Aiko Fukuda is a Japanese mixed-media artist and illustrator based in Antwerp, Belgium. After graduating from Bridgewater State University in the USA with a degree in Graphic Design, she worked as an in-house graphic designer and art director in Tokyo before establishing her artistic career in 2014. Following 11 years of professional artistic practice in Tokyo, she relocated her artistic practice to Antwerp in 2025.

The origin of her creativity is deeply rooted in her childhood. As the youngest child, she grew up wearing hand-me-down clothes from her mother and sisters. Fukuda loved experimenting with these garments: cutting sleeves, altering silhouettes, and wearing them upside down. These childhood experiences nurtured her creativity and taught her an appreciation for timeless aesthetic values that transcend generations, forming the foundation of her artistic practice today.

Fukuda views illustration not merely as static two-dimensional imagery, but as a fluid and interactive medium. She seamlessly integrates her art with diverse materials and cutting-edge technologies such as Augmented Reality. Her work ranges from wearable art in textiles and three-dimensional paper crafts to immersive installations such as her “AR Virtual Garden,” where humans and visual elements intersect in virtual space. Through these multifaceted projects, she continuously explores the boundlessness of illustrative expression.

For Fukuda, commissioned works such as cosmetic advertising campaigns and product packaging are far from mere commercial assignments. Instead, they serve as vital sites for artistic experimentation in the real world, designed to make art accessible and meaningfully integrated into everyday life.

福田愛子：1986年千葉生まれ、アントワープを拠点に活動する日本人アーティスト・イラストレーター。アメリカのブリッジウォーター州立大学でグラフィックデザイン学部を卒業後東京に帰国。インハウス・グラフィックデザイナーやアートディレクターを経て、2014年にイラストレーターとして独立。東京で11年に渡るイラストレーターとしてのキャリアを築き2025年に拠点をアントワープに移す。福田はイラストを単なる平面絵画として捉えるのではなく可変的でインタラクティブなメディアとして捉えており、「イラストレーション表現の可能性」を核に自分のイラストをさまざまな素材やテクノロジーと融合させながらテキスタイルによるウェアラブルアートや立体的なペーパークラフト作品、バーチャル空間で人とイラストが交差するARバーチャルガーデンなどを制作。商業的なコミッションワークも彼女にとっては、現実社会の中でアートを誰もが触れられる身近な存在であり「芸術的実験の場」として位置付けてさまざまなコラボレーションを展開しています。

AWARD

2026 Longlisted for World Illustration Awards, UK

2018　Nominated for Gmund Award, Germany

2017　Winner for Make it on Mobile by Adobe, USA

2014　Winner for Loftwork Award, Japan

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2022　ANB Studio Program, Tokyo, Japan

2019　Adobe Creative Residency, San Francisco, USA

EXHIBITION

2027　Upcoming ***Full details to be announced soon***

2026　Tokyo, Group Exhibition "Year of the Horse", Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Japan

2023　Tokyo, Group Exhibition "Hand Made Market", A-Gent Gallery

2022　Tokyo, Group Exhibition "Epilogue ⇄ Prologue Platform 29.8", ANB Gallery

2022　Tokyo, Group exhibition "ANB Open Studio Vol.4", ANB Gallery

2019　Tokyo, Adobe MAX JAPAN Installation "Wonder Chamber", Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center

2019　New York, Charity Auction "Art for Tibet", Gallery 8 NYC

2019　Los Angeles, Adobe MAX LA Solo Installation "Drawn Room", Los Angeles Convention Center

2019　Tokyo, Live Art "Today at Apple x The Big Draw", Apple Marunouchi

2019　New York, Group Exhibition "55Kids Day" by Copelus, SBC Art Gallery Brooklyn

2019　Tokyo, Group Exhibition "Year of the Boar" by NiyaNiya Studio, Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Japan

2018　Tokyo, Collaboration Exhibition "Aiko Fukuda x Urban Research", Omotesando Hills

2018　New York, Solo Exhibition "Shape of Love", SBC Art Gallery Brooklyn

2017　Tokyo, Solo Exhibition "Cabinet of Curiosities" sponsored by Faber-Castell, Tokyo Midtown

2017　Tokyo, Live Art "Today at Apple", Apple Ginza

2017　Tokyo, Group Exhibition "Karuta Ichi", Winged Wheel Aoyama Showroom

2017　Tokyo, Solo Exhibition "New Standard Legacy", Clothier Shibuya

2017　Tokyo, Solo Exhibition "Fashion Laboratory", L'illustre Galerie LE MONDE

2016　Tokyo, Group Exhibition Fashion Trade Show "Rooms", National Yoyogi Studium

2016　Tokyo, Collaboration Exhibition "Pas de Trois Dans le Salon" by repetto, Burnish Salon

2016　Tokyo, Group Exhibition "Atelie Ebi Omo", Meguro Museum of Art

2015　Tokyo, Group Exhibition "Love Drawing Vol.1", L'illustre Galerie LE MONDE

2014　Tokyo, Group Exhibition "Present Graphic Expression", Recto Verso Gallery

2012　Tokyo, Group Exhibition "Act Art Award 2012", The Art Complex Center of Tokyo

2012　Tokyo, Charity Exhibition "Thumbhole", Hiroshige Gallery

2011　Tokyo, Group Exhibition "Atelier Omo3 Kawashima Dojo", Hiroshige Gallery, Tokyo

2010　Tokyo, Group Exhibition "Chiyoda Art 3331 Independents", 3331 Arts Chiyoda

2010　Tokyo, Group Exhibition "Atelier Ebi Omo", Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo