Akane Kamiya

  • Textiles
  • Awarded 7 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range $4,000 - 11,000
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    • Category
      Textiles
    • Techniques
      Kasuri weaving
    • Based in
      Aichi
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
    Akane Kamiya

    About the Artist

    Dyeing and Weaving with Her Fresh Sensibility

    Akane Kamiya studied the basic traditional techniques of textiles in Okinawa and started her career as a textile artist. She mainly uses natural dyes and unrefined silk thread, suzushi, to make light, translucent kimonos. By weaving the dyed warp and weft threads alternately, she creates beautiful color gradation and a deep appearance. Her textiles, delicately woven with vitality of nature and storylines, have been highly evaluated, and she received the Prince Takamatsu Memorial Award at the 72nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition in 2025. She is attracting significant attention as an artist leading the future of Japan's traditional artwork.

    Style

    Making translucent kimonos with natural dye and raw silk (silk thread that us not refined) using mainly kasuri techniques and other traditional Okinawan dyeing techniques.

    Biography

    • 1984
      Born in Aichi Prefecture
    • 2009
      Graduated from Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts Graduate School

    Awards

    • 2018
      Received the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education Award at the 49th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2019
      Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the 50th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      Received the Asahi Shimbun Award at the 66th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2020
      Received the Nagoya Board of Education Award at the 51st Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2022
      Received the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition Award at the 53rd Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2024
      Japan Kōgei Association Award, 55th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2025
      Praemium Imperiale Award, 72nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

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