Born in 1973 and based in Tokyo, Aoyama has been interrogating gender roles and hierarchical value systems between manual and machine labour, craft and fine art, and is known for making meticulous embroidery pieces with old industrial-use Singer sewing machines. In his recent works, he investigates the impact brought by artificial intelligence on artistic production.
He recently exhibited at Yokohama Triennale, Japan (2017) and his work, ESCAPE from the SEA, was featured at the National Art Gallery, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2017).