Studies
1997Tama Art University, Tokyo
2006Diploma at the Academy of Art (Hfbk), Hamburg, Germany


Solo- and Duo Exhibitions
2023Open Studio, Gleis 70, Zurich
2021all that was, Kunstverein Eislingen
2020Panta Rhei, Tom Reichstein Contemporary, Hamburg
2019SPAGAT, with Laure Catugier, JDZB (Japanese-German Center Berlin), Berlin
2018Trilogy, Anhaltinische Gemäldegalerie, Fremdenhaus, Dessau
2016Sommer Salon, with Jennifer Danos, Tête, Berlin
201525. Joseph and Anna Fassbender - Preis, Rathausgalerie Brühl
2014Grundverschieden, with Friederike Lorenz, Kunstverein Schwerin
2013Made in Balmoral, with Jennifer Danos, Bad Ems
2013Akane Kimbara, Kunstsammlung, Gera
2010Unfortunately, Luckily, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg/Elbe, Lauenburg
2006Mi So Si Do, Do Si Mi So, So Mi Si Si, Do Si So Mi, Akureyri, Island
2006Foyer for young art Harburg, HypoVereinsbank, Harburg
2006I forgot that I'm in a taxi, Einstellungsraum, Hamburg
2006Trois, with Timo Klöppel, Espace Surplus, Berlin
2006Hashirigaki - Drawn lines, Gallery heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg


Group Exhibitions (selection)
2023Circle 2023, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
2022Kahnweiler Award, Rockenhausen
2022Paper Position, Hamburg
2021Beuys Radio -100 Voices, Beuys 2021, a project by the Ministry of Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf
2021Paper Position, Hamburg
2019Hancks Universe, KUNSTPALAST, Düsseldorf
2017Up and Down, KINDL - Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin
20167. biennale of Drawings - To Make a Mark, Kunstverein Eislingen
2015A Tree is a Tree is a Tree..., Gallery Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf
2014Les Prochaines, Between You and Me, Berlin
2013IN MEDIAS RES, Spas at the Viehmarkt, Trier
2013Unwilderness, B-05, Montabaur
2013Maybe I also look too deeply into things, Overbeck Society, Kunstverein Lübeck
2013Fabulanten. Skitzländer. Wunderblöcke, Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg
2012Connectivity: Thermal Noise (The BeeToBee.Net), FRISE, Hamburg
2011Akane Kimbara, Hendrik Lörper, Anett Frontzek, Overbeck Society, Kunstverein Lübeck
2011Künstlerische Produktion, Espace Surplus, Berlin
2011Kammerstück, Kunsthaus Speckstraße Gängeviertel, Hamburg
2010Versus Whiteout (The BeeToBee.Net), Kunsthaus, Hamburg
2009The BeeToBee.Net, Künstlerhaus Sootboern, Hamburg
2008Young Art in the Federal Environment Ministry, Bonn
2008We call it Hamburg, Kunstverein Hamburg
2008Visible life, Kontemporär, Hamburg
2007Fish & Ships, Kunsthaus, Hamburg
2006index06, Kunsthaus, Hamburg
2006Plattform #3, Kunstverein, Hannover


Awards and Residencies
2023Artist Residency, Gleis 70, Zurich
2021Special grant - INITIAL, Akademie der Kuenste
2020Special grant - NEUSTART KULTUR, Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn
2019Cultural grant, Steglitz-Zehlendorf Cultural Office, Berlin
2016Artist Residency, Kunstverein Röderhof
2015Joseph und Anna Fassbender - drawing award, Brühl
2015Working grant from Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn
2013Artist Residency, Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems
2013Grant of Nomura Fundation, Tokyo
2012Artist in Residence, Gera
2010Artist Residency, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg
2009Akureyri Artists Studio, Island


Collections
Collection Wolfgang Hanck, KUNSTPALAST, Düsseldorf
Overbeck Society, Kunstverein Lübeck
Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck
Kunstsammlung Gera


Bibliography (selection)
2022Panta Rhei, booklet, Tom Reichstein Contemporary
2020Spagat, exhibitions leporello
2018Akane Kimbara, booklet, Kunstverein Röderhof
2017Up and Down, limited edition for the exhibition "Up and Down", HYBRIDEN
20167. biennale of Drawings - To Make a Mark, Kunstverein Eislingen
2015A Tree is a Tree is a Tree..., Gallery Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf
2014Akane Kimbara, catalog Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral
2013Akane Kimbara, catalog, Kunstsammlung Gera
2011Metamorphosen, (The BeetoBee.Net), Ursula Meyer-Rogge
2009Griffelkunst edition, B-Reihe 335, The BeeToBee.Net
2008Bettina Springer, "Espace Surplus"