Ouyoshi Akeyama Archive
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Ouyoshi Akeyama
Japanese figurative painter (b. 1945) | Towada, Aomori, Japan
For more than five decades, Ouyoshi Akeyama has developed a sustained figurative practice centered on the human figure. Working outside Japan’s major metropolitan art circuits, his paintings are shaped by lived experience, memory, distance, and travel.
Recent updates
[2026.8.15] : Added works to "Khabarovsk, Russia"and "Traces of Memory".
[2026.7.15] : Added “Scale, Studio, and Installation.”
[2026.6.7] : Added works to "Khabarovsk, Russia". Texts & Appraisals updated.
[2026.4.21] : portfolio Ver. 2.0 uploaded; series pages expanded; Texts & Appraisals and Biography updated.
[2026.4.19] : Added works to "Nobi (Wildfire)", "Khabarovsk, Russia", "Traces of Memory".
[2026.4.16] : Added "Texts & Appraisals".
Three major bodies of work
Children in scorched landscapes, where memory, exposure, and human endurance remain suspended.
Journeys through Siberia, where distance, climate, and human presence settle into painting.
Newspapers, sleep, and recurring figures through which memory, vulnerability, and time persist.
Scale, Studio, and Installation
Studio and installation photographs showing the physical scale of Akeyama’s paintings, from works in progress to their presentation in public and exhibition spaces.
Selected writings on Akeyama by Genichiro Inokuma, Yasumasa Suetake, and others.
A concise chronology of Akeyama’s life, exhibitions, awards, and travels.
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