''…I want to keep drawing for as long as possible". Ayako Rokkaku, Gallery Delaive, 2019

The artist Ayako Rokkaku (Japan, 1982) made this statement in an interview at the Geisai art fair in 2006 where she participated with her own stand. Kaikai Kiki, the company of the renowned Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami launched the Geisai art fair to support cutting edge upcoming Japanese artists. Rokkaku has won the Scout Prize at Geisai #4 and the prestigious Akio Goto Prize at Geisai #9. Geisai invited high profile industry experts such as Francois Pinault, owner of auction house Christie's, and the architect Tadao Ando, who both took part on the panel of judges for the ninth edition of the art market. Artist Yoshimoto Nara and David E...