Yo Akiyama
Yō Akiyama (秋山 陽 Akiyama Yō) was born in Shimonoseki city, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan in 1953. He is an artist specializing in ceramics, and was a part of the Sōdeisha aesthetic movement.
Early life
Akiyama studied under Yagi Kazuo at the Kyoto Municipal University of Arts and Music from 1972 to 1978. He started working with the creation of objects based in black pottery and showed an interest in the primitivism of modern sculptors such as Brancusi and Arp as well as his professor.
From 1978 until 1981 he worked as a teacher at Zeno, a home for disabled children. He became a member of the International Ceramic Academy in 1986 and in 1988 became a professor at Kyoto Municipal University of Arts and Music. He is currently chairman of the Department of Ceramics.
Solo exhibitions
- 2010 - Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Bruxelles, Belgium
- 2007 - Essence of Clay – the Sculptural Art of Akiyama Yô, Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd. at SOFA, New York, USA
- 2005 - Gallery Kochukyo, Tokyo, Japan
- 2004 - INAX Tile Museum, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
- 1999 - Contemporary Art NIKI, Tokyo, Japan
- 1998 - Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 1991 - Shibuya Seibu Craft Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 1988 - Shibuya Seibu Craft Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 1987 - Gallery Nakamura, Kyoto, Japan (also in 1996)
- Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan (also in 1996)
- 1986 - INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo, Japan
- 1980 - Gallery 16, Kyoto, Japan
- 1976 - Gallery Iteza, Kyoto, Japan (also in 1977)