Makoto Aida

is a Japanese contemporary artist"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."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. known for his provocative works of manga, painting, video, photography, sculpture, and installation."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."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. 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."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

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.

Makoto Aida

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