Japan
1993: MFA Printmaking, Musashino Art University (awarded MFA Show First Prize)
1991: BFA Fine Art, Musashino Art University
2012: Cool Stuff, University of Alberta Museum Collections, Edmonton, AB
2009: Release, Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Canada
2008: Return to the Surface, Akiko Taniguchi, Sean Caulfield, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
2007: Akiko Taniguchi Print Show, Yanagisawa Gallery, Saitama, Japan
2006: Layered Inventions, Group Printmaking Exhibition, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2006: Grafiek Manifestatie, Groningen and area, Holland
2006: The Visual Poetry of Sean Caulfield and Akiko Taniguchi, Miami Date Collage, Miami, FL
2006: The 6th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Kochi, Japan
2006: CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo American Club, Azabu, Tokyo, Japan
2005: 4th Novosibirsk International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
2005: 2000 Art Grant Scholar Solo Exhibition, Tokyo American Club, Azabu, Tokyo, Japan
2004: Ryu Gallery New Artist Competition, Isetan Art Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (touring)
2004: 2nd Biennial international Miniature Print Exhibition, New Leaf Editions, Vancouver, BC
2004: 1st True North SNAP International Print Biennial, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2004: GLOBAL MATRIX An International Print Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN (touring)
2004: The International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2004: NJCVA International Juried Show, Summit, NJ
2004: 11th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, R.O.C.
2004: National Janet Turner Print Competition and Exhibition, Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA
2004: Sixty Square Inches 14th Biennial Small Print Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
2004: National Juried Print Exhibition 2004, SUMEI Multidisciplinary Arts Center, Newark, NJ
2004: 2nd LUC Print Biennial I, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
2004: Refresh Print Biennial I, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI (touring)
2003: Akiko Taniguchi Etching Works, Gaede Gallery, Niigata, Japan
2003: Paper and Graphic, Zaandam, Holland
2003: 4th Engraving Biennial of Ile-de-France, Versailles, France
2002: CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan
2002: GLOBAL MATRIX – An International Print Exhibition, USA
2002: The True North SNAP International Print Biennial, Edmonton, AB
2000-2002: Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, BC
1999/2001: Piece for Peace, Hiroshima Panels Maruki Gallery, Saitama, Japan
1998: Eastern Approaches, England, UK
1997: Sightlines, International Printmaking Cooperatives, Edmonton, AB
1996: Sapporo International Contemporary Print Biennial, Hokkaido, Japan
1993–97: CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan
1991: URUOI Art Exhibition in Tama, Tokyo, Japan
1991: International Print Biennial, Taipei, R.O.C
1991: Two Artists Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1991: Ryu Gallery New Artist Competition, Tokyo, Japan
1991–93: Exhibition of Japan Print Association (1992 Prize), Tokyo, Japan
2005: Perfect Technical Skills in Printmaking Category 1 Prize, 4th Novosibirsk International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art, Novosibirsk, Russia
2004: Merit Award, Janet Turner Print National Print Competition, Chico, CA
Poznan National Museum, Poznan, Poland
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB
Royal Museum of Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium
Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, R.O.C.
Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
Contemporary Art Gallery, Chamalières, France
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Tama Art University, Tama, Tokyo, Japan
Fukien Art Gallery, Fukien, China
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia
Novosibirsk Picture Gallery, Novosibirsk, Russia
Kaliningrad Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russia
Municipal Museum of Arts, Györ, Hungary
Society of Northern Alberta Print-artists, Edmonton, AB
Art Studio Itsukaichi, Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan
Matsuyama Public Girls High School, Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, Japan
Akiko Taniguchi is a practicing print-artist from Tokyo, Japan but now resides in Edmonton, Alberta. Since completing her MFA at Musashino Art University in 1993, Akiko has had seventeen solo- exhibitions throughout Japan, Canada, Russia and the United States. Akiko has also been in numerous international printmaking exhibitions."I look to the forces and phenomenon of nature for motivation and inspiration. I work from intuition and emotions to generate abstract forms that reference natural phenomena such as wind, rain, clouds, and life forms. I try and make my images reflect my inner life as connected to the larger cycles of nature." - Akiko Taniguchi