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Yoko Akino

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Yoko Akino was born in Kyoto, Japan. In 1996 she came to Ireland and began work at Graphic Studio Workshop, where she is now a member.

Akino’s crisp etchings with practiced, unbroken lines pluck the classical female nude out of its familiar context, often juxtaposing it against highly coloured, modernist backdrops where pattern is key.

1967
Born in Kyoto, Japan

1995
Solo Show, Coloured Line Drawings, Maronne Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

1996
Move to Ireland. Joined Graphic Studio Dublin
Temple Bar International Print Show, Dublin

1998
Solo Show, ‘Etchings’, Maronne Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

1999
Two Person Show, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

2001
Three Person Show, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
Graphic Studio Group Show, Norrköping, Sweden
Graphic Studio Group Show, Konstforum, Stockholm

2002
Graphic Studio Group Show, Stockholm

2003
’Spring Show’, Graphic Studio Group Show, Dublin
6eme Triennale Mondiale d’Estampes, Auvergne, France
Solo Show, Front Lounge, Dublin
‘Blade on the Feather’, Trinity College, Dublin

2004
“the cracked looking glass”, Graphic Studio Group Show (Dublin, NY, Stockholm, London)
‘Impressions’, Galway Arts Centre

2005
Solo Show, ‘The Wind Blows’, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’, Graphic Studio Group Show, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
‘Impressions’, Galway Arts Centre
Commission: Six Images by Vaga Se Arts Club, Stockholm
Three Person show, Vaga Se Gallery, Stockholm
‘Guldefber’, Grafikgalleriet, Stockholm

2006
Group Show, Uppsala Akademical Hospital, Uppsala
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
Solo Show, ‘Air’, Vaga Se Gallery, Stockholm
‘Tiden’, Upplands Vasby and Sollentuna, Sweden
‘Impressions’, Galway Arts Centre
7eme Triennale Mondiale d’Estampes, Auvergne, France

2007
Solo Show, Gallery Artlife Mitsuhashi, Kyoto, Japan
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition (Winner O’Sullivan Graphic Supplies Ltd. Award for Best Print)
Commission: Co. Cavan Arts Office, ‘Ballyhaise Framed’

2008
‘Revelation’, Group Show, National Gallery of Ireland
‘Is this real’, two person show, Graphic Studio Gallery
‘Contemporary Irish Art’, Boyle Arts Festival
Graphic Studio Group Show, The Kenny Gallery, Galway
‘Impressions’, Galway Arts Centre
‘Little Christmas’ Group Show, Dublin

2009
Three Person Show, Cat and Moon Gallery, Sligo

2010
'Gold', Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
Graphic Studio Members 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Farmleigh, Dublin,