Ayako Rokkaku(1982-) born in Chiba Japan, never attended art school but is completely self-taught, developing her own unique painting technique, she created her first paintings in 2002. Her works are full of cartoon-like dream elements, using bright and gorgeous landscapes, floating flowers, animals, and skulls that fill the screen. A recurring element in her work is the prominent presence of young girls, which she paints in the manga style, with large eyes and long limbs. She won prizes at Geisai, an art fair for emerging artists in Tokyo, since her first solo show at Gallery Delaive in 2007, Walkin’ Around Clouds, Rokkaku has exhibited her work in Asia, Europe and the United States. She has had solo shows in Rotterdam’s Kunsthal museum, in The Netherlands, the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum in Slovakia, and the Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art in Japan.