Ayako Rokkaku is an internationally acclaimed artist, particularly well known in Europe. She began painting around the age of 20 as a self-taught artist and developed a distinctive technique of applying paint directly with her fingers rather than brushes. The vivid colors that flow from her fingertips pulse with rhythm and vitality just like a musical performance.
Rokkaku’s talent was first recognized in the 2000s at Geisai, an event organized by Takashi Murakami. In 2010 she moved to Berlin, where she became active in the European art scene, and in 2018 she relocated to Porto, Portugal, an ancient city where she is now based as she continues to work and exhibit in cities around the world. At the Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints, contemporary artisans have taken on the challenge of capturing Rokkaku’s free-flowing touch and vibrant palette in the uniquely warm-textured medium of woodcut printing.