Untitled, 37 x 30 cm, gouache on paper, 2013

Untitled, 37 x 30 cm, gouache on paper, 2013

Untitled, 51 x 36,5 cm, pencil on paper, 2005

Dipinti e disegni, 27th September 2014-17th January 2015, Marignana Arte, Venice

Akira Arita e il potere del ripensamento, Arianna Testino, Artribune
Less is more. La pittura secondo Akira Arita, Francesca Giubilei, EspoArte

Akira Arita was born in Osaka (Japan) in 1947. He lives and works in New York and Italy.

Akira Arita è nato ad Osaka (Giappone) nel 1947. Vive e lavora tra New York e l’Italia.

AWARDS

1985
National Endowment for the Arts (USA)

1991
Japanese Grand Prix for the Arts (Nihon Geijutsu Taisho)

SOLO SHOWS

2014/2015
Dipinti e Disegni, Marignana Arte, Ve

2002
Fuji Television Gallery Tokyo, Japan

2001
ICAR Foundation Paris, France

1998
Fuji Television Gallery Tokyo, Japan

1996
Kahitsukon-Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art Kyoto, Japan

1993
Fuji Television Gallery Tokyo, Japan

1992
PS Station Gallery Tokyo, Japan

1991
Tokyo Station Gallery Tokyo, Japan

1983
Staempfli Gallery New York, NY, USA

1982
Staempfli Gallery New York, NY, USA
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsuburg, PA, USA

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

ARCO Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ashiya City Museum of Art & History Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan
The Arkansas Art Center Little Rock, AK, USA
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA, USA
The Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, NY, USA
Continental Grain New York, NY, USA
Dow Jones & Co., Inc. South Brunswick, NJ, USA
The Hakone Open-Air Museum Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan
Henri Charpentier Co., Ltd. Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan
H.J. Heinz Company Pittsburg, PA, USA
Kahitsukan-Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art Kyoto, Japan
Kawaguchi Museum of Contemporary Art Saitama, Japan
Mobil Oil Corporation New York, NY, USA
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsburg, PA, USA
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI, USA
Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA, USA
Nomura Display Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan
PPG Industries, Inc. Pittsburg, PA, USA
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina Greensboro, NC, USA

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