Akiko Kurihara

AKIKO KURIHARA

EXPOSITION DU 3 AU 30 NOVEMBRE 2018.

Vernissage dans le cadre de ART CAROUGE,

samedi 3 et dimanche 4 novembre 2018

en présence de l’artiste.

Demander la lune

Notre quotidien est jalonné de révélations fortuites, d’infimes découvertes d’ordre physique que nous utilisons inconsciemment. Je crée des bijoux à partir de ces découvertes, avec humour et dans un esprit minimaliste.

Je me mets au défi de repousser les limites du bijou bien que ce soit un objet de petites dimensions. Je pense que l’humour et l’esprit qui caractérisent mes pièces me relient à celle / celui qui les porte, de même qu’aux personnes qui les regardent.

A.K

Asking for the moon

Casual discoveries in daily life, and small findings in physical phenomena which we unconsciously use.

I create jewelry pieces out of such discoveries using humor and wit in minimalistic ways.

I like to challenge myself to expand the possibilities of the jewelry, even if they are small objects.

And I expect that humor and wit in my work would connect me to the person wearing my piece, as well as to people seeing the piece.

A.K

career

2004-2010 education: diploma, Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Schmuck und Gerät, Prof. Otto Künzli, Munich Germany

1999-2004 lecturer at Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Tokyo Japan

1998-1999 education: Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Tokyo Japan

1996-1998 education: Yamanashi Institute of Gemology and Jewelry Art, Kofu Japan

1975 born in Sapporo Japan

public collection

Alice and Louis Koch Ring Collection, Switzerland

Gallery of art in Legnica, Poland

Gallery Marzee, Holland

awards and scholarship

​2018 27th International silver art competition -Illusion-, the 2nd prize and the Joachim Sokólski Award, Poland
2010 Meisterschüler Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Germany

2007 Stipendien des Bayer Staatsministeriums für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst für Ausländische Studierende, Germany

1998 16th Asahi modern craft exhibition, Japan

1997 25th International pearl design contest, Japan

exhibitions

2018 The Language of Things: Meaning and Value in Contemporary Jewellery / The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt New Zealand

27th International silver art competition -Illusion- / Gallery of art in Legnica, Legnica Poland

THINKING HANDS #01 / Irene Belfi gallery, Milan Italy

​ presentation at Collective Design Fair (by Sienna Patti Contemporary) / New York USA​

presentation at FRAME (by Gallery Annick Zufferey) / Handwerksmesse, Munich Germany​

Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me! (curated by Valentina Romen and Annalisa Rosso) / Milan Italy

2017 jewelry exhibition / Nobana art work in Ginza, Tokyo Japan
Non è Una Libellula -Arte Contemporanea e Manufatti- / uno spazio su misura, Milan Italy
Quand les perles sortent du rang / Gallery Annick Zufferey, Carouge Switzerland
icons at play / Brooklyn Metal Works, New York USA
mai più senza / mare culturale urbano, Milan Italy
SUMMER SYMPHONY IN LARK’S HEART / art gallery Putti, Riga Latvia
the other side of the clouds, presentation by Akiko Kurihara / ATTA gallery Bangkok Thailand
Hotel Art Fair Bangkok (by ATTA gallery) / Bangkok Thailand
All that glitters is not Silver, presentation by Akiko Kurihara / Legnica silver festival, Gallery of art in Legnica, Legnica Poland
Collective Design Fair (by Sienna Patti Contemporary) / New York USA
MUTATIS MUTANDIS -Arte Contemporanea e Manufatti- / uno spazio su misura, Milan Italy

THE CAT DID IT (solo exhibition) / Micheko Galerie, Munich Germany

2016 science is silver, silence is gold (solo exhibition) / galerie Pont&Plas, Gent Belgium

trick or treasure (solo exhibition) / gallery deux poissons, Tokyo Japan

20/20 / Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, Saltaire United Kingdom

CONVERSATION WITH A CLOUD / art gallery Putti, Riga Latvia

UN’ ALTRA COSA -Arte Contemporanea e Manufatti- / uno spazio su misura, Milan Italy

