Current Projects:
multi. diy art fair
Honolulu, HI
Solo Shows:
♡ so glad you came, New Works by Ayaka Takao
The Manifest, Nov 2022 to Jan 2023 - Honolulu, HI
Group Shows + Collaborations:
★ Kagu / Akari
fishcake, Fall 2022 - Honolulu, HI
♡ Cafe - Tropic Editions, Hawai'i Triennial 2022
Hawai'i State Art Museum, 2022 - Honolulu, HI
★ Dipshit Mag - Issue 5 Magazine Release Show
Aupuni Space, 2021 - Honolulu, HI
♡ Until Then
online show and print publication
osseous matter, 2020 - Brooklyn, NY
★ 2020 ICA Flat File Program
ICA Baltimore, 2019 - Baltimore, MD
♡ Dream Journal
Cat Gunn, Kate Sable, Ayaka Takao
Rosenberg Gallery, 2019 - Baltimore, MD
★ Flightless Cranes
Aimi Chinen Bouillen, Ahraun Chambliss, Mary Champagne, Kei Ito, Sanzi Kermes, and Ayaka Takao
Baltimore City Hall Gallery, 2019 - Baltimore, MD
♡ 2019 ICA Flat File Program
ICA Baltimore, 2019 - Baltimore, MD
★ The Outfield - Suldano Abdiruhman, Aimee Lin, Olwyn Scarbeary, Ayaka Takao
Mount Royal Station, 2018 - Baltimore, MD
♡ IN2IT - Suldano Abdiruhman, Aimee Lin, Katie Schweitzer, Marina Constantine, Chahaat Thakker
Middendorf Gallery, 2017 - Baltimore, MD
★ Idea of Orient - Office of Diversity Selected Works
Main Gallery, 2017- Baltimore, MD
♡ LI E S U R E - weavings by Aimee Lin and Ayaka Takao
Luca’s Room, 2017 - Baltimore, MD
★ Sum of Five - Anna Archibald and Ayaka Takao
The Outpost, 2016 - Honolulu, HI
♡ Inflate or Incinerate - One Day Pop Up Show
Brown Atrium, 2016 - Baltimore, MD
★ ROOM - Inflatables and Soft Sculpture
Everyman Theater, 2016 - Baltimore, MD
♡ Foundation Exhibiton - Selected Works
Gateway Gallery, 2015 - Baltimore MD
Readings and Performances:
★ Special Sunset Spectacular - Theatrics and Dance and Music
Wuthering Heights, 2018 - Baltimore, MD
Publications / Press:
♡ Dipshit Mag Artist Feature, Issue 5, 2022
★ Salima Magazine, Issue 1, "Emailing Myself" and "West Virginia", 2021
♡ Pan Pan Press, Lap Dog Faith, online collection, 2020 to present
★ Bmore Art, Collecting Art From the Home Via Innovative Online Art Galleries, April 2020
♡ Hawai'i Review, Issue 87, Book 2: Counjunction, 2019
★ Metro HNL, Long Distance Art, August 2016
Grants, etc:
♡ Women's Studio Workshop, Studio Residency Grant, 2020
teaching, etc:
workshop instructor
fishschool hawaii
current - honolulu, hi
Undergraduate Teaching Intern
Maryland Institute College of Art
Spring 2018 - Baltimore, MD
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Communications Intern, Press Press
Fall 2017- Spring 2018 - Baltimore, MD
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Assistant, Baltimore Japan Arts Festival
Spring 2017 - Baltimore, MD
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Gallery Assistant, The Outpost
Summer 2017 - Honolulu, HI
Education:
BFA, Fiber - Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
2014 - 2018