Profile
2021–2025 Research Assistant, Tokyo University of the Arts
2019 Completed the Master’s Program, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts (Painting Major, Printmaking Studio I)
2017 Exchange Program, University of Applied Arts Vienna / Assistant to artist Richard Gorman in Ireland
2016 Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Painting (Oil Painting)
Exhibition
2025 Japan Emerging Artists Exhibition (Before the Break of Dawn × Soseki, Suzhou, China)
2025 Things Outside the Room（Gallery Soumei-do, Kanda）
2023 KAIDAN: Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn (Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum, Shimane)
2022 Floating Garden (Solo Exhibition, Gallery Soumei-do, Kanda)
2021 Azusa Takahashi Exhibition (Solo Exhibition, Art Zone Kaguraoka, Kyoto)
2021 DUB (Yanagisawa Gallery, Saitama)
2020 YAN (SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland)
2020 Gathering Fragments (Solo Exhibition, Isetan Urawa)
2019 Airmail #2 (Yanagisawa Gallery, Saitama / SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland / ASSAB ONE, Milan, Italy)
2018 Azusa Takahashi Exhibition (Solo Exhibition, Art Zone Kaguraoka, Kyoto)
2017 Shotai (SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland)
Introduction
The bird print series created as her graduation project at Tokyo University of the Arts was inspired in part by birdwatching trips she took with her father from an early age. Even when depicting the same wild bird, the impression can differ between encountering the living creature in nature and viewing its illustration in a field guide, despite faithful renderings of form and markings. Some birds are difficult to see at all, revealing themselves only through their calls. This project also emerged as an attempt to create a field guide that leans closer to the “real thing,” shaped through the artist’s own subjective perspective. Interwoven at times with personal episodes, the series is conceived as a one-of-a-kind field guide, making the act of collecting both engaging and enjoyable.
In her more recent work, she draws inspiration from familiar colors and forms found in everyday surroundings—such as the grain of wood in furniture, tiles and cobblestones, and the weave of fabrics—combining and dispersing these elements to “weave” landscapes. Employing a wide range of media and techniques, including acrylic paint, pen, and colored pencil, she also incorporates printmaking methods such as stenciling and lithography, resulting in a richly varied approach to expression.
2021–2025 Research Assistant, Tokyo University of the Arts
2019 Completed the Master’s Program, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts (Painting Major, Printmaking Studio I)
2017 Exchange Program, University of Applied Arts Vienna / Assistant to artist Richard Gorman in Ireland
2016 Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Painting (Oil Painting)
Exhibition
2025 Japan Emerging Artists Exhibition (Before the Break of Dawn × Soseki, Suzhou, China)
2025 Things Outside the Room（Gallery Soumei-do, Kanda）
2023 KAIDAN: Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn (Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum, Shimane)
2022 Floating Garden (Solo Exhibition, Gallery Soumei-do, Kanda)
2021 Azusa Takahashi Exhibition (Solo Exhibition, Art Zone Kaguraoka, Kyoto)
2021 DUB (Yanagisawa Gallery, Saitama)
2020 YAN (SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland)
2020 Gathering Fragments (Solo Exhibition, Isetan Urawa)
2019 Airmail #2 (Yanagisawa Gallery, Saitama / SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland / ASSAB ONE, Milan, Italy)
2018 Azusa Takahashi Exhibition (Solo Exhibition, Art Zone Kaguraoka, Kyoto)
2017 Shotai (SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland)
Introduction
The bird print series created as her graduation project at Tokyo University of the Arts was inspired in part by birdwatching trips she took with her father from an early age. Even when depicting the same wild bird, the impression can differ between encountering the living creature in nature and viewing its illustration in a field guide, despite faithful renderings of form and markings. Some birds are difficult to see at all, revealing themselves only through their calls. This project also emerged as an attempt to create a field guide that leans closer to the “real thing,” shaped through the artist’s own subjective perspective. Interwoven at times with personal episodes, the series is conceived as a one-of-a-kind field guide, making the act of collecting both engaging and enjoyable.
In her more recent work, she draws inspiration from familiar colors and forms found in everyday surroundings—such as the grain of wood in furniture, tiles and cobblestones, and the weave of fabrics—combining and dispersing these elements to “weave” landscapes. Employing a wide range of media and techniques, including acrylic paint, pen, and colored pencil, she also incorporates printmaking methods such as stenciling and lithography, resulting in a richly varied approach to expression.
