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 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、アーティスト。ドイツ・ライプツィヒ在住。東京藝術大学を卒業後、2016年にチェコで1年間滞在したことをきっかけに、2019年に渡独。様々な文化を呼吸しながら、紙に向かって線や色のこと、イメージと人の結びつきについてあれこれと考え続けてきました。得意分野はアート、音楽、言語、異文化理解、街と人、ものづくり全般、子育て、植物、ビールなど。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 Berlin Ku'damm
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Gallery A4
Vogue Czechoslovakia
Colorama
Doitsu News Digest
Praha7
Papierlabo.
English School
Books
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Colorama Clubhouse #22↗︎
Snail Eye Magazine↗︎
Skizzenbuch↗︎
Somewhere on a lonely planet↗︎
Wehnacht in Leipzig↗︎
Angel and the Hardboiled↗︎
Stay Home Diary↗︎
Baked Pages (collaborated with SHOKKI)
Three Words Book
Exhibitions
2024
SNAIL EYE Cosmic Comic Convention, Leipzig
MUJI Community Market, MUJI Ku'damm, Berlin
2023
Kunst Weihnachtsmarkt, ponpoco, Leipzig
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
2024
Story making workshop, Leipzig
Ich zeichne deine Porträt!, Leipzig
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.