Yui Akiyama


Yui Akiyama

The artist was born in Osaka (Japan) and she has lived in Warsaw since 2010. She practices being a foreigner. She studied aesthetics in Kyoto, Polish Philology at the University of Warsaw and painting at the Academy of Fine Art in Warsaw.
In her works, with the help of painting or words, she tries to give shape and form to situations/emotions that she observes in her everyday life. She is interested in the lack of understanding between herself and another person. Apart from painting, she also translates and teaches Japanese.