Minako Asakura

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Dreaming, Jewel, Butterlies

2021

Minako Asakura is a Japanese artist born in 1973 who lives works in Tokyo, Japan. As a graphic designer art director, she was involved for more than 10 years in the production of prints and promotional materials at TV stations, record companies public offices in Tokyo its suburbs. Since 2013, she went back to contemporary art which is the origin of her creative activity, and still studying painting under some contemporary artists such as Teppei Ikehila and works with many prestigious galleries such as KOWA, Vivid Design Studio or Bright Gallery in Japan, and Galerie Bruno Massa for international art markets. Solo Exhibitions 2021 "Vivid", Gallery Kowa, Tokyo, Japan 2017 "Vivid", Gallery Kowa, Tokyo, Japan 2015 "Fancy Forest", Ikebukuro Art Gathering, Tokyo, Japan 2014 "Vivid", Art Complex Center, Tokyo, Japan Art Fairs 2019 ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW, Galerie Bruno Massa, Hong Kong, S.A.R of China 2019 ART FUTURE, galerie bruno massa, Taipei, Taiwan 2018 PLAS CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW, galerie bruno massa, Soul, South Korea 2018 ART BUSAN"BEXCO Exhibition, galerie bruno massa, Busan, South Korea 2018 Art Bahrain Across Border, galerie bruno massa, Manama, Bahrain 2018 ART FAIR TOKYO, galerie bruno massa ,Tokyo, Japan 2017 ART FAIR TOKYO, galerie bruno massa, Tokyo, Japan 2016 Jiangsu Art Fair, galerie bruno massa, Changzhou, China 2016 ART FAIR "ART OSAKA, galerie bruno massa, Osaka, Japan Group Exhibitions 2019 PRINT×PRINT, 25TOGO BRIGHT, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2019 JAPAN ART STORM IN TAINAN"IMIN, TAINAN CULTURAL CREATIVE, Tainan, Taiwan 2018 C/STORE ART DESIGN, TSUTAYA, Hakodate, Japan 2018 JAPAN ART STORM, IN OUR TIME, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2017 ART BAG LABORATORY, Tokyu Plaza Ginza HANDS EXPO, Tokyo, Japan 2016 METRO ART vol.25, Tokyo Sankei Building, Tokyo, Japan 2016 Ikebukuro Art Gathering,Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Tokyo, Japan 2015-2016 ART CASE -My Digital Life-, 25TOGO BRIGHT, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2015 METRO ART vol.24, Tokyo Sankei Building, Tokyo, Japan 2015 Draw the nature of Japan, Uenonomori Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2015 ART PHONE LABORATORY, Shibuya Hikarie/8COURT, Tokyo, Japan 2013 ANIMAL PLANET, Art Complex Center, Tokyo, Japan 2013 Japan's Mt.Fuji Exhibition, Labi Takasaki Art Gallery, Gunma, Japan Resume 2015 Selected for the 28th "Draw the nature of Japan", Uenonomori Museum, Tokyo, Japan Education 1997 Graduated from Teikyo University, Department of Sociology in Faculty of Letters 1996-1997 The graphic design school of Tokyo