AKEMI NOGUCHI

Born 1946 / Osaka, Japan

Education

1965 – 1968                School of Fine Arts (School of ASAI Chu), Kyoto, Japan

1968 – 1970                Municipal Art University, Kyoto, Japan

1973                            Visiting artist, invitation from the government of Yugoslavia, Prilep, Yugoslavia

1976-1980                  Printmaking workshop, S.W. Hayter, Paris, France

Experience

1989-1991                 Professor, Kinki-Osaka University, Art Department of Painting and Printmaking, Japan

Membership        Associate of the Salon d´Automne, Paris, France

Associate of Le Trait, Paris, France

Associate of the House of Artists, Paris, France

Southern Comitte of Engraving, Marseille, France

Awards (selected)

1967                            Grand Prix, Modern Art Exhibition, City Hall, Ibaraki, Japan

1975                            Grand Prix, Exhibition of Niki-Tén, Osaka, Japan

1987                            Committee Prize, Autumn Exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris, France

1984                            Grand Prize, 4th International Exhibition of Mini Print, Cadaques, Spain

1989                          First Prize of the City of Biarritz, France

1993                            Grand Prix, Young Graphic Art, Autumn Exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris, France

1997                            Grand Prix, 3rd International Biennale of Sculpture, Toyamura, Japan

1998                           Prize for Printmaking, European Art Academy, Paris, France

2000                            Prize for Printmaking, Autumn Exhibition of Mini Print, Sannois, France

2003                            Jury´s Prize, 4th International Biennale of Printmaking, Cairo, Egypt

2004                            Prize for Graphic Art, 1st Exhibition of Modern Art, Magny-en-Vexin, France

Exhibitions

1995                           Gallery Le Passage du Grandcerf, Paris, France

1996                            L’Espace Oxygène, Ermont, France; Gallery Adachi Sanroky, Kokura-Kyushyu; Gallery Straze, Nishinomiya; Gallery Saoh & Tomosu, Tokyo, Japan

1997                           Gallery Genius, Kobe, Japan; International Festival, Medellin, Colombia

1998                           Gallery Sogo, Osaka; Gallery Bunkamura, Tokyo, Japan

1999                           Gallery Teoartis, 2nd Festival of Graphic Art, Evora, Portugal

2001                           Japanese Cultural Centre of the Alsatian Seijo Institute, Colmar, France

Municipal Gallery of Ibaraki, Osaka; Gallery Yumi, Hamamatsu, Japan

2002                           Gallery Hoshigaoka Art Village, Kohchi; Kumamoto, Japan

2003                           L’Art en Vie, Espace Yvonne Printemps, Ermont, France; 2nd International Biennial of Graphic Art Douro, Alijo, Portugal; Gallery Kaze, Fukuoka, Japan

2004                           Gallery EM, Tokyo; Art des Arts Gallery, Takatsuki, Japan. Hall of the “Association Amicale des Ressortissants Japonais en France”, Paris, France

2005                           Epreuve d’Artiste Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2006                           Gallery Shimada, Kobe, Japan

Since 1995 individual exhibitions in France, Japan, Portugal, Colombia, Portugal, Belgium.

He lives in Ermont, France.

Contact: akemi.noguchi.sueno@gmail.com