Akane Moriyama (b. 1983, Japan) is an artist/designer based in Stockholm. With a background in architecture and textiles, Moriyama intervenes architectural space with textiles. By combining different textile techniques such as dyeing, knitting, sewing, printing, and weaving, Moriyama creates textiles which transform the space and uncover its hidden qualities. Since her first commission “Curtain for O house” (Kyoto 2009), Moriyama has been involved in artistic projects of various scales, including “Cubic Prism”(Texas 2013), “Curtain for Hirakata T-SