Profile

 

1938Born in Takefu City, Fukui (now Echizen City)
1960Graduated from the University of Fukui
Lives and works in Fukui, Japan

 

Exhibitions

1966Gallery Beni, Kyoto
1974Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka
1976 Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka
1977 Gallery Beni, Kyoto
Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
1978 3rd Floor, Kyoto
Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
1979 3rd Floor, Kyoto
1980~1983 Utsubo Gallery, Osaka
1984 COCO Gallery, Kyoto
Space B’, Fukui
Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
R-GALLERY, Fukui
1985Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
Gallery M, Obama
1986 Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
1987Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
1988 COCO Gallery, Kyoto
1989 R-GALLERY, Fukui
INAX Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery OH、Aichi
1990 Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
1991 COCO Gallery, Kyoto
1992 Izumi Gallery, Fukui
Gallery OH, Aichi
1993 Elf Fukui Gallery, Fukui
1994 Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Fukui
1995 Gallery 360, Tokyo
Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Fukui
1996 BASE GALLERY, Tokyo
Fukui Fine Arts Museum
1997 Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Fukui
1998 Gallery 17, Kanazawa
COCO Gallery, Kyoto
Fukui Fine Arts Museum
2001Seaside Studio CASO, Osaka
Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
2002Sabae Manabe Museum, Fukui
Gallery G2, Fukui
2003Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
2004GALLERY TERASHITA, Tokyo
2005one series 4 -igarashi akio- ONE, Tokyo
GALLERY TERASHITA, Tokyo
Gallery Yuragi, Kyoto
2006Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau, Osaka
2007~2009GALLERY TERASHITA, Tokyo
2013AKIO IGARASHI – Colored Drawings (Unpublished), Gallery AXIS 6917, Fukui
E & C Gallery, Fukui
2014AKIO IGARASHI – Works with Line, Gallery AXIS 6917, Fukui
2015 AKIO IGARASHI – Painting as Material, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
2016AKIO IGARASHI – Scraped Paintings, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
2018 AKIO IGARASHI, Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
2019 AKIO IGARASHI Scraped Paintings – New Works, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
AKIO IGARASHI Scraped Paintings – Recent Works, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
AKIO IGARASHI Scraped Paintings – Works from the 1970s–80s, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
2020 Art Document | AKIO IGARASHI Exhibition – Rethinking Painting (Accumulated Substance / Scraped Layers), Kanazu Forest of Creation Museum, Fukui
2023 AKIO IGARASHI, Gallery Shilla, Daegu, South Korea
AKIO IGARASHI – Scraped Painting Publication Commemorative Exhibition, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
2024 AKIO IGARASHI, Gallery Shilla, Seoul, South Korea
AKIO IGARASHI – Erasing Painting, Gallery Sarai, Fukui
AKIO IGARASHI – Erasing Painting, Manabe-no-Yakata, Sabae
AKIO IGARASHI, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
2025 AKIO IGARASHI Exhibition, BASEGALLERY, Tokyo
AKIO IGARASHI Exhibition, Bunshitsu Niho Gallery, Fukui

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

19648th Shell Art Prize Exhibition, Shirakiya, Tokyo / Fujii Daimaru, Kyoto
1976-1973Hokubi Group Exhibitions, Fukui
1976Art Now ’76, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
Japan Art Festival Exhibition, Tokyo / Seattle / Los Angeles
1977 Gallery Beni, Kyoto
Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
1978 Third Floor, Kyoto
Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
1979 Third Floor, Kyoto
1980~1983 Utsubo Gallery, Osaka
1984 COCO Gallery, Kyoto
Space B’, Fukui
Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
R-GALLERY, Fukui
1985Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
Gallery M, Obama
1986 Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
1987Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
1988 COCO Gallery, Kyoto
1989 R-GALLERY, Fukui
INAX Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery OH、Aichi
1990 Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
1991 COCO Gallery, Kyoto
1992 Izumi Gallery, Fukui
Gallery OH, Aichi
1993 Elf Fukui Gallery, Fukui
1994 Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Fukui
1995 Gallery 360, Tokyo
Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Fukui
1996 BASE GALLERY, Tokyo
Fukui Fine Arts Museum
1997 Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Fukui
1998 Gallery 17, Kanazawa
COCO Gallery, Kyoto
Fukui Fine Arts Museum
2001Seaside Studio CASO, Osaka
Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
2002Sabae Manabe Museum, Fukui
Gallery G2, Fukui
2003Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
2004GALLERY TERASHITA, Tokyo
2005one series 4 -igarashi akio- ONE, Tokyo
GALLERY TERASHITA, Tokyo
Gallery Yuragi, Kyoto
2006Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau, Osaka
2007~2009GALLERY TERASHITA, Tokyo
2013AKIO IGARASHI – Colored Drawings (Unpublished), Gallery AXIS 6917, Fukui
E & C Gallery, Fukui
2014AKIO IGARASHI – Works with Line, Gallery AXIS 6917, Fukui
2015 AKIO IGARASHI – Painting as Material, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
2016AKIO IGARASHI – Scraped Paintings, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
2018 AKIO IGARASHI, Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
2019 AKIO IGARASHI Scraped Paintings – New Works, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
AKIO IGARASHI Scraped Paintings – Recent Works, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
AKIO IGARASHI Scraped Paintings – Works from the 1970s–80s, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
2020 Art Document | AKIO IGARASHI Exhibition – Rethinking Painting (Accumulated Substance / Scraped Layers), Kanazu Forest of Creation Museum, Fukui
2023 AKIO IGARASHI, Gallery Shilla, Daegu, South Korea
AKIO IGARASHI – Scraped Painting Publication Commemorative Exhibition, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
2024 AKIO IGARASHI, Gallery Shilla, Seoul, South Korea
AKIO IGARASHI – Erasing Painting, Gallery Sarai, Fukui
AKIO IGARASHI – Erasing Painting, Manabe-no-Yakata, Sabae
AKIO IGARASHI, Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst Bau, Osaka
2025 AKIO IGARASHI Exhibition, BASEGALLERY, Tokyo
AKIO IGARASHI Exhibition, Bunshitsu Niho Gallery, Fukui

 

Official Collection (selection)

 

Shiga Museum of Art
Fukui Fine Arts Museum
TAKAMATSU ART MUSEUM
Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design
Takefu City Hall (now Echizen City)
Oita Prefectural Art Museum