Her Art

style and themes

Aya Takano painting of two figures and animals on a triangle pattern

Her style

The figures

Slim, androgynous people with large eyes and reddened knees and elbows, floating through other worlds.

The settings

Exotic animals in cities, with planets and stars in the sky.

A female point of view

She takes otaku culture, the world of manga and anime fans, and shows it from a woman's perspective.

A personal mythology

Takano describes her work as creating a personal mythology, a world of her own that keeps growing with each painting.

Gallery

A girl, a pink bird, and a blue cat
Girl with a pink bird, [year]
Girls and pastel animals in space
Girls and animals in space, [year]
A girl with flowers in her hair under a blue sky
Girl in the sky, [year]
Two girls holding up a dragon
Girls with a dragon, [year]
Two figures and animals on a triangle pattern
Two figures with flowers, [year]
Close-up of girls, a pink cat, and sloths with confetti
Girls and animals, detail, [year]