Chiho Aoshima, (born 1974)

Graveheads

Graveheads, 2005
Archival pigment print. Number '3' from the edition of 6.
sheet /flush-mount 37 x 375in (94 x 589.3cm)

Chiho Aoshima is a Japanese artist best known for her involvement in Takashi Murakami's Kaikai Kiki art collective. Influenced by the linear aesthetics of ukiyo-e artist Hokusai and Japanese pop culture, Aoshima uses Adobe Illustrator to create drawings of surreal landscapes, printed onto paper and other materials. "Because of the places where I'm presenting my work, I sometimes feel I have to make lighter, happier images," the artist has said. "But I really enjoy drawing the dark, disturbing worlds. Of course, in the end, even those should be cute."
Her work can be found in the collections of the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, and the Seattle Art Museum, among others.