BIOGRAPHY
Akihiro Boujoh (b.Nagasaki, Japan / based in Utrecht) is a Japanese visual artist who works with sculpture, installation art, and photography. Akihiro lives and works in Utrecht, the Netherlands since after finishing his MFA Fine Art at Wimbledon College of Art in 2016. Rooted in his BA research into Japanese garden philosophy at Kyoto Institute of Technology, he explores the relationship between nature, environment, and human-kind and much of his works are concerned with space and time that is changing their form time by time. His collections of works have been exhibited nationally and internationally.
He has received a number of honours including Hopper Prize 2020, Aesthetica Art Prize 2022 and Brixton Art Prize 2022.
EDUCATION
2014-2016 MFA Fine Art, University of the Arts London, Wimbledon College of Art, London, United Kingdom
2010-2014 BA Architecture, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
SELECTED EXHIBITION
2022 Landscape, STILL gallery, Utrecht (duo)
2022 Brixton Art Prize, the Downstairs, London
2022 Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery, York
2022 Exh08 by Floorrmagazine, Online, London
2022 Winter Exhibit, good beans, Amsterdam (solo)
2021 On Display, Print&Play, Multiple locations
2020 Visions, The curators X BROAD Magazine, Online
2020 Unleashing Magic, Create! Magazine X PxP contemporary, US/ Online
2020 The Art of Photography, PH21 Gallery, Valid World Hall, Barcelona
2019 G.A.S Redux, Korai project space, Nicosia
2019 SDGs x Art, 5&33 gallery, Amsterdam
2016 WCA MFA show 2016, WCA, London
2015 INDEX, Crypt Gallery, London
2015 SHIFT, Menier Gallery, London
2015 PARK 15, Cannizzaro Park, London
2015 20:20, The SUART Chelsea space, London
2014 Found in Translation, London Design Festival, London
AWARD / GRANT
2022 Brixton Art Prize, Shortlisted, UK
2022 Aesthetica Art Prize, Shortlisted, UK
2021 Dutch Embassy, Project grant, the Netherlands
2021 K.F. Hein foundation, Project in abroad grant, the Netherlands
2021 Stichting Oscar Maasman, Project grant, the Netherlands
2021 Hopper Prize 2020, Winner, the US
2020 Fonds Kwadraad, the Netherlands
2020 Photography Awards 2020 – March Selection, the Wall Gallery, Venice, Italy
2019 The Art of Photography, honourable mentioned, PH21 Gallery, Spain/ Hungary
ARTIST TALK, LECTURE
2022 Artist talk, KF Hein foundation, the Netherlands
2022 Artist talk, STILL, the Netherlands
2021 Midterm advisory board, Columbia University GSAPP, the US
2021 Artist talk, Print & Play, the Netherlands
2019 Artist talk, Vechtclub XL, the Netherlands
PUBLICATION
2022 Floorr Magazine, issue 29, UK
2022 Domestic Shadows, Artfare, US
2022 Stories, University of the Arts London, UK
2022 FUTURE NOW 125 contemporary artists, UK
2022 Aesthetica Magazine, issue 107, UK
2022 Artist Interview, Aesthetica Art Prize, online, UK
2022 Aesthetica Magazine, online, UK
2022 PUBLIC ART MAGAZINE, issue 187, KOR
2022 Uitgelicht, KF Hein fonds, online, NL
2021 FOA vol.13, hardcover art book, US
2021 Insights into Contemporary Art, US
2021 ART NEWS PORTAL, UK
2020 Create! Magazine, online, US
2020 Thought Art Magazine, issue one, US
2020 MURZE magazine, Issue Ten – 2020 Wildlife, UK