Akiko Taniguchi is a practicing print-artist from Tokyo, Japan but now resides in Edmonton, Alberta. Since completing her MFA at Musashino Art University in 1993, Akiko has had seventeen solo- exhibitions throughout Japan, Canada, Russia and the United States. Akiko has also been in numerous international printmaking exhibitions including most recently: The 6th. Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan and 4th Novosibirsk International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art, Novosibirsk, Russia. Awards for her work include: CWAJ Art Grant Award, Tokyo, Japan, Merit Award at Janet Turner National Print Competition, Chico, CA, U.S.A. and Third Place at National Juried Print Exhibition, Newark, NJ, U.S.A. Akiko’s work is in numerous prestigious collections including: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB, The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow Russia; Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles.
"I look to the forces and phenomenon of nature for motivation and inspiration. I work from intuition and emotions to generate abstract forms that reference natural phenomena such as wind, rain, clouds, and life forms. I try and make my images reflect my inner life as connected to the larger cycles of nature" (Akiko Taniguchi).
Education:
1991 - B.F.A. Fine Art, Musashino Art University
1993 - M.F.A. Printmaking, Musashino Art University (M.F.A. Show First Prize)
Selected Exhibitions:
1991-’93 - Exhibition of Japan Print Association (’92 Prize), Tokyo, JAPAN
1991 - Ryu Gallery New Artist Competition, Tokyo, Japan
1991 - Two Artists Exhibition, Tokyo, JAPAN
1991 - International Print Biennial, Taipei, R.O.C
1991 - URUOI Art Exhibition in Tama, Tokyo, JAPAN
1993-’97 - CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, JAPAN
1996 - Sapporo International Contemporary Print Biennial, Hokkaido, JAPAN
1997 - Sightlines/International Printmaking Cooperatives, Edmonton, CANADA
1999,’01 - CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, JAPAN
2000,’02 - Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, CANADA
2002 - The True North SNAP International Print Biennial, Edmonton, CANADA
2002 - GLOBAL MATRIX~An International Print Exhibition, U.S.A.
2002 - CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, JAPAN
2003 - 4th Engraving Biennial of Ile-de-France (Versailles, France)
2003 - 77th Annual International Competition: printmaking(U.S.A.) 2004 - Refresh Print Biennial I (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI and Touring in U.S.A.)
2004 - 2nd LUC Print Biennial I (Loyola University, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.)
2004 - National Juried Print Exhibition-2004, (SUMEI Multidisciplinary Arts Center, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.)
2004 - Sixty Square Inches /14th Biennial Small Print Exhibition, (Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A.)
2004 - National Janet Turner Print Competition and Exhibition, (Janet Turner print Museum, Chico, CA, U.S.A.)
2004 - 11th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, (Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, R.O.C.)
2004 - NJCVA International Juried Show( Summit, NJ, U.S.A.)
2004 - The International Print and Drawing Exhibition (Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand)
2004 - SNAP Exhibition (Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.)
2004 - GLOBAL MATRIX/An International Print Exhibition, (Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN and Turing more in U.S.A.
2004 - 1st The True North SNAP International Print Biennial, (SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Canada)
2004 - 2nd Biennial international Miniature Print Exhibition, (New Leaf Editions, Vancouver, BC, Canada)
2004 - Ryu Gallery New Artist Competition, (Isetan Art Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo and Touring in Japan)
2006 - CWAJ Print Show (Tokyo American Club, Azabu, Tokyo, Japan)2006 - The 6th. Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints,(Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Kochi, Japan)
Invited & Group Exhibitions:
1995,’97 - MUSE Fall Art Show, Saitama, JAPAN
1996 - Three Artist Exhibition ~ Etching, Tokyo, JAPAN
1996-’97 - Contemporary Print Exchange Exhibition ~ Czech, Lithuania&Japan, Japan
1997 - Györ International Biennial Exhibition of Graphic, Györ, HUNGARY
1997 - SEVEN~Contemporary Japanese Print Artists, Edmonton, CANADA
1998 - Eastern Approaches, ENGLAND
1998 - CLUE~Contemporary Print Artists, Tokyo, JAPAN
1998 - Contemporary Japanese Print Exhibition~Living Face 40+1, Novosibirsk, RUSSIA
1998 - 5th International Graphic Biennial, Kaliningrad, RUSSIA
1999,’00 - Contemporary Young Painters Exhibition from Japan, Dhaka, BANGLADESH
1999,’01 - Novosibirsk Biennial, Novosibirsk, RUSSIA
1999,’01 - Piece for Peace -Hiroshima Panels Maruki Gallery, Saitama, JAPAN
2000 - Vinci Spring Art show, Gunma, JAPAN
2000 - 2nd TAMA International Print Exhibition~Canada-Japan, Tokyo, JAPAN
2000 - Contemporary Japanese Print Exhibition, CHINA
2000-’01 - Six Contemporary Japanese Print Artists, U.S.A.
2002 - Living faces in Japan 2001+1~
2002 - Russia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia&Japan, Nagano, JAPAN
2002 - MUSE Fall Show~The Museum of Info Mart, Saitama, JAPAN
2003 - SNAP Exhibition(Oregon, U.S.A.)
