Profile
| Born in Gifu, Japan in 1972 Lives and works in Gifu, Japan |
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| 【Education】 | |
| 1997 | Received Master’s degree at University of Fukui, Graduate School of Education, with a major in Art |
| 1994 | Graduated from Gifu University, Fuculty of Education, with a major in Arts and Crafts |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibition】 | |
| 2023 | The resemblance of your taste buds (THZ Gallery, Taiwan) |
| 2022 | Akifumi Okumura-ten (Murakuni the museum, Gifu) |
| 2021 | Soushoku＊Doubutsu (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) |
| 2018 | HUMANIMAL (Funabashi Tobu, Chiba; Nagoya Matsuzakaya, Aichi) Akifumi Okumura Yoga-ten (Ikebukuro Tobu, Tokyo) |
| 2017 | HUMANIMAL (Gallery IMAZOO, Seoul) Soshoku × Dobutsu (Sendai MItsukoshi, Miyagi) |
| 2016 | Akifumi Okumura: REMIX (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2015 | Art Fair Tokyo “Akifumi Okumura-ten” (Tokyo International Forum, Art Gallery Minazuki booth, Tokyo) |
| 2014 | Akifumi Okumura Aburae-ten: Shihen no Dobutsu-tachi (Tobu Ikebukuro, Tokyo) Akifumi Okumura Ga-ten: I Ro Ha Ni O E (Nagoya Mitsukoshi, Aichi) |
| 2013 | Art Fair Tokyo “Akifumi Okumura-ten” (Tokyo International Forum, Art Gallery Minazuki booth, Tokyo) Akifumi Okumura Yoga-ten (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) Akifumi Okumura: Mild Animals (Kato Eizo・Toichi Memorial Art Museum, Gifu) |
| 2012 | Sugoi Dobutsu (Kakamigahara City Libraqry, Gifu) Akifumi Okumura Solo Exhibition (Seoul) Akifumi Okumura: Tokubetsu na Sonzai (Sendai Mits) |
| 2011 | Art Fair Tokyo “Akifumi Okumura-ten” (Tokyo International Forum, Art Gallery Minazuki booth, Tokyo) DOORS Art Fair “Akifumi Okumura” (Seoul) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibition】 | |
| 2020 | A SINGLE ANT BITE (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo; SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO 凸, Tokyo) |
| 2019 | Early Summer Collection (Art Gallery Minazuki, Gifu) |
| 2018 | ″BAKURYO” Exhibition (The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu) |
| 2013 | Korea International Art Fair (Seoul, continued in 2015) NEW CITY ART FAIR (Taipei) |
| 2012 | The History of the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu (The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu) |
| 2011 | Something Precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, continued until 2019) |
| 2009 | Merrygoround in Art, The 7 Top Runners (The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu) |
| 2008 | Outstanding Rising Artists Exhibition (Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo) |
| 【Public Collections】 | |
| Gifu Shinkin Bank, Dazaifu Tenmangu, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu Gifu University, National Diet Building |
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| 【Awards】 | |
| 2008 | 2007 Gifu Prefectural Cultural Cooperation Award Award of Excellence at the World Art Exhibition |
| 2006 | Nehime Award at the 16th Hana no Bijutsu Taisho-ten (Hyogo) |
| 1997 | Rookie of the Year award at the 35th Chubu Kokuten (Nagoya City Museum, Aichi) |
| 1996 | Fukui prefectural Governor Award at the Mihama Bijutsu-ten (Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Fukui and others) |
| 1995 | Rookie of the Year award at the 30th Kansai Kokuten (Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto) |
Exhibitions
Akifumi Okumura!! -REMIX-
04/11/2016(fri) - 19/11/2016(sat)
Something Precious Exhibition – Strawberry –
08/12/2017(fri) - 22/12/2017(fri)
Ruiji Aiba, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Yasushi Ikejiri, Haruomi Izumi, Sayaka Imai, Eri Iwasaki, Shinji Ohya, Akifumi Okumura, Satoko Ogura, Ami Onogi, Yuichi Kashima, Emi Katsuta, Takashi Kanazawa, Kaya, Yasushi Kanzaki, Yoji Kumagai, Noriyuki Kobayashi, Yuki Koyano, Sanami Shimada, Ken Shiozaki, Kou Shimizu, Chiaki Suzuki, Shiki Taira, Hiroko Takeda, Shin Tanaka, Koki Tsujimoto, Kenki Tsujimoto, Junya Tsubota, Ai Naka, Masakubi Nakamura, Shino Nakamura, Makoto Nitahara, Yukiko Hata, Toru Fukuda, Hikojiro Fujisawa, Akihiro Fujimoto, Fuyuki Maehara, Yuko Mawatari, Yoshiko Murakoshi, Eri Muranaka, Yohei Yashima, Shigeme Yasuhara, Ami Yamashiro, Kaz Watabe
SEIZAN GALLERY & SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO凸 A SINGLE ANT BITE
11/12/2020(fri) - 22/12/2020(tue)
Hiroyuki Aoyama, Yasushi Ikejiri, Sayaka Imai, Haruomi Yukiko Hata, Izumi, Emi Katsuta, Mao Kawasaki, Yoji Kumagai, Shunsuke Ochi, Akifumi Okuyama, Tomoaki Shimohira, Asako Tabata, Motohide Takami, Keitoku Toizumi, Koki Tsujimoto, Kaz Watabe, Yohei Yashima, Yuki Yatsu