SA.E.DA EDITORS MISA AIHARA MEMOIRSuam53283/data/MisaAiharaMemoirs2018.pdfCONTENTS Presentation, p. 7 YEAR 2000 MEMOIRS, p. 8 YEAR 2002 MEMOIRS, p. 15 YEAR 2003 MEMOIRS, p. 17 YEAR

MISA AIHARAMEMOIRS

Following trails of colours

a project of Salvatore Costantino

SA.E.DA EDITORS

© SA.E.DA EDITORS

realized by F.A.W.A. - ITALY 2018

PROJECT dated 2018:Prof. Dr. Dr. S. [email protected]

http://costantinoartcritic.xoom.it

Misa Aihara, Cxu vi amas Brahms?, oil on canvas (100×80cm) 2016(front cover)©

Misa Aihara, Verko 9-1, oil on canvas (100×80cm) 2010(retro cover)©

L’Editore dichiara di avere provveduto e/o di stare per provvedere a tutti gli obblighidi stampa e di riservare per sè la proprietà intellettuale di questa opera, secondo lenormative europee attualmente in vigore. L’Editore ha assolto agli obblighi derivantidal copyright ma si dichiara disponibile a saldare coloro i quali fosssero i reali de-tentori dei diritti di autore di qualcuna delle opere rappresentate finora adesposta ene facessero regolare richiesta.

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CONTENTS

Presentation, p. 7

YEAR 2000 MEMOIRS, p. 8YEAR 2002 MEMOIRS, p. 15YEAR 2003 MEMOIRS, p. 17YEAR 2004 MEMOIRS, p. 22YEAR 2005 MEMOIRS, p. 28YEAR 2006 MEMOIRS, p. 33YEAR 2007 MEMOIRS, p. 38YEAR 2008 MEMOIRS, p. 41YEAR 2009 MEMOIRS, p. 48 YEAR 2010 MEMOIRS, p. 51YEAR 2011 MEMOIRS, p. 52YEAR 2012 MEMOIRS, p. 58 YEAR 2013 MEMOIRS, p. 60 YEAR 2014 MEMOIRS, p. 65YEAR 2015 MEMOIRS, p. 66YEAR 2016 MEMOIRS, p. 73YEAR 2017 MEMOIRS, p. 74

Biography of the Artist, p. 76Collage, p. 78

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“Artist, as little girl, dressed in a traditional costume”

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Presentation

As an art critic, my main task is to present the work of a masterof painting to a large audience, the artist Misa Aihara. If I were youngart critic and not used to big business, this simple task would be dif-ficult for me as I climb a very high mountain, but, fortunately, it isnot so. The artist Misa Aihara is well known by a vast Italian public,because she is a painter who has participated in great performancesand she has obtained great prizes. My task then becomes more im-portant, and even more intriguing, because I want to present it to thegreat European public that would never expect a Japanese artist sointernational and attentive to different cultures like Misa Aihara.

Already back in 2009 Misa Aihara has published a beautiful col-lection of her works with the title FILOZOFIAS KOLOROJ and witha trilingual structure (Japanese, English and Esperanto, the languageof all). Now I propose an anthology that is also the “descriptiosumma” of her work in recent years, a work of inspiration, concen-tration, effort and intellectual effort of no small importance. The firstthing you need to know when trying to penetrate the art of Misa Ai-hara is that our artist is fascinated by colors, but not in a traditionalway. The same title of any work shows us how the colors are the star-ting point but also the goal of the artist’s work. Misa Aihara chasesthe colors, detects their traces, chases them in the most unexpectedplaces and captures them, eventually distributing them to all of us inher magnificent paintings. Let yourself be enchanted by herpreys............................................................................

