Forest of Figgs
Mima Akasaki
2013. 3.26 Tue - 2013. 4.20 Sat
12:00-19:00/Tue-Fri 12:00-17:00/Sat closed on Sun and Mon
The Third Gallery Aya is pleased to announce a solo show titled “Forest of Figs” by Mima Akasaki from the end of March to the beginning April.
Akasaki makes photographs of vivid ring-shaped objects, and olives, clovers as if they were illumined by the light of Hope. She has continued to make work dealig with various aspects of light. In her new works, she focuses on figs. These photographs will entice you into another world.
There will be a talk between the artist and curator. They will discuss the artists’s pictures for Koike Mariko’s book “Forest of Figs” and the books she encountered during her one-year stay in the Czech Republic.
Akasaki Mima
Biography
| 1965 | Born in Kobe |
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| 1988 | Graduated from the Department of industrial Interior, and Craft Design, Musashino Art University |
| 1997 | Bluemale Award |
| 2003 | The 6th ADSP (Art Documents Support Program by SHISEIDO) |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2025 | AKASAKI Mima and Rikako Kawauchi. CADAN Yurakucho Space S, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2013 | The Forest of Fig. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2011 | The Landscape of Light -in Czech Republic. Galerie Ashiya Schule, Ashiya, Japan |
| 2009 | Setkani se svetlem. Informacni turistiche centrum Osek, Osek, Czech Republic Setkani se svetlem. Galarie Jansky Vresek, Praha, Czech Republic |
| 2006 | The Garden of Light. Japanese tea cafe "Hitohi", Kobe, Japan |
| 2004 | The series of Lotus. Gallery LA FENICE ,Osaka, Japan Meet the light. Fuji Photo Gallery, Osaka, Japan The Olive of Winter. Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2001 | Luminous/Flowers. Galleria Chimera, Tokyo, Japan Luminous/Flowers. Gallery LA FENICE, Osaka, Japan |
| 1998 | Gallery LA FENICE, Osaka, Japan |
| 1997 | Tamayura -time&space-. Gallery LA FENICE, Osaka, Japan |
| 1996 | Gallery αm, Tokyo, Japan Gallery LA FENICE, Osaka, Japan |
| 1993 | Brain Center Gallery, Osaka, Japan AKI-EX Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1992 | Galleria Chimera, Tokyo, Japan Gallery Coco, Kyoto, Japan Moris Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1991 | Gallery Coco, Kyoto, Japan Ban Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 1990 | Gallery NW House, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1989 | Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
Group Exhibitions
| 2018 | The Garden of Absence: The Last Chapter. Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan |
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| 2013 | ART OSAKA 2013. Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
| 2010 | DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow. The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2007 | Art Fair Tokyo 2007. Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2006 | Gift,the store. Spiral, Tokyo, Japan From the Garden. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan What I’m doing. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2006 | From the Garden. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2006 | What I’m doing-Eiko Yamazawa and Mima Akasaki. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2004 | On Flowering Images; Contemporary Japanese Photography. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan Take art collection. Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2003 | Tresure of light. Hamada Children's Museum of Art, Hamada, Japan Take art collection. Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2002 | Prayer for Love and Peace. People' s Gallery Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Miyazaki, Japan |
| 1999 | The Vision of Contemporary Art '99. The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan Prerude. Gallery La Fenice, Osaka Perspectives for Modern Japanese Painting. Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1998 | Techno Therapy. Osaka Central Public Hall, Osaka, Japan Techno Therapy in OAP. Osaka Amenity Park, Osaka, Japan |
| 1997 | The Story in Your Hands. Ashiya City Museum of Art&History, Ashiya, Japan The time of Blue. Gallery La Fenice, Osaka, Japan |
| 1996 | Art Scene 90-96. Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan |
| 1995 | Duo-Exhibition. Takashimaya Department Store Contemporary Art Space, Tokyo, Japan Report On. Gallery La Fenice, Osaka, Japan Vessel of Time-On This Horizon. Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1994 | Photography by 3 Women. Kirin Plaza Osaka, Osaka, Japan Water Front Open Air Play. Rokko Island Marine Park, Kobe, Japan Nine Young Artists From Japan. Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland |
| 1993 | Art from Ashiya Exhibition. Ashiya City Museum of Art&History, Ashiya, Japan Speaking Thru Photographs. Tokyo University of Arts, Tokyo, Japan Hyogo Contemporary Art Exhibition. Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan |
| 1992 | Hyogo Contemporary Art Exhibitions. Hyogo Prefectual Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan Kyoto City Selected Arts Exhibition. Kyoto Municipal Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1991 | The World of the Box. Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan Window Gallery / Art Junction 6. Hankyu Department Store, Osaka, Japan |
Public Work
| 1998 | Eleven Doors. Comunity & Art Project for Minami-Ashiyahama Corporative Housing, Ashiya, Japan |
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