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Accumulation, Incursion, 2004-2, 2004
    Mending, Accumulation, Incursion, 2004-2, 2004
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Lunch Container”, 2004
    Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Lunch Container”, 2004
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Pennant Collected in a Sea Village”, 2003
    Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Pennant Collected in a Sea Village”, 2003
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Piece of the Interior Wall of a House” , 2002
    Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Piece of the Interior Wall of a House” , 2002
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Futon Cover”, 2001
    Mending, Extension, “Restoration of a Futon Cover”, 2001
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Piece of a Discarded Magazine” , 1998
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Piece of a Discarded Magazine” , 1998
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Piece of a Discarded Magazine” , 1998
    Mending, Restoration, “Restoration of a Piece of a Discarded Magazine” , 1998
  • Aono FUMIAKI, Mending, Extension , “Restoration of a Signboard Collected along National Route 4” , 1997
    Mending, Extension , “Restoration of a Signboard Collected along National Route 4” , 1997
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