Watermark arts & crafts works on paper

Artist: Akiko Nishimura
Title: Kingdom of Blue
Price: 36,300 yen (tax included)
Size: approx. 30 cm dia.
Materials: handmade Japanese paper, wood panel
Artwork can be mounted on the wall with small hooks.


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1974 Born in Kyoto, Japan Raised in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture Lives and works in Higashimurayama City, Tokyo
Graduated from Bunka Women's University, Department of Crafts and Design, and studied washi modeling at Setagaya Washi Zokei University.
2003 Exhibited at the Japan-Mexico Washi Zokei Biennial Exhibition, won the Excellence Prize at the Imadate Contemporary Art Paper Exhibition
2006 Awarded Kawaba Village Mayor Prize at Setagaya Washi Zokei Exhibition and Grand Prize at Imadate Contemporary Art Paper Exhibition.
2008 Setagaya Washi Zokei Exhibition, Incentive Prize.
2019 Established the atelier "Paper and Blue" at the cultural complex in Higashimurayama, Tokyo.

1974年　京都府生まれ　千葉県市川市育ち　東京都東村山市在住
文化女子大学 工芸デザインコース卒業後、世田谷和紙造形大学にて和紙造形を学ぶ
2003年　日本メキシコ和紙造形ビエンナーレ展出品　今立現代美術紙展優秀賞受賞
2006年　世田谷和紙造形展川場村長賞受賞　今立現代美術紙展大賞受賞
2008年　世田谷和紙造形展奨励賞受賞
2019年東京都東村山市の文化複合施設「百才」にアトリエ「紙と青」をかまえる
主な仕事は、宿泊施設　福祉施設等のコミッションワーク、和紙造形のワークショップ、個展、企画展など