Official promotional image of Mirrored Genesis, GoldAward Winner
As cherry blossoms bloom across Japan, Dr. Lily GaiaYe, founder and president of the Greater American Institute of Art, andcontemporary artist, was awarded the Gold Prize at the 18th Tokyo InternationalArt Grand Prize Exhibition for her multimedia oil painting Mirrored Genesis.The prestigious competition brought together nearly 300 artists from 15countries. Gaia’s work stood out for its groundbreaking cross-media expressionand profound philosophical insight. The awards ceremony and official openingwill be held on May 29, 2025, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
Exhibition and Award Notification from theTokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Mirrored Genesis draws inspiration from Gaia’s reimagining of theancient Shu civilization — particularly the Sanxingdui culture. The canvasweaves together bronze, light, and cosmic motifs. At its center, acontemplative young girl gazes silently, as if traversing millennia to summonthe soul of a civilization awakening from slumber. The artist also integrates asubtle self-portrait, constructing a layered philosophical vision -- a “mirrorwithin the mirror.” Traditional oil painting techniques are fused withAI-generated visual logic, opening a “spiritual mirror-space” that links theorigin of human civilization with imagined futures.
Mirrored Genesis, OilPainting Mixed Media, Detail 1
Referencing Laozi’s Dao De Jing — “Mysterious and moremysterious, the gateway to all wonders” — Gaia engages with Western metaphysicsthrough the lens of Kant and Hegel, arguing that AI is not merely a creativetool, but a “revolutionary force” that awakens spiritual consciousness. In herview, AI and human intuition co-generate new aesthetic pathways, allowingancient civilizations to be reexpressed in a contemporary visual language.
Mirrored Genesis, Oil Painting Mixed Media, Detail 2
The competition is hosted at the historic TokyoMetropolitan Art Museum, Japan’s first national public art museum establishedin 1926. The museum has presented landmark exhibitions by masters such asKlimt, Matisse, and Van Gogh, and is one of the most influential art salons inAsia. The inclusion of Mirrored Genesis signals not only a newtrajectory in AI-driven artistic language, but also a deeper convergence ofEastern and Western cultural philosophies in a global context.
Historic Exhibition Posters at the TokyoMetropolitan Art Museum (Left: Gustav Klimt, Right: Henri Matisse)
The painting will serve as a central work in Gaia’supcoming solo exhibition Ancient Shu · Metaphysical Realm:A ThousandLights, A Dream of Gold, to be held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum inlate May 2025. The exhibition will present an expanded body of work that integratingAI, archaeology, and oil painting — awakening forgotten civilizations andconstructing a spiritual time-space that transcends history and reaches towardthe future.
Dr. Lily Gaia Ye, Founderand President of the Greater American Institute of Art (GAIA), at GAIA ArtSpace.
Writtenand published by the Greater American Institute of Art (GAIA), an international non-profit art institute based in the United States, dedicated to artisticinnovation, cultural exchange, and the education of emerging artists in an erashaped by technology and global creativity. Official website:https://gaiausa.org
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