Ayaka Shirota

「Am I not yet forgotten?」 おぼえてる?

2025

¥275,000Tax incl. · Shipping paid on delivery
Size80.3 x 100 x 3 cm
MediumCanvas, charcoal, oil paint

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About the work

I made this work for my graduate school entrance exam. The moment I achieved the goal of being accepted, I came face to face with the reality of stepping out into society, was overwhelmed by responsibility and anxiety, and began to feel fear even toward painting, which I had always loved.
But when I looked back at this work, the joy of having passed and my positive feelings about the future came back vividly. It reminds me not to be caught up only in a dark reality, because light spreads out behind it. It symbolizes a step toward love, and toward setting out again.

Ayaka Shirota

Ayaka Shirota

Born 2001 in Mie / 7 works

At the core of my practice is the act of sublimating emotions, memories, and inner landscapes by making them visible. I depict the emotions that inevitably arise in relationships between people, and the universal wavering that runs through both self and others. Starting from inner tremors such as anxiety and pain, I try to look at what lies beyond them....

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