Asuka Okajima is an illustrator/comic artist from Japan and currently based in Leipzig. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, he began creating pieces in Prague, Kyoto and Leipzig. He cultivates ideas from various cultures as he moves from one place to another, including Japanese traditional culture, European art and graffiti, Czech picture books, and music from around the world. In addition to illustration, He creates objects, is involved in graphic design, and runs a small press called SEA SONS PRESS. If you are interested in commissions, please feel free to contact me. ︎︎
岡島飛鳥／
イラストレーター、作家。ドイツ・ライプツィヒ在住。東京藝術大学を卒業後、2019年に渡独。日本、チェコ、ドイツを行き来するなかで様々な文化を呼吸し、豊かなアイデアを培いました。また紙や木をはじめとする素材への理解から、平面・立体を問わず柔軟なアウトプットを強みとしています。 好きな音楽家は大貫妙子、細野晴臣、Pavement、Pixies、Phillip Glassなど。リトルプレスSEA SONS PRESSの運営にも携わっています。ご依頼をお考えの方はこちらより、お気軽にご連絡ください。︎︎
Selected Clients
MUJI Community Market
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Gallery A4
Praha7
Papierlabo.
English School
Mukiryoku-club
Necoze de Studio
Books
Somewhere on a lonely planet↗︎
Wehnacht in Leipzig↗︎
Angel and the Hardboiled↗︎
Stay Home Diary↗︎
Baked Pages (collaborated with SHOKKI)
Three Words Book
Exhibitions
2023
MUJI Community Market, MUJI Ku'damm, Berlin
SNAIL EYE Cosmic Comic Convention, Leipzig
2022
MUJI Community Market, MUJI Ku'damm, Berlin
SNAIL EYE Cosmic Comic Convention, Leipzig
2021
LUSTR Illustration Festival, Hybernská Campus, Prague
MUJI Community Market, MUJI Ku'damm, Berlin
2018
Cats walks back and forth (collaborated with Yu Wakao), Social Kitchen, Kyoto
NEXT INTERSECTION, Yokai SOHO, Kyoto
Kyoto Art Louge, Hotel Anteroom Kyoto, Kyoto
2017
OPEN HOUSE, Gallery of the youth, Kyoto
NIGHT SWIMMING, sowale, Berlin
Words and the sky, Gallery K, Tokyo
What are the colours of the winds?, Gallery K, Tokyo
2016
SIKI, Lumiverse project, Prague
SIKI, Ukradená galerie, Prague
Pick'n Mix, Studio BUBEC, Prague
KERAMICKÁ PLASTIKA, Museum of Central Bohemia, Prague
Maschi, N galleria, Venice
Workshop
2023
Gestalte dein Traumauto!, Leipzig
2022
Nutcracker painting workshop, Tono
Residency
2023
Kuš! Comics Residency
Media
haconiwa↗︎
Kansai Art Beat↗︎
✳︎You can see my past works on Tumblr.