Prof. Dr. Dr. Salvatore Costantino

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YEAR 2000 MEMOIRS

1. Sentitolo, watercolor-gauche (77×56cm) 2004 (€800)

2. Sentitolo, watercolor-gauche (56×36cm) 2005 (€600)

3. Cxielbluo 00-2-10, oil on canvas (100×80cm) 2001 (€4,000)

4. Cxielbluo’98, oil on canvas (162.1×130.3cm) 1999 (€7,000)

5. Cxielbluo 98-3-4, oil on canvas (100×80cm) 1998 (€4.000)



8. Auxtuno, oil on canvas ( 90.9×72.7cm) 1989 (€2,500)

9. Cxielbluo-4, oil on canvas (116.7×91cm) 1995 (€7,000)

10. Bluo & Orangxkoloro-7, oil on canvas (145.5×112.1cm) 1993(€7,000)

11. Bluo & Orangxkoloro -8, oil on canvas (145.5×112.1cm)1996 (€7,000)

12. Cxielbluo -3, oil on canvas (116.7×90.9cm) 1993 (€7,000)

13. Bluo & Orangxkoloro ’88, oil on canvas (162.1×130.3cm)1988 (€7,000)

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1. Sentitolo, watercolor-gauche (77×56cm)

2004 (€800)

2. Sentitolo, watercolor-gauche (56×36cm)

2005 (€600)

3. Cxielbluo, oil on canvas(100×80cm)

2001 (€4,000)

4. Cxielbluo’98, oil on canvas

(162,1×130,3cm)1999 (€7,000)

5. Cxielbluo, oilon canvas

(100×80cm)1998 (€4.000)

6. Cxielbluo, oil oncanvas (100×80cm)

1999 (€4,000)

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7. Cxielbluo, oil on canvas (100×80cm)

1997 (€4,000)

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8. Auxtuno, oil on canvas( 90.9×72.7cm)1989 (€2,500)

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9. Cxielbluo-4, oil on canvas(116.7×91cm) 1995 (€7,000)

10. Bluo & Orangxkoloro-7, oil on can-vas (145.5×112.1cm) 1993 (€7,000)

12. Cxielbluo-3 , oil on canvas(116.7×90.9cm) 1993 (€7,000)

13. Bluo & Orangxkoloro ’88, oil on canvas(162.1×130.3cm) 1988 (€7,000)

11. Bluo & Orngxkoloro -8,oil on canvas

(145.5×112.1cm)1996 (€7,000)

“Artist with her work”

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YEAR 2002 MEMOIRS

14. Sky Blue 1-5-20, oil on canvas (100×80cm) 2002 (€4,000)

14. Sky Blue, oil on canvas, (100X80cm), 2002 € 4,000

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15. Cxielbluo 3-6-1, oil on canvas (100×80cm)2003 €4,200

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YEAR 2003 MEMOIRS


16. Kompozicio:Verdo & Bluo, oil on canvas (90.9×72.7cm) 2003(€3,500)


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16. Kompozicio:Verdo & Bluo, oil on canvas(90.9×72.7cm)2003 (€3,500)

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“Misa in a moment of innocent leisure”

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17. Cxielbluo 3-5-20, oil on canvas (100×80cm)

2003 (€4,500)

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YEAR 2004 MEMOIRS



20. Cxielbluo 4-9, oil on canvas (162.1×130.3cm) 2004 (€7,000)

21. Cxielbluo 4-6-27, oil on canvas (116.7×90.9cm) 2004 (€5,000)


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18. Cxielbluo 3-1-10,oil on canvas(100×80cm)

2004 (€4,200)


2004 (€4,200)

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20. Cxielbluo 4-9, oil on canvas(162.1×130.3cm)

2004 (€7,000)

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21. Cxielbluo 4-6-27, oil on canvas

(116.7×90.9cm)2004 (€5,000)


(116.7×90.9cm)2004 (€6,000)

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“With loved ones”

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YEAR 2005 MEMOIRS

23. Cxielbluo 4-10-03, oil on canvas (116.7×90.9cm ) 2005 (€5,000)

24. Verko 4-11-, oil on canvas (100×80cm) 2005 (€4,200)

25. Verko 3-6-15, oil on canvas (100×80cm) 2005 (€4,200)





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24. Verko 4-11-,oil on canvas(100×80cm)

