Akira Yasuda

1973                      Born in Aichi, Japan

1999                      M.F.A in Design, Tokyo University of the Arts

2008~2010           Research Assistant, Tokyo University of the Arts

2011~                   Part-time Lecturer, Tokyo University of the Arts

2013                      Lecturer, Fukuyama University (2017~, professor, Fukuyama University)

Selected Solo exhibitions

2014                       Training to Take A Photograph of Void ; Komyouji-Kaikan, Hiroshima

2013                      Roll Light ; OMONMA TENT, Ibaraki

2012                       About the Light ; Locker Room in ARCUS Studio, Ibaraki

Frames/Framed ; Fuller Project, Indiana, USA

2006                       PHOTO & GRAPH ; theatre de sens Gallery, Tokyo

2003                       IEDETENJI ; Mezon-Yamato, Tokyo

2001                       Daydream ; Three More Times, Pepper’s Gallery, Tokyo

Selected Group exhibitions

2017                       Life & Art <Light – Science and Art>  ; Higashi-Hiroshima museum, Hiroshima

2016                       DR/OP; Komyouji-Kaikan, Hiroshima

2015                       CHEMCRAFT: For Love of Chemistry ; Espacio Gallerry, London

The Photograph: What You See & What You Don’t #02 ; Chinretsukan(The University Art Musium, Tokyo University of the Arts), Tokyo

OC: Dogs in a Room; Komyouji-Kaikan, Hiroshima

2014                         The Standstill of Painting ; Nakata museum, Hiroshima

Tomonoura de Art 2014 ; Tomonoura Rekishi Minzoku Shiryoukan, Hiroshima

2013                         Nakanojo Biennale 2013 ; Nakanojo, Gunma

2010                         SASAKUSAS  at Geidai Taito Sumida Art Project, Tokyo

2009                         Nakanojo Biennale 2009 ; Nakanojo, Gunma

Kiryu-Saien 15 ; Gunma

Artone Open Sight 2009 ; ex-Fukawa elementary school, Ibaraki

2007                          YOMOYAMA Exhibition 2007 ; YOMOYAMA-SO, Tone, Ibaraki

2000                         JACA Japan Visual Art Exhibition ; Casa Vallarta, Guadarajara, MEXICO

1999                          JACA Japan Visual Art Exhibition, Tokyo

Awards

2000                       Honorable Mention Award (selected by Nobuyoshi Araki), New Cosmos of Photography 22nd Competition, Tokyo

1999                       Grand Prize, JACA Japan Visual Art Exhibition, Tokyo

Honorable Mention Award (selected by Fumio Nanjo), New Cosmos of Photography 20th Competition, Tokyo