Artists
Akane Saijo
Biography
- 1989
- Born in Hyogo Prefecture
- 2012
- B.A., Fine Art, Kyoto City University of Arts, Ceramic Art Course
- 2013
- Exchange Program at the Royal College of Arts, London, UK
- 2014
- M.A., Fine Art, Kyoto City University of Arts, Ceramic Art Course
- 2020
- Receives Kyoto City Special Bounty Program for Art and Culture
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2021
- Tainai Tea Ceremony, Kyoto Municipal Subway, Daigo Depot, Kyoto
- 2019
- Grace of Taboo, WACOAL STUDYHALL KYOTO Gallery, Kyoto
- 2018
- Grotta / solitude in the womb, Dohjidai Gallery, Kyoto
- 2017
- Folly, Art Space Niji, Kyoto [’15]
- 2016
- Creeping Mountains, Gallery shop collage, Dohjidai Gallery, Kyoto
- 2015
- Hollow Tool Box, Gallery Miyagawa, Kyoto
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2021
- Lost in Translation, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto *Participated as art unit TŌBOE
“a double blanket” Akane Saijo + Keis, haku kyoto, Kyoto
Gazing into the Dark, Touching the Light, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
KYOTO ART LOUNGE Exhibition: Connecting Two Sides, FUJII DAIMARU Black Storage, Kyoto *Participated as art unit TOBOE
Yuka MORI, Akane SAIJO duo exhibition “Responses in Flux”, LOKO Gallery, Tokyo - 2020
- Bi wo motte yo to nasu, Takashimaya Department Store, Kyoto
- 2019
- KOGEI as Contemporary Craft: Transcending Boundaries, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Kyoto Art for Tomorrow 2019 - Selected Artists in Kyoto, The Museum of Kyoto [’17] - 2018
- New Mutation, Kyoto Art Center
Naturen Art-On the boundary between nature and human activity, JARFO Kyo-Bunpaku, Kyoto - 2017
- Ascending Art Annual Vol. 1 Shapes and Figures, Spiral Garden, Tokyo
Test Case XI, European Ceramic Workcentre, The Netherlands
rhithome Akane Saijo + Shima Haruka, Gallery Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto - 2016
- ROKKO MEETS ART 2016, Rokkosan Pasture, Hyogo [The Hakone Open-Air Museum Award]
- 2015
- Sign of Happiness, Antenna Media, Kyoto
- 2014
- Yumiko Ono Akane Saijo Exhibition, Sakura Gallery, Tokyo
Art of Moon, Tsuki-no-Niwa Gallery, Kyoto [ Jury Prize] - 2013
- DOMO, Hackney Gallery, London
- 2011
- Kyoto City University of Arts Exhibition [Tomimoto Award]
Artist Residencies
- 2019
- Le Maupas A.I.R., France
- 2017
- European Ceramic Workcentre, The Netherlands
Major Public Collections & Installation Locations
Bank of Kyoto / Shinkenchiku-sha Office
