Aya Momose

Aya Momose (b. 1988, Tokyo)

By employing a self-referential methodology that reconsiders the structure of video through video itself, Momose’s work deals with the multi-layered complexity of communication with the other. In recent years, her practice has focused on the issue of bodies depicted in motion pictures while delving more deeply into questions of sexuality and gender. Solo exhibitions include "Momose Aya: Interpreter," Towada Art center, Aomori (2022); "I.C.A.N.S.E.E.Y.O.U," EFAG EastFactoryArtGallery, Tokyo (2020); and "Voice Samples," Yokohama Museum of Art Art Gallery 1 (2014). Selected group shows include "Aichi Triennale 2022," Aichi Arts Center, (2022); "Listen to Her Song," University Art Museum Tokyo University of the Arts (2020); "Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice," Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2016); and "Artist File 2015 Next Doors: Contemporary Artists in Japan and Korea," National Art Center, Tokyo and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon (2015-16). She has been active both domestically and abroad in recent years; she completed a residency in New York as an Asian Cultural Council Fellow, and the documentary “Exchange Diary”, which she co-produced with Im Hung-soon, received an official invitation to the Jeonju International Film Festival. Major collections include the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, and Yokohama Museum of Art.