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Akiko Takizawa
b. 1971, Fukuoka, Japan

Education

2003-2006 MA Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London
1993-1996 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Bower Ashton Art College, Bristol

Recent Exhibitions

2012
Over the Parched Field, solo show, Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation, London 

2011
Japanese Mythology, J-Collabo N. Y

2009
Barock Plastik, I-Myu-projects, London

2008
J-Collabo, Arts web based galler y, New York
Ar ts London Ar t Fair (with TAG fine arts), London
Twenty, Dazed and Confused Gallery, London
Foto8 Summer Show, Host Gallery, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Through The Lens, Royal West of England Academy, Brisrol
Black Light, UCLHS Arts & Jetslag, London

2007
Hitotsubo-ten Guardian Gardens Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
Committed to Print, Royal Academy of West of England
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (invited artist)
London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy of Arts
Sea Change, Mark Jason Gallery London

2006
Collotype – Past. Present and Future, St. Bride Library, London
Bloomberg New Contemporaries: Liverpool Biennial
Berlin Art Fair, ‘Preview’

2004
International Collotype Exhibition: UWE Bristol

2002
Dundee Print Open: Dundee Contemporary Art Centre
In Print: Bookcase Gallery, Cumbria

2001
Out of Japan: Beldam Gallery, Uxbridge

2000
5th Open Print Exhibition: Royal West of England Academy

Awards

2007 Hitotsubo-ten Japanese photography competition, artist selected for final 10
2006 Bloomberg New Contemporaries
2006 Shortlisted for the Conran Prize at RCA Final Show
2002 The University of Abertay Visual Arts Prize
2002 The Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio Residence Prize
2000 The London Print Studio Award 2000 The Printmaking Today Award

Residencies

2000 – 2001 Artist in Residence: Intaglio Printmakers, London

Collections

UBS, London
Royal College of Art, Printmaking Archive                        
www.J-collabo.co.jp ( N.Y based Shiseido 資生堂Arts site )