Aya Cagiu

Aya Cagiu was in Hyogo, Japan in 1978, and graduated from the Department of Sculpture at Tama Art University in 2001.

Cagiu has been presenting embroidery works since her first solo exhibition, “Over the sea, in the sky”, in 2011, developing this medium into three-dimensional and temporal expressions based on her sculptural sensibility. Furthermore, she carries forward Japan’s dyeing and weaving culture and the handcrafts of “prayer” into the present day, exploring the boundary between “seeing” and “touching” through the traces of time marked by thread. Her major exhibitions include “Takamatsu Contemporary Art Annual vol.09: Imagine the presence of Time” (2020) at the Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa; “Stories Drawn in Thread - Embroidery, Illustration, and Fashion” (2021–23, Yokosuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa and other venues), a solo exhibition “Night Flight” (2023, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY, Tokyo), and “In the Genes, Taking Marvelous Meiji Craftsmanship into the Future” (2023–24, Mitsui Memorial Museum, Tokyo and other venues nationwide).

2001 BA Sculpture Coruse, Tama Art University / Tokyo

1978 Born in Kobe

Solo Exhibitions

2026 To Capture the Light, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan

2025 Spiral Time, Ginza Tsutaya Books / Tokyo, Japan

2024 Aya Cagiu Exhibition, Ginza Tsutaya Books / Tokyo, Japan

2023 Night Flight, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan

2022 Embroidering the Light, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan

2019 The Layers of Stories, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan

2016 Song, Showcase MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan

2015 Shining stone, rain, flowers, Showcase MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan

2014 Snow dreams, Showcase MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan

2011 Over the sea, in the sky, Showcase MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan

Group Exhibitions

2025 ART OSAKA 2025, Osaka City Central Public Hall 3F / Osaka, Japan

Shapes, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan

2024 In the Genes,Taking Marvelous Meiji Craftsmanship into the Future, Yamaguchi

Prefectural Art Museum / Yamaguchi, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art / Yamanashi, Japan

2023 ART OSAKA 2023, Osaka City Central Public Hall / Osaka, Japan

Stories Drawn in Thread - Embroidery, Illustration, and Fashion, The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum / Niigata, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art / Shizuoka In the Genes,Taking Marvelous Meiji Craftsmanship into the Future, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu / Gifu, Nagano Prefectural Art Museum / Nagano, Abeno Harukas Art Museum / Osaka, Mitsui Memorial Museum / Tokyo, The Suiboku Museum Toyama / Toyama, Jalpan

2021 Stories Drawn in Thread - Embroidery, Illustration, and Fashion, Yokosuka Museum of Art / Kanagawa, Japan

2020 Takamatsu Contemporary art anual vol.09, TAKAMATSU ART MUSEUM / Kagawa, Japan

2016 showcase, Showcase MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan

2014 Modern Portrait, Ginza Mitsukoshi 8F gallery / Tokyo, Japan

2013 C'était ici, Showcase MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan