Exotic animals and landforms combined with an urban city are common themes in her artwork, and are intended to show the juxtaposition between future and fantasy.
Takano cited in a documentary made by the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin that she was always fascinated by the unusual forms of nature and animal life, and desires to have such shapes represented in her work.
Osamu Tezuka's science fiction was also an early influence in Takano's life, and had a lasting impact on her dreamy perception of the world.
When it was time for her to start thinking about college, Takano told her parents she wouldn't attend unless she was allowed to enter an art program.
2015 •"The Ocean Inside, The Flowers Inside", Johyun Gallery, Busan, South Korea 2014 •"La Maison d'Aya", BIBO, Hong Kong 2012 •"Heaven Is Inside Of You", Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong •"To Lose Is To Gain", Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France 2011 • SieboldHuis, Leiden, Netherlands 2010 •"Rooms of the World", Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan •"Aya Takano", Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany •Hong Kong Art Fair, Booth Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Hong Kong 2009 •"Reintegrating Worlds," Skarstedt Gallery, New York City 2008 •"Toward Eternity" Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France 2007 •"Wild dogs, hawks, owls, cats, a landfill the size of 44 and a half Tokyo Domes, the stratosphere", Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, USA •"Tradition and modernity", curated by Hélène Kelmachter, Miró Foundation, Barcelona, Spain 2006 •"Aya Takano", Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France •"City Dog", Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Parco Gallery, Nagoya, Japan 2005 • Frieze Art Fair, London, United Kingdom •"The Far Reaches of The Universe, My Garden", Blum & Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, United States 2004 •"Aya Takano, a web project for Digital Gallery", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, United States • Naoki Takizawa for Issey Miyake, 2004-5 Autumn Winter Collection, Paris, Tokyo (collaboration) 2003 •Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France 2002 • Space Ship EE, nanogalerie, Paris, France 2000 • "Hot Banana Fudge", NADiff, Tokyo, Japan 1997 • "SHU WA KIMASERI", shop33, Tokyo, Japan 2010 2009 2008 "Kaikai Kiki Artists," Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997