2005 (€4,200)

25. Verko 3-6-15, oil on canvas(100×80cm)

2005 (€4,200)

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26. Cxielbluo 3-9-15, oil on canvas(100×80cm)

2005 (€4,200)

27. Cxielbluo 4-10-01, oil on canvas (100×80cm)

2005 (€4,200)

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(116.7×90.9cm)2005 (€6,000)


2005 (€4,200)

In this beautiful anthology, wanted by Misa Aihara as a ledger thatreckon with the past to be able to plan and look to the future, thereare no characters, there is not even the artist. The paintings, the works of art by Misa Aihara, are the characters ofthis beautiful book, which is being written on its own. Each charac-ter will dialogue with the observers (with the spectators) in the onlylanguage that Misa Aihara knows and her characters possess: thelanguage of the heart and the soul. Her paintings will speak directly to the minds of spectators and fans.Misa Aihara knows very well that the colors (like the flowers) havedifferent meanings in the various cultures of the world and on thevarious occasions in which they are shown, but she risks willinglyand she wants to talk with everyone.In this way any person, who comes from the five continents inwhich the earth is divided, must not try to understand Misa’s worksof art with his mind, but he must try to perceive them in the depthsof his soul and his heart.I am sure that all those who do not know Japan and its great artisticand historical past will struggle to understand Misa’s work, becausebehind them there is no knowledge of the art of writing in Japan orof drawing and study of the form, which for centuries has guided thesearch for colors in the great painters of the Rising Sun.

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YEAR 2006 MEMOIRS



32. Verko 5-8-20, oil on canvas(100×80cm) 2006 (€4,200)


34. Verko 5-10, oil on canvas (100×80cm) 2006 (€4,200)


2006 (€4,200)

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But Misa Aihara goes much further. She exceeds the tradition ofher beautiful and spiritual country, to enter the world tour of thecreators of art. Her art speaks to the spirit. Misa is very good atcreating her “key colors” on which she builds the plots of hispaintings, but she is so open to always experiment with new waysand nuances as she grows up as an artist and as a creator.Her is a work on progress!


2006 (€4,200)

32. Verko 5-8-20,oil on canvas(100×80cm)

2006 (€4,200)

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Sometimes her inspirations are linked to the pure forms of Nature,other times a carpet - once seen in Istanbul in Turkey - is enoughto unleash her desire to create and communicate. But be careful,dear reader, Misa Aihara is a cultured painter and her intellectualreferences are buried under a sea of colors and their shades, youwill struggle to understand them. But, I think, this is one of thereasons why the art of Misa Aihara is beautiful and captivating.


2006 (€4,200)

34. Verko 5-10, oil on canvas(100×80cm)

2006 (€4,200)

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“Artist in her early years”

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YEAR 2007 MEMOIRS

35. Flavo & Rugxo 5-6-15, oil on canvas (116.7×90.9cm) 2007(€7,000)


37. Verko 6-11-2, oil on canvas(100×80cm) 2007 (€4,200)

35.Flavo & Rugxo 5-6-15, oil on canvas

(116.7×90.9cm) 2007 (€7,000)

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2007 (€4,500)

37. Verko 6-11-2,oil on canvas(100×80cm)

2007 (€4,200)

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YEAR 2008 MEMOIRS


39. Kompozicio orangxkolora, oil on canvas (53×45.5cm) 2008(€1,000)

40. Kompozicio blanka, oil on canvas (65.2×53.0cm) 2008(€1,500)


42. Flavo & Rugxo, oil on canvas (116.7×90.9cm) 2008 (€7,000)



45. Verdaj Rozoj, oil on canvas (162.1×130.3cm) 2008 (€8,000)

46. Verko 8-8-16, oil on canvas (162.1×130.3cm) 2008 (€8,000)

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2008 (€4,200)

39. Kompozicioorangxkolora, oil on canvas(53×45.5cm)

2008 (€1,000)

40. Kompozicio blanka, oil on canvas

(65.2×53.0cm)2008 (€1,500)

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41. Verko 3-1,oil on canvas(100×80cm)

2008 (€5,000)

42. Flavo &Rugxo,

oil on canvas(116.7×90.9cm)2008 (€7,000)

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“With her friends”

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43. Verko 7-6,oil on canvas(100×80cm)2008(€4,200)

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2008 (€4,200)

45. Verdaj Rozoj, oil on canvas

(162.1×130.3cm)2008 (€8,000)

46. Verko 8-8-16,oil on canvas

(162.1×130.3cm)2008 (€8,000)

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YEAR 2009 MEMOIRS

47.Verko 8-10, oil on canvas (100×80cm) 2009 (€4,000)

48. Verdaj Kvadratoj, oil on canvas (162.1×130.3cm) 2009(€7,000)

49. En Cxambro 8-5, oil on canvas ( 116.7×90.9cm) 2009(€5,000)


51. Verko 6-9, oil on canvas (162.1×130.3cm) 2009 (€8,000)

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Who speaks of “color philosophy” orof “philosopher who loves and studiescolors”, applying these terms to MisaAihara, certainly makes no wrong.Philosophy means love for knowledgeand Misa Aihara has an immense lovefor colors, which she considers as atool for perceiving, understanding andinterpreting the real that surrounds us.It is interesting to see how some co-lors have evolved in Misa Aihara’s artover the years. The basic blue colorhas changed in shades (but alsoorange and red have undergone a tran-sformation). The blue color in Misa’sworks has evolved and moved to the“sky blue” color that we recognizeeven better than a simple glance. Na-turally Misa Aihara is aware of thisand she communicates this with herwritings to all her fans.

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One thing that greatly affects my atten-tion is the possible reflection on thecompositional schemes proposed byMisa Aihara in her paintings. This iswhy the form comes back strongly infavor. The compositional schemes ofMisa can be found as real drawings in-side a carpet, a painting, a floor made ofhand-made tiles of a beautiful villa, a fa-shion t-shirt, etc. etc.These complex compositional schemesare the result of years of study of theform. They are also the manifestation ofovercoming traditional Japanese compo-sitional schemes to immerse themselvesin the sea of the oblivion of contempo-rary art to the purest law of cause andeffect. In front of a picture of Misa, the specta-tor should leave the imagination freeand find its own meanings, without theintermediation of rationality.

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YEAR 2010 MEMOIRS

52. En cxambro 8-5, oil on canvas (116.7×90.9cm) 2010 (€5,000)





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YEAR 2011 MEMOIRS

57. Verko 11-2, oil on canvas (100×80cm) 2011(€4,200)

58. Parado, oil on canvas (116.7×90.9cm) 2011(€6,000)







2011 (€4,200)

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“Artist in her studio”

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58. Parado, oil on canvas (116.7×90.9cm)

2011 (€6,000)

59. Verko 5-2, oil on canvas

(90.9×72.7cm)2011 (€3,500)

60. Verko 11-9, oil on canvas

(116.7×90.9cm)2011 (€5,000)

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2011 (€4,000)

63. Verko 7-6, oil on canvas (100×80cm)

2011 (€4,500)


2011 (€4,200)

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“Artist at work in the nature”

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YEAR 2012 MEMOIRS

64. En cxambro 12, oil on canvas(116.7×90.9cm) 2012 (€5,000）

65. Rozkoloro, oil on canvas(116.7×90.9cm) 2012 (€5,000)

66. Verko 10-7, oil on canvas (100×80cm)2012 (€4,000)

67. Flugo, oil on canvas (162.1×130.3cm)2012 (€7,000)



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YEAR 2013 MEMOIRS

70. En cxambro 13-1, oil on canvas ( 116.7×90.9cm) 2013 (€5,000)

71. Citronflavo, oil on canvas (162.1×130.3cm) 2013 (€7,000)


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“Artist at a very important exhibition”

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YEAR 2014 MEMOIRS

73. Citronoj, oil on canvas (72.7×60.6cm) 2014 (€2,000)

74. Verko 14-9,oil on canvas (90.9×72.7cm) 2014 (€3,500)


76. En cxambro 14-7, oil on canvas (116.7×90.9cm) 2014(€6,000)


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YEAR 2015 MEMOIRS

78. Verko 15-4, oil on canvas ( 90.9×72.7cm) 2015 (€3,500)

79. Tio ne estas pordo, oil on canvas ( 145.6×97cm) 2015(€6,000)



82. Verko 15-4, oil on canvas( 100×80cm) 2015 (€4,000）


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“Artist dressed in traditional costume ”

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85 86 87

88 89 90

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YEAR 2016 MEMOIRS


85. En cxambro 16-20, oil on canvas ( 90.9×72.7cm) 2016 (€3,500)

86. Flavo & Rozkoloro, oil on canvas (65.2×53cm) 2016 (€1,800)


88. Verko 16-2, oil on canvas (100×80cm) 2016（€4,500）


90. Verko 16-3, oil on canvas ( 72×61cm) 2016 (€2,000)

91. En cxambro 16-7, oil on canvas (117×91cm)2016 (€5,000)

92. Cxu vi amas Brahms?, oil on canvas (100×80cm) 2016 (€4,500)

93. Bluo en Ortanguloj, oil on canvas ( 117×91cm) 2016 (€5,000)

91 92 93

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YEAR 2017 MEMOIRS



96. Verko 15-20, oil on canvas, (72×61cm) 2017 （€2,000）

97. Kompozicio:Bruno & Bluo, oil on canvas ( 130.3× 97cm)2017 (€6,000)


99. Verko 17-1, oil on canvas ( 90,9×72.7cm) 2017 (€3,500)

100. Verko 17-9, oil on canvas, (100×80cm) 2017（€4,500）

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Biography of the Artist

1942 born in Ibaraki, Pref. of Japan

1963 graduated at Joshibi University in Art & Design, Tokyo

1970 solo exhibition (Surugadai Gallery, Tokyo)

1972-75 stayed in London, UK and involved in printmaking

1974 British Printmakers’ Council exhibition (London, UK)

1975 British Printmakers' Council exhibition ( London; Barkely (USA), Athens)

1976 invited to Premio Internazionale Biella per L’incisione, Italy

1977 Japanese Printmakers’ Show (Gallery L.Humburg, Germany)

1979 Solo exhibition on paintings (Iteza Gallery, Kyoto, Japan)

1980, 1982 solo exhibition (Gallery Haku, Oosaka)

1984,1986, 1988 solo exhibition (Te Gallery, Tokyo)

1991 Group exhibition (AD & A Gallery, Oosaka, Japan)

1990, 1992, 1994, 1996 solo exhibition (AD & A gallery, Oosaka)

2000 solo exhibition (Galeria Graphica bis. Tokyo)

2000Group exhibition (AD & D Gallery, Osaka)

2005 participated in Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art (Firence, Italy)

2009 participated in Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art (Firenze, Italy)

2010 Group exhibition (Colorida Art Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal)

2012 Group exhibition( Gallery Tondinelli, Roma, Italy)

2011 nominated to Chianciano Art Awards (Chianciano Terni, Italy)

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2013, 2014 Group Exhibition (Amsterdam Whitney Gallery NYC. USA)

2014 awarded to Artistic Merit Award at Chianciano Art Award

2013, 2015 London Art Biennale (London, UK)

2016 Group exhibition (Gallery Bohner, Mannheim, Germany)

2017 participated in Art Expo New York 2017 (NYC, USA)

2017 solo exhibition (Gallery Steiner, Vienna, Austria)

2018 Tokyo International Art Fair (Tokyo, Japan)

“Artist at work”

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