Juri Akiyama (b.1992, Tokyo, Japan)

Lived in Hong Kong 2006-2009 and London 2009-2011　

EducationMFA Global Art Practice, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
BFA Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA 　

Solo Exhibitions2024　Tabula Rasa, Sprout Curation, Tokyo 2024　Flower, Wax, Smoke ( 花・蜜・煙), Grisette, Tokyo
2023　Scenery of Shell ( 殻の風景画), Tobacco & Salt Museum, Tokyo (Creation Grant from Arts Council Tokyo)
2023　Moist Water ( 湿った水), Sprout Curation, Tokyo
2021　Nymphal Membrane ( ニンファのとばり), ONA project room, Tokyo, Japan
2020　Diving into the Void ( 宙に潜る), Sprout Curation, Tokyo, Japan
2014　Gravels in the Sea, Fish in Water, The Cultural Center at Eagle Hill, MA

Selected Exhibitions2024　Hikatsu Kaiseki ( 被褐懐石), MORI YU GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan
2023　Slower than Begging, Earlier than Lighting, MORI YU GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan
2023　Hibiya OKUROJI Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
2022　Yamamoto Handshake, N/A/S/L, Mexico City, Mexico (Curator: Pablo Cendejas)
2021　Fuji Before Yesterday, Bluelight After Tomorrow, Ebihara Shoten, Tokyo, Japan
2021　Happy New World, Sprout Curation, Tokyo, Japan
2020　Thinkers ( 考える人), Ebihara Shoten, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Gradation Daikanyama, Tenoha Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan
2018 The 66th Graduation Thesis Show, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Enter, Daigaku Kaikan Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan (Curator: Junya Utsumi)
2016 Invisible, Chateau Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France
2016 (La) Mienne S’abîme：I(t) Can’t See(m), I(t) Would Not Rust, Toride Campus of Tokyo University of the Arts, Ibaraki, Japan
2015 Senior Invitational '15, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, USA
2015 Dull Drawer, Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence, RI, USA
2015 Big Picture Exhibition, Drawing Space, Providence, RI, USA
2015 No Limits to Pleasure, RISD Exposé , Providence, RI, USA
2014 HER: Women from the Turn of the 21st Century Depicting People, List Art Center, Providence, RI, USA
2013 Heart & Hands 2013: A Fourth National Juried Book Art Exhibition for Students, University of Nebraska-Loncoln, NB, USA
2013 Craving for Arts, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Awards / Grants2023 Creation Grant, Arts Council Tokyo
2015 Florence Leif Scholarship Award, Rhode Island School of Design
2013 Juror’s Award for Compelling Storytelling, Heart & Hands 2013, Lincoln Print Group
Public Collections2024 G-Foundation

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