Schmuck 2016, 68th / Handwerksmesse, Munich Germany

2015 Gravitazione / Paraventi Giaponesi Galleria Alessio Nobili & C., Milan Italy

stone scissors paper / Dojima Rhizome, Osaka Japan

exhibition / Fortuna, Sapporo Japan

Möbius / Micheko Galerie, Munich Germany

SMART Arte Contemporanea e Manufatti / uno spazio su misura, Milan Italy

2014 MASS / Micheko Galerie, Munich Germany

Zauber Box / Micheko Galerie, Munich Germany

Akiko Kurihara contemporary Jewelry solo Exhibition / Toi, Osaka

Contemporary Jewellery as Art: Paradigm Shifts / Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo

2013 WAS IT A CAT I SAW? / Micheko Galerie, Munich Germany

Itami international craft exhibition -jewelry- / Itami Museum of Art & Craft, Itami Japan

2012 151 / Micheko Galerie, Munich Germany

CHIAROSCURO – arte contemporanea e Manufatti – / Uno Spazio su Misura, Milan Italy

exhibition / Fortuna, Sapporo Japan

Flourish / Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, Saltaire United Kingdom

2011 HUTNAH / Micheko Galerie, Munich Germany

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH / Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, Saltaire United Kingdom

WEGE / Studio Galerie, Gmund am Tegernsee Germamy

exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry / Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo Japan

Ultra Marine / Noblessner Foundry, Tallinn Estonia

exhibition / Schmuck Frage, Berlin Germany

2010 Diplom Ausstellung -SERVUS- / Auditorium Akademie, Munich Germany

Meisterschüler 2010 Ausgewählte Arbeiten / Galerie der Künstler, Munich Germany

ZIMMER FREI / Hotel Mariandl, Munich Germany

International Graduation Show / Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen Holland

2009 Bonjour La Beauté by Yufuku Gallery / Les Comptoirs de la Tour d’Argent, Tokyo Japan

contemporary jewelry exhibition by jubilee / Gallery Umekobana, Iwate Japan

Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry –Metal&Concept- / Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo Japan

Akiko Kurihara solo exhibition / Toi, Osaka, Japan

Itami international craft exhibition -jewelry- / Itami Museum of Art & Craft, Itami Japan

2008 2 / sahanji+, Shizuoka Japan

DES WAHNSINNS FETTE BEUTE / Pinakothek der moderne, Munich Germany

Schmuck 2008, 60th / Handwerksmesse, Munich Germany

emu, twist again / Gallery Funaki, Melbourne Australia

Jahresausstellung -So jung kommen wir nicht mehr zusammen- / Sitzungssaal Akademie, Munich Germany

JUST MUST / Estonian History Museum, Tallinn Estonia

2007 Gray / sahanji+, Shizuoka Japan

7 guests, invited by Karl Fritsch / art Cologne, Cologne Germany

Tatort -Bloody Mary- / Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen Holland

Jahresausstellung -Ich weiss wo du wohnst- / Aktsaal Akademie, Munich Germany

new traditional jewelry SIERAAD -Symbol of faith- / SIERAAD award, Amsterdam Holland

2006 Tatort -Mark your Territory- / Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen Holland

Jahresausstellung -Lass´den Sonnenschein herein- / Sitzungssaa Akademie, Munich Germany

various shape / Gallery Fusenkazura, Sapporo Japan

Jewelry artists from Munich / Gallery deuxpoissons, Tokyo Japan

15th International silver art competition -Scandal- / Gallery of art in Legnica, Legnica Poland

Gallery Funaki international jewelry award 2006 -connect- / Gallery Funaki, Melbourne Australia

Ausstellung der Finalisten BKV-Preis für junges Kunsthandwerk, Galerie BKV, Munich Germany

2005 International silver art competition-deconstruction, reconstruction- / Gallery of art in Legnica, Legnica Poland

Silver schools Gallery of art in Legnica, Legnica Poland

Itami international craft exhibition -jewelry- / Itami Museum of Art & Craft, Itami Japan

Tatort -Tatwort- / Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen Holland

Jahresausstellung -Aufgebockt- / Sitzungssaal Akademie, Munich Germany

10th You / Harper’s mill, Kofu Japan

2004 Gold for Robert Smit -Metallic Yellow- / Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam Netherland

Tatort -VIP- / Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen Holland

10 – Jewelry exhibition / Gallery Ac, Tokyo Japan

Japan jewelry art competition / Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo Japan

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