Studio Akane Moriyama

About

Akane Moriyama (b. 1983, Japan) is an artist/designer based in Stockholm. With her background of architecture and textile, Moriyama intervenes architectural space with textile. By combining different technique of textile such as dyeing, knitting, sewing, printing, and weaving, Moriyama creates textile which changes the space and reveals the hidden qualities of the space. Since her first commission “Curtain for O house” (Kyoto 2009), Moriyama has been working for various scale of artistic projects such as “Cubic Prism”(Texas 2013), “Curtain for Hirakata T-SITE”(Osaka 2016), and “12636g”(Stockholm 2022).

Solo exhibitions/installation

2023
LJUS OCH GRÄNS, BLOCK32, Stockholm
2022
12636g, Sergels torg, Stockholm
2014
Radiant Flux Installation, Our Legacy Store, Stockholm
2008
Go Blanc, Galleri Konstfack, Stockholm (Videoart: Eri Ito)

Group exhibitions

2020
Internal Window, Knit!, Kvadrat Copenhagen
2017
Azorean Spectrum Range,Arquipélago Contemporary Art Center in São Miguel, the Azores, Portugal
2016
Mirage in the forest, KENPOKU ART 2016, Hitachi
Textile Wall, Gallery MA, Tokyo
PLOT Design of Architecture, GA Gallery, Tokyo
2015
Cubic Prism in Helsinki, Japanese Design Revisited/Helsinki Design Week, Kaapeli/Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2014
Membran, Palazzo Bembo, the 14th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia, Italy, in collaboration with Petra Gipp Arkitektur
Refected Roof, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, in collaboration with Jesper Carlsen
2013
Cubic Prism, Goldsmith Hall, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, US
Blue BricksII, Alt_Cph2013, Copenhagen
Blue Bricks,Another Space, Copenhagen
2010
Draped Flowers, Konstfack spring exhibition, Stockholm
Picnic Blanket, Exhibition “Where is Architecture?” - Seven Installations by Japanese Architects
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
2009
Exhibition “Human Reality”, Form Design Center Malmö, Sweden

Selected Commissions

2021
Curtain for Daikin office, Tokyo Commissioner: Kokuyo Ltd.
Curtain for Nishifunahashi gallery, Tokyo Commissioner: COMPAS architects
Artwork for Mitsui Garden hotel Permier Roppongi Commissioner: Jun Mitsui&Associates Architects
Curtain for Suzuyo head office, Shizuoka, Shuhei Goto Architects
2020
Curtain for Daikin office, Tokyo Commissioner: Kokuyo Ltd.
Textiles for Toberu, Kyoto, Japan
Our Legacy Store in NK Stockholm
2019
Seriously Fun, Young Architects Program at MOMA Ps1 Finalist with Oana Stanescu, New York
Textiles for Toberu, Kyoto, Japan
Our Legacy Store in NK Stockholm
2018
Curtains for House in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
Curtain for Our Legacy Stores in Göteborg, London, Berlin, and L.A.
Restaurant Tjoget, Stockholm
Textiles for TOTO Recreation Facility in Yufuin, Japan
Nagasaki Work Center Nagasaki, Japan
Restaurant Hibiya, Tokyo, Japan
2017
Skissuppdrag för Göteborgs Regionens Hus, Sweden
Curtain for Kyoto University of Foregin Language, Japan
Curtain for Tarumi House, Japan
2016
Curtain for Lilla Rågholmen, Sweden
Curtain for Hirakata T-SITE, Japan
2015
Curtain for House in Hamilton, Austraila
Proposal for public artwork at Hospital/Skissuppdrag för Södersjukhuset, Sweden
Curtain for House in Hitachi, Japan
Curtain for Nerima House, Japan
2014
Curtain for Office Nansen Chicago, USA
2013
Yellow Silk Curtain, Sweden
2012
Curtain for house in Ishikiri,Japan
Eight-layers-screen, Japan
2011
Curtain for church in Matsumoto, Japan
2010
Curtain for Showamachi house, Japan
2009
Curtain for House O, Japan