| Brief Biography |
| Born in Kyoto, Japan. Akane Kirimura was
graduated from University of Fine Art of
Musashino with a print specialization in
1976. In 1992, she left Japan for Paris to
develop her work during one year at the "Cite
Internationale des Art." She stayed
in New York with the fellowship of Japanese
Government in 2006. Today she lives and works
in Paris. |
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| Main Awards |
Prix d'honneur at the Fifth Triennale Mondiale
de Chamaliere 2000" France
Special award at the 11th International Contest
of Print "Ferrol-95", Spain
Second Award at the International Contest
of Ex-libris-Czechoslovakia, 1993 |
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| International Main Grouped Exhibitions |
| 1990 |
International Contest of Mini prints
(Korea, same '82, '84, '86) |
| 1993 |
Holland Art Fair (Gallery Lidy Wind,
Holland) |
| 1994 |
Exhibition of Association Florence (Paris) |
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Fourth International Art Triennale Majdanek
'94 (Poland) |
| 1995 |
Salon de Mai (guest, Grand Palais, Paris,
same 1996) |
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11th International Contest of Print "Ferrol-95"(Spain) |
| 1996 |
Exhibition "Le Trait" (Paris,
same '94, '99) |
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IBIZA GRAFIC '96 (Spain, same '82, '94) |
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First Malaysia Annual Exhibition of International
Contemporary Prints
(Malaysia, same '97) |
| 1997 |
International Print Triennal '97-Cracow
(Poland) |
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Salon d'Automne (guest, Paris, until
2007) |
| 1999 |
9th Biennale of Sarcelles (France, same
'97, '03, '05) |
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International Contemporary Art Fair of
Prints "SAGA '99" (Paris) |
| 2000 |
5th Triennale of Chamalieres (France,
same '97, '03, '06) |
| 2001 |
International Contemporary Art Fair of
Prints-2nd "Estampages"
(Paris, same 2000) |
| 2003 |
International Contemporary Art Fair "Art
Chicago" (USA) |
| 2004 |
Exhibition of Japanese Prints "HAN17"
(Paris) |
| 2005 |
"Book & Maps" (Institut
Francais, London) |
| 2006 |
Exhibition of Artist's book "Transmutation"
with Abdelkebir KHATIBI
(Gallery TADGHART, Morocco) |
| 2007 |
International Prints Art Fair (Gallery
Michele BROUTTA,
Grand Palais, Paris) |
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| Public Collections |
National Museum of Cracow (Poland)
Bibliotheque Nationale de France
New York Public Library (U.S.A.)
Ayuntamiento de Ferrol (Spain)
Central Art Gallery (Malaysia)
AMAC (France)
Centre Culturel "Jean Legendre
(France)
Others |
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Forty-five solo exhibitions (France, Germany,
Holland, Italy, Spain, Swiss, Japan)
as of the end of 2007 |
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