Ayako SomeyaAyako Someya
Born in Tokyo in 1981, Ayako Someya obtained a degree in English language and literature from Seitoku University before embarking on the study of classical calligraphy in 2007. After participating in Zero Art, a 2014 group exhibition at hpgrp New York featuring works by Japanese artists, Someya was involved in producing a catalogue raisonné on Inoue Yūichi, an experience that both taught her to view calligraphy as art and marked the beginning of her creative career. Ayako Someya’s artworks were exhibited at Art Shodo Tokyo 2018, an exhibition organized by contemporary artist Hisashi Yamamoto in Mitaka (Tokyo). They were also exhibited at Calligraphy as Art, a group exhibition held at Tokyo Gallery+BTAP that included Yūichi Sakamaki and Tomoko Kitada. In 2023, Someya held her first solo exhibition, As if to Breathe, at Tokyo Gallery.
