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| 1974 | Born in Yokohama | 
| 1999 | BFA in Oil Painting, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music | 
| Lives and works in Kanagawa | 
| Selected Solo Exhibitions
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| 2006 | “Mind Games” BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama | 
| 2007 | “New Map” BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama“Untitled / Ayako Kurihara” Gallery Maki, Tokyo
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| 2009 | “fiction/error” Gallery Maki, Toky | 
| 2010 | "Pictures" Edwin R. Molenaar Atelier, Yokohama | 
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| 2013 | "Conversation with the Vacant Hotel" Vacant Hotel, Seoul | 
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| Selected Group Exhibitions
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| 1997 | “Battadofu - Rolling Library” Nagoya City Midori Library, Nagoya | 
| 2007 | “CET07 - Central East Tokyo 07” Taigaku Bldg., Tokyo“Light Room vol.4 - Yamate No.111 Library Exhibition” Yamate No.111, Yokohama
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| 2008 | “Self Portrait” Gallery Sakamaki, Tokyo“Blue Dot Asia” Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
 “Food and Contemporary Art part 4 (Yokohama Geijutsu Noren-gai)” BankART 1929 Yokohama / Iseya, Yokohama
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| 2012 |  | 
| 2013 | "Heritage 600 Tomorrow 600" Aram Art Museum at the AramNuri Arts Center, Goyang, Korea"the Line _ Art, Open the Way for Reunification" Imjingak and Pyeonghoa-Nuri Park, Paju, Korea
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| 2015 | "Asuka Art Village" Asuka Historical National Government Park, Asuka Village, Nara"Asuka Hikari-no-Kairou" Asuka Village, Nara
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| 2016 | "Koganecho Bazaar 2016" Kogannecho, Yokohama | 
| Residence, Public Performance, Open Studios, etc.
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| 2007 | Open Studio “Atelier Gake + Kotori Cafe" Atelier Gake, Yokosuka | 
| 2007-08 | Open Studio “Ayako Kurihara Project Room” BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama | 
| 2008 | Open Studio “Atelier Gake + Kotori Cafe + Oto” Atelier Gake, Yokosuka | 
| 2009 | Public Performance "Mind Games 2009 in Sakuraso" BankART Sakuraro, Yokohama | 
| 2010 | Open Studio "Mind Games 2010" BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama | 
| 2013 | Open Studio "Open Studio 2013" BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama | 
| 2015 | Artist-in-residence "Asuka Art Village" Asuka Village, Nara |