AIMI KAYA

Cluster Crafts Exhibitor | 2024

Aimi Kaiya is a contemporary artist best known for her works on paper and canvas using acrylic paint, oil paint, oil sticks, charcoal, soft pastel, and spray paint. She is an award-winning contemporary artist. Her artwork Romance in Venice was selected for the Chianciano Biennale 2022 and is now part of the permanent collection of the Chianciano Art Museum.

Her semi-abstract works are marked by gritty and distinctive marks on the canvas, using vivid colors to create lyrical and minimal compositions marked by a gritty surface and rough edges. Aimi Kaiya is interested in the power of painting’s—almost naïve—celebration of everyday life, encompassing glimpses of nature and life’s ephemeral beauty in simplicity, depicting flowers, lakes, the sky, or formal motifs such as vertical bands of color.

The artist works and resides in Bangkok, Thailand. Notable exhibitions include her solo presentations at ICONSIAM, Bangkok and her participation in the 2023 London Art Biennale.

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“My artistic journey delves into the realm of semi-abstraction. I employ bold lines and a vibrant palette to visually express my vision. My latest collection draws inspiration from the philosophy of wabi-sabi, a Japanese aesthetic that embraces the inherent beauty in life’s simple moments. Each canvas becomes a window into the essence of everyday experiences, celebrating the ephemeral and subtle charm of nature.

Fleeting natural wonders guide my exploration. Themes of blues, flowers, lakes, and skies interweave with a sense of childlike innocence and awe. I juxtapose these organic elements with formal patterns, like vertical stripes of colour, to create depth and intrigue within the compositions.”

— Aimi Kaya

“Rough textures and raw edges contribute to the authenticity and spontaneity that permeate my work. They invite the viewer to participate in a joyful celebration of life’s inherent beauty, a celebration rooted in the philosophy of wabi-sabi.”

— Aimi Kaya