Akiko Tsuda

Style

Creating textiles by dyeing and weaving while living in nature.
Living in Okusaga, Kyoto, she met Fukumi Shimura. She also visits her other house in Toin, located behing Mt. Atago frequently.
She weaves threads dyed with plum and cherry trees in spring, trees and nuts of Japanese magnolia in the winter, and mugwort and madder root from the fields. She also grows indigo plants in her fields.

Biography

• 1946
  Born in Kyoto
• 1966
  Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural University Women's College, Department of Clothing
• 1982
  Studied under Fukumi Shimura
• 1988
  Submitted to the Ogurakai Exhibition (exhibition by Fukumi Shimura and her disciples)
• 1994
  Kimono of Tsumugi " Flower Dance" selected for the 23rd Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
• 2000
  Textiles Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kato (Kyoto)
• 2003
  Akiko Tsuda Textiles Exhibition and Junichiro Tsuda Ceramics Exhibition at Gallery San (Kyoto)
• 2004
  Textiles Solo Exhibition at Ruburu Echigawa (Shiga)
• 2005
  Kimono of Tsumugi "Bamboo in the Four Seasons" selected for the 39th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
• 2006
  Kimono of Tsumugi "Bamboo Forest in Saga" selected for the 53rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
• 2007
  Junichiro Tsuda and Akiko Tsuda Two-person Exhibition at Gallery Parart
• 2008
  Submitted to the Kizahashi Exhibition (Seikiro Ryokan, Miyazu, Kyoto)
• 2013
  Junichiro Tsuda and Akiko Tsuda Two-person Exhibition "Ceramics and Textiles" at Gallery Parart

Awards

• 2018
  Received the Kyoto Shimbun Award for Kimono of Tsumugi "Flower Symphony" at the 47th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition