Miya Ando Artwork

05/22/2025

05/21/2025

The garden at Ryōanji temple in Kyoto is an important philosophical object. It is an iconic karesansui (dry garden) consisting solely of 15 stones and white pebbles. I have recreated this historic garden in the Saint Laurent Rive Droite space in Los Angeles, replacing the 15 stones with shou sugi ban cubes, examining the further distillation of Zen-inflected forms. The garden embodies mu (emptiness) and the core Zen value of the removal of all excess. From no one vantage point are all of the 15 stones in the historic garden visible, reiterating the concepts of imperfection and incompleteness that formulate Wabi Sabi thought.
I have continually been drawn back to this garden for its spare elegance, privileging stillness and quietude over spectacle. On view through May 28 2025 Miya Ando: "Mono no aware" exhibition curated by Anthony Vaccarello. #竜安寺
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05/19/2025

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05/19/2025

for wedding🥰

05/10/2025

EXHIBITION EXTENDED
04.08.25 - 05.28.25
MIYA ANDO 
MONO NO AWARE
EXHIBITION
AT SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE LOS ANGELES

SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE LOS ANGELES PRESENTS MONO NO AWARE, AN EXHIBITION BY MIYA ANDO, A JAPANESE AND AMERICAN ARTIST BASED IN NEW YORK, FEATURING A SELECTION OF HER PAINTINGS, WOOD SCULPTURES, AND SILKSCREEN PRINTS CURATED BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO FROM APRIL 8TH TO MAY 28TH, 2025.

MIYA ANDO’S ART EXPLORES THE DIALECTIC COEXISTENCE OF EASTERN AND WESTERN CULTURES THROUGH NATURAL PHENOMENA. SHE USES VARIOUS MATERIALS, SUCH AS STEEL, WOOD, GLASS, AND WASHI PAPER, TO DEPICT THE CYCLES OF LIFE AND THE PASSAGE OF TIME. HER WORKS INCORPORATE CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS, OFTEN WITH FIRE AND SILVER NITRATE, CREATING OBJECTS AND INSTALLATIONS THAT REFLECT THE EPHEMERAL NATURE OF SEASONS, THE MOON, CLOUDS, AND STARS. ANDO OFTEN WORKS WITH REDWOOD, WHICH SHE CARBONIZES USING THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE SHOU-SUGI-BAN TECHNIQUE, OR APPLIES LAYERS OF SILVER NITRATE, AN ELEMENT THAT FREEZES TIME.

HER ART IS GROUNDED IN THE JAPANESE PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPT OF MONO NO AWARE, WHICH CAN BE LOOSELY TRANSLATED AS AN APPRECIATION OF TRANSITORY OR EPHEMERAL THINGS. IT EVOKES A DUALITY BETWEEN PERMANENCE AND IMPERMANENCE, THE NATURAL AND THE ARTIFICIAL, INVITING REFLECTION ON THE PASSAGE OF TIME AND THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE.

THE WORKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE LOS ANGELES.

SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE LOS ANGELES
08.04.25 - 28.05.25
469 N RODEO DRIVE, LA

05/09/2025

Extended until 05.28.2025:
MIYA ANDO
MONO NO AWARE
EXHIBITION
AT SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE LOS ANGELES

SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE LOS ANGELES PRESENTS MONO NO AWARE, AN EXHIBITION BY MIYA ANDO, A JAPANESE AND AMERICAN ARTIST BASED IN NEW YORK, FEATURING A SELECTION OF HER PAINTINGS, WOOD SCULPTURES, AND SILKSCREEN PRINTS CURATED BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO FROM APRIL 8TH TO MAY 28TH, 2025.
MIYA ANDO’S ART EXPLORES THE DIALECTIC COEXISTENCE OF EASTERN AND WESTERN CULTURES THROUGH NATURAL PHENOMENA. SHE USES VARIOUS MATERIALS, SUCH AS STEEL, WOOD, GLASS, AND WASHI PAPER, TO DEPICT THE CYCLES OF LIFE AND THE PASSAGE OF TIME. HER WORKS INCORPORATE CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS, OFTEN WITH FIRE AND SILVER NITRATE, CREATING OBJECTS AND INSTALLATIONS THAT REFLECT THE EPHEMERAL NATURE OF SEASONS, THE MOON, CLOUDS, AND STARS. ANDO OFTEN WORKS WITH REDWOOD, WHICH SHE CARBONIZES USING THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE SHOU-SUGI-BAN TECHNIQUE, OR APPLIES LAYERS OF SILVER NITRATE, AN ELEMENT THAT FREEZES TIME.
HER ART IS GROUNDED IN THE JAPANESE PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPT OF MONO NO AWARE, WHICH CAN BE LOOSELY TRANSLATED AS AN APPRECIATION OF TRANSITORY OR EPHEMERAL THINGS. IT EVOKES A DUALITY BETWEEN PERMANENCE AND IMPERMANENCE, THE NATURAL AND THE ARTIFICIAL, INVITING REFLECTION ON THE PASSAGE OF TIME AND THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE.
THE WORKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE LOS ANGELES.

SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE LOS ANGELES
08.04.25 - 28.05.25
469 N RODEO DRIVE, LA
photos: Saint Laurent Rive Droite & Miya Ando

05/09/2025

The final shade of indigo: Tomekon or Tomarikon (留紺/止め紺/ 止紺/ 留紺) from my 48 Traditional Shades of Indigo series of monochromes. Natural indigo dye on washi, 2025 39 x39 in. #藍染

04/23/2025

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ミヤ・アンドウ個展「Mono no aware」Saint Laurent Rive Droite Los Angelesにて開催中
Miya Ando Solo Exhibition “Mono no aware” currently on view at Saint Laurent Rive Droite Los Angeles [English below↓]

ミヤ・アンドウによる個展「Mono no aware」が、現在ロサンゼルスのSaint Laurent Rive Droiteにて開催中です。アンソニー・ヴァカレロによってキュレーションされた本展は、アンドウの代表的な「雲」シリーズをはじめ、シルクスクリーンを使った紙作品、「焼杉板」と題した彫刻作品群、そして京都・龍安寺の枯山水庭園に着想を得たインスタレーション作品で構成されています。儚いものや移ろいゆくものへの感受性や哀愁を示唆する、日本の美学および哲学的な概念である「もののあはれ」を主題に据えるアンドウの作品は、永続と無常、自然と人工といった二元性を喚起しつつ、時の流れや命の儚さについて思索を促します。

本展に伴い、アンドウの作品とサンローランのロゴをあしらったコラボレーショントートバッグが、Rive Droiteオンラインストアにて予約受付中です。あわせてご注目ください。

— 開催概要 ―
会期：2025年4月8日 (火) ～ 5月13日 (火)
会場：Saint Laurent Rive Droite Los Angeles
469 N Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, United States

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“Mono no aware,” a solo show by Miya Ando, is currently on view at Saint Laurent Rive Droite Los Angeles. Curated by Anthony Vaccarello, the exhibition features a selection of the artist’s signature Cloud paintings, silkscreen works on paper, Shou Sugi Ban wood sculptures, and an installation inspired by the dry Zen garden of Ryōanji Temple in Kyoto. “Mono no aware” is a Japanese aesthetic and philosophical concept that can be loosely translated as an appreciation of transitory or ephemeral things. Ando draws on this idea to develop a body of work that evokes duality between permanence and impermanence, the natural and the artificial, inviting reflection on the passage of time and the fragility of life.

In tandem with the exhibition, a collaborative tote bag featuring Ando’s artwork and adorned with the Saint Laurent signature is available for pre-order on the Rive Droite online store.

— Exhibition Details —
Dates: April 8 (Tues.) – May 13 (Tues.), 2025
Venue: Saint Laurent Rive Droite Los Angeles
469 N Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, United States

Photo 1: Adrian Toynton ()
Photos 3 & 4: Lorraine Young ()


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04/20/2025

"Ginga" translates to: 'the silver river in thr sky' and is the Japanese word for the Milky Way Galaxy. Exhibiting photos of our galaxy screen-printed with pure silver powder on black paper for "Mono no Aware" exhibition curated by Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent. 469 N Rodeo Drive Beverly Hills Los Angeles. Link to Saint Laurent / Miya Ando totebag in bio. Exhibition on view through May 13