Makoto Aida
Makoto Aida was born 4 October 1965 - is a Japanese contemporary artist known for his provocative works of manga, painting, video, photography, sculpture, and installation. Though less well known internationally than Takashi Murakami or Yoshitomo Nara, he is recognized in Japan as one of the preeminent figures of Japanese contemporary art.
Makoto Aida

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- Name
- Makoto Aida
- Born
- 4 October 1965
- Birthplace
- Niigata Prefecture, Japan
- Movement
- Conceptual art, contemporary art
- Spouse
- Hiroko Okada
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- artist · painter · photographer · sculptor
- Fields
- performance art · installation art · erotic art
- Movements
- contemporary art
- Education
- Tokyo University of the Arts · Yoyogi Seminar Formative Arts School · Niigata Prefectural Niigata Minami High School
- Languages
- Japanese
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Makoto Aida was born 4 October 1965 - is a Japanese contemporary artist known for his provocative works of manga, painting, video, photography, sculpture, and installation. Though less well known internationally than Takashi Murakami or Yoshitomo Nara, he is recognized in Japan as one of the preeminent figures of Japanese contemporary art.
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Makoto Aida (born 1965) is an artist, painter and photographer, among other activities, of Japanese nationality. The artist was born in Niigata Prefecture.
Makoto Aida was educated at Niigata Prefectural Niigata Minami High School, Tokyo University of the Arts and Yoyogi Seminar Formative Arts School. The artist worked in Tokyo. Makoto Aida is associated with contemporary art.
The work spans erotic art, installation art and performance art. Languages used include Japanese. Works are held at National Museum of World Cultures.
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Biography
Biography
Makoto Aida studied at Tokyo University of the Arts, Yoyogi Seminar Formative Arts School and Niigata Prefectural Niigata Minami High School. The recorded working language is Japanese. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are performance art, installation art and erotic art. Places of work recorded in the authority are Tokyo. Work by Makoto Aida is recorded in the collections of National Museum of World Cultures.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Makoto Aida • Native Name — 会田 誠 • Birth Name — Makoto Aida • Born — 4 October 1965 • Birthplace — Niigata Prefecture, Japan • Movement — Conceptual art, contemporary art • Spouse — Hiroko Okada • Children — 1
Biography
Biography
Aida was born on October 4, 1965, in Niigata Prefecture in rural Japan. Since 2001, he has been married to artist Hiroko Okada. Together they have son Torajiro Aida (born 2001), who is a blockchain software engineer. The family formed an art performance group called "Aidake", in which they mocked the traditional family roles of children in a 2015 performance "Recital" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Four of the members of the modern art collective Chim-Pom had previously worked with Aida. A retrospective exhibition, "Aida Makoto: Monument For Nothing" was held in 2012 to 2013 at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.
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Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation artist. It is also recorded that makoto Aida is recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation video artist. Recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded with the occupation sculptor. Recorded with the occupation installation artist. Institutional cataloguing adds that makoto Aida is recorded as a citizen of Japan. It is also recorded that makoto Aida is recorded with the gender male. Born on 4 October 1965. Aida worked at Tokyo. Classed in the genre performance art. Classed in the genre installation art. The same evidence establishes that makoto Aida is classed in the genre erotic art. Institutional cataloguing adds that makoto Aida is associated with contemporary art.
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scholarly publication
- Aida Makoto, Introducing Japanese Popular Culture, 2018
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2018
- Aida Makoto, Introducing Japanese Popular Culture, 2023
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2023
reference work
- “Makoto Aida”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2596176: Makoto Aida
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- 1."Anxiety on the Fault Line", review of "Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art". The New York Times, March 17, 2011.
- 2."Disaster looms large for artist 'genius' Makoto Aida", review of a Makoto Aida retrospective at the Mori Art Museum. The Japan Times, November 16, 2012.
- 3."10 of the best contemporary art galleries in Tokyo", "[The Mizuma Art Gallery] is also the force behind Makoto Aida, the enfant terrible of the Japanese art world, whose provocative paintings tackle social issues such as the sexual objectification of schoolgirls and violent nationalism." The Guardian, February 1, 2012.
- 4."Aida Makoto: Monument for Nothing Opens in Tokyo" "His often provocative work spans manga, painting, video, photography, sculpture and installation." The Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2012.
- 5.Sorry For Being A Genius. Metropolis Japan. 2013-01-04.
- 6."Bye Bye Little Boy" "It was Aida, not Murakami, by common consent, who was the young Japanese artist of the '90s in Japan." Art in America, April 1, 2011
- 7.会田誠一家の息子 寅次郎(17)を高校生エンジニア・アーティストに育てた、"無理をしない子育て術"|草野絵美とスーパーティーンの「わかってくれない親の口説き方講座」#003. NEUT Magazine. 2019-05-13.
- 8.会田誠、東京都現代美術館による撤去要請の経緯明かす クレームは1件だった. ハフポスト. 2015-07-25.
- 9.Artist. Koganecho Bazaar 2016. 2016.
- 10.McKirdy, Andrew. Artist Aida defiant over latest work. The Japan Times. 2015-07-28.
- 11."Art Cannot Be Powerless": An interview with Ryuta Ushiro. PBS Frontline.
- 12.Aida Makoto: Monument for Nothing. Time Out Tokyo.
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scholarly publication
Aida Makoto, Introducing Japanese Popular Culture, 2018Crossref registry
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Aida Makoto, Introducing Japanese Popular Culture, 2023Crossref registry
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