Ding Dang Dong is about three friends ( Aaron, Luke, Nao ) who met back in 2004 while they were living in Japan. Their friendship grew through a love of art and exploring the streets of Tokyo together. Now four years later and continents apart they are reunited again through art . The show features…

Ayumi’s in a group show, Swim Meet, at Together Gallery in Potland, Oregon from June 26th-July 27. It is an all female exhibition with new works by: Betsy Walton, Jen Corace, Hannah Stouffer, Rebecca Artemisa Urias, Aidan Koch, Angy Wills, Sohaila Adel and me, Ayumi Piland. I made 8 new gouache paintings(4″x4″ and 6″x6″) on…

We’re joining many artists customizing Shawnimals‘ PLUSHFORM. The show opens on June 27th, 2008 at ROTOFUGI in Chicago. Here is what we did for the show…

View it Here>> May 17 – June 18, 2008 Reception: Saturday, May 17, 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Giant Robot NY is proud to present new works by the husband-and-wife team, APAK! Living among the furry conifer giants in a little cabin on the outskirts of Portland, Ayumi and Aaron Piland unite to bring you…

Our interview with GrassHut is up now!

A group show “Magic Show” at Pony Club in Portland, Oregon opens on April 3rd and lasts until April 27th. This piece is our contribution. Very magic in apak way~

A nice lady, Christine invited us to be in Five Whats in her blog! She asked us five questions and we answered them with some images. Thanks, Christine. It was fun!

Check out the interview with Luke & Ange from Islands Fold. We’ve spent a week with them in 2006 for art residency on Pender Island and did some collaborative murals in their studio. We had such a wonderful experience! We heart Luke & Ange! Please support their good cause.

This Spring, Ayumi’s “Sweet Treats” note card set published by Chronicle Books is coming out! They are her favoite designs from her hand made Gocco Card Collection. Squirrel, Bunny, and Hedgehog are nicely presented in a cute tree box! They are not handmade but you can get 18 cards (6 cards of each design) for…

Dark Horse Comics just released our Happy Hermits stationery set and Journal. They will be available in retails stores world wide this spring! Let’s write to our friends and family!

We are participating in “Balls Out!” a super group show at Grass Hut in Portland, Oregon! We did an Acrylic and gouache painting on 18″x18″ wood panel. Here is the sneak preview of the partial painting… 60+ amazing artists are participating this show. It opens on March 7th and will be up for the whole…

“Lost in Dreams” APAk showcase at Outre Gallery in Melbourne, Australia is up from March 1 – 21, 2008. We did 10 small gouache paintings on paper, which are online at the Outre Gallery site! And on flickr! Thanks for looking.