Akiko Usui

• 1944 Born in Tokyo, Japan
• 1966 Graduated from the Women`s University of Fine Art (Joshi Bijutsu Daigaku), specializing in Japanese painting (Nihon-ga)

<Group Exhibitions>

• 1969 - 2000
  Annual exhibitions at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan) and Takashimaya Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) as a member of the Sougakai Foundation, a Japanese painting association
• Dec.1996/ Ateliers an Silo (Dusseldorf, Germany)

<Individual Exhibitions>

• Dec.1996 / Hotel Nikko (Dusseldorf, Germany)
• Jun.2000/ Excel Hotel Tokyu (Tokyo, Japan)
• Aug.2001/ Private Atelier (Yamanashi, Japan)

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Calling "Japanese Painting" as common name has been in argument .
Its history started in the Near and Middle East and transmitted with civilization and prayers carried by the back of camel and ships, then reached the Island. It had grown as unique expression of art with a sense to admire the beauty of four seasons and delicate technique of craft by people in the Island.
Powder of jewels dissolved in glue painted on silk or handmade paper makes a magic of the layers of colors, sheets of silver and gold pasted and peeled with special technique create marvelous texture.