Profile and practice
Ayano Tamuro paints quiet spaces where memory and imagination overlap, drawing on rooms, familiar plants and animals. Her painting practice grows out of experience in graphic design and illustration.
Profile
She graduated in design from Osaka University of Arts in 2006 and began working as a graphic designer at an advertising agency in 2007. She started illustrating in 2017 and developing her practice as an artist in 2020. She is based in Osaka.
Selected exhibitions
- 2024 | 「Calm time」 (HB Gallery)
- 2023 | 「The Power of color」 (Daimaru Umeda ART GALLERY UMEDA)
- 2022 | 「猫のいる部屋」 (HB Gallery)
Awards and media
- 2024 | Independent Tokyo Grand Prix
- 2023 | UNKNOWN ASIA Jury Prize (Hiroaki Kondo Prize)
- 2024 | Appearance on Nippon TV’s THE ART HOUSE
Approach to painting
Working with oil paint and other media, Tamuro paints plants, animals and interiors. Soft, vivid colors, free brushwork and carved textures create quiet spaces between reality and imagination.
Solo exhibitions in 2025
- December | LAMP (Touch Gallery, Hong Kong)
- November | Let Me Stay in the Room a Little Longer (Empathy Gallery, Tokyo)
- February | Mahoroba of the Everyday (ART GALLERY UMEDA, Daimaru Umeda, Osaka)
Sources and further information
Biographical and exhibition information has been summarized and edited by roidworksgallery from the linked sources. Exhibitions are selected highlights.