Born in Osaka in 1977, Futo Akiyoshi currently lives and works in Nagoya. Graduated from Nagoya University of Arts in 2001 and completed the Post Graduate and Research Program in Art in 2003. Stayed in Berlin since 2011 through 2018, granted for Emerging Artist of Overseas Study Grant of Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan in 2011—2012 and also granted for Oversea Research, Pola Art Foundation in 2013.
Read MoreSelected recent exhibitions include A Museum-wide Collection Exhibition: The Myriad Forms of Visual Art: 196 Works with 19 Themes (The National Museum of Art, Osaka), 19th DOMANI (The National Art Center, Tokyo), if nothing else (NON Berlin, Berlin, Germany) in 2016, Adherence (SEXAUER, Berlin, Germany) in 2015, VOCA—The Vision of Contemporary Art 2014 (The Ueno Royal Museum, JP) in 2014, Do not touch!? (Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, JP) in 2013, Garden of Painting—Japanese Art of the 00s (The National Museum of Art, Osaka, JP) in 2010, and more.
Text courtesy Taro Nasu.