2003 - Paper and Graphic(Zaandam, HOLLAND)
2003 - 6th Triennale Mondiale D’estampes Pettit Format <Invited> (Contemporary Art Gallery, Chamalières , France)
2003 - IMPACT 2003: Contemporary Print Exchange Exhibition, (MA Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan / BNC Gallery, Daejeon, Korea)
2003 - Sojourn: An Exhibition of Members Works from SNAP, (Malaspina Gallery, Granville Island, BC, Canada)
2003 - “Interconnection” Japan and Alberta : The Contemporary Print Exchange Exhibition (Gallery San Chun, Calgary, AB, Canada)
2003 - “The Breathing Surface” Contemporary Japanese Print Exhibition, (University of Calgary Mezzanine Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada)
2003 - Contemporary Japanese Graphic Art (Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia) 2004 - Environment Art Expo KOREA 2004 (Convention Hall COEX Center, Seoul, KOREA)
2004 - “Inter Graphic” Contemporary Japanese Graphic Art, (State Museum of Fine Art, Bishkek, Kyrigistan)
2005 - Impact 4 Conference; Print Portfolio Exchange Exhibition “We’re Not from Here” (University of Kunste, Berlin, Germany/ Zamek Calture Center, Poznan, Poland)
2005 - 4th Novosibirsk International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art <Invited (Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia)
2005 - “Aqueous”Akiko Taniguchi , Sean Calfield (Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.)
2005 - “Flow”Akiko Taniguchi , Sean Caulfield (Session House Garden, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan)
2005 - Akiko Taniguchi, Hiroshi Takada, (Yoseido Reflection Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan)
2006 - The Visual Poetry of Sean Caulfield and Akiko Taniguchi, (Miami Date Collage, Miami, FL, U.S.A.)
2006 - Grafiek Manifestatie (Groningen and area, Holland)
2006 - “Layered Inventions” Group Printmaking Exhibition, (Wright State University, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.)
Solo Exhibitions:
1994 - “Akiko Taniguchi” at Gallery Lumier, Aichi, JAPAN
1995 - “Akiko Taniguchi” at Miki Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN
1996 - “Akiko Taniguchi” at Gallery Gen, Fukuoka, JAPAN
1996 - “Akiko Taniguchi” at Miki Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN
1996 - “Recent Works” at Gallery Lumier, Aichi, JAPAN
1997 - “Akiko Taniguchi” at O-Gallery UP.S, Tokyo, JAPAN
1998 - “Akiko’s World” at Gallery Gen, Fukuoka, JAPAN
1998 - “Dream Door” at Art Collection COMUNICA, Tokyo, JAPAN
1999 - “Selections” at Gallery Ginza Forest, Tokyo, JAPAN
2000 - “Memory Box” at SESSION HOUSE GARDEN, Tokyo, JAPAN
2000 - “Intaglio Exhibition” at Gallery Poem, Tokyo, JAPAN
2001 - “Middle East” at Gallery Ginza Forest, Tokyo, JAPAN
2001 - “Remembrance” at LeVall Gallery, Novosibirsk, RUSSIA
2003 - “Cycles” (Universty of Alberta FAB Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Canada)
2003 - “Cycles” (Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.)
2003 - Akiko Taniguchi Etching Works (Gaede Gallery, Niigata, Japan)
2005 - 2000 Art Grant Scholar Solo Exhibition (Tokyo American Club, Azabu, Tokyo, Japan)
Awards, Grants & Other Projects:
1992,’93 - TEMPUS Symposium & Residence, Belsium & Slovakia
1996 - Invited Akiruno City Artist in Residence, Tokyo, JAPAN
1999 - SNAP Newsletter Prints, Edmonton, CANADA
2000 - Awarded 2000 CWAJ Art Grant
2001-’02 - Research Visiting Artist at University of Alberta by CWAJ Art Grant, Edmonton, CANADA
2003 - Artist in Residence (Fargo, U.S.A)
2003 - Honorable Mention Award, (77th Annual International Competition: Printmaking, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.)
2004 - Honorable Mention Prize (NJCVA International Juried Show, Summit, NJ, U.S.A.)
2004 - Merit Award (Janet Turner Print National Print Competition, Chico, CA, U.S.A.)
2004 - Third Place (National Juried Print Exhibition – 2004, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.)
2004 - Honorable Mention Prize (2nd LUC Print Biennial, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.)
2005 - Perfect Technical Skills in Printmaking Category 1 Prize (4th Novosibirsk International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art, Novosibirsk, Russia)
Collections:
Poznan National Museum (Poznan, Poland)
University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A)
AFA / Alberta Foundation for the Arts (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
Royal Museum of Fine Art (Antwerp, Belgium)
Frans Masereel Center (Kasterlee, Belgium)
Taiwan Museum of Art (Taichung, R.O.C)
Silpakorn University (Bangkok, Thailand)
Plains Art Museum (Fargo, ND, U.S.A.)
Contemporary Art Gallery (Chamalières , France)
Wright State University (Dayton, OH, U.S.A.)
University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.)
Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A.)
Tama Art University (Tama, Tokyo, Japan)
Fukien Art Gallery (Fukien, China)
Edmonton Art Gallery (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
State Museum of Oriental Art (Moscow, Russia)
Novosibirsk Picture Gallery (Novosibirsk, Russia)
Kaliningrad Art Gallery (Kaliningrad, Russia)
Municipal Museum of Arts (Györ, Hungary)
SNAP / Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
Art Studio Itsukaichi (Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan)
Matsuyama Public Girls High School (Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, Japan)
