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, Through 2019, 2023) |
| 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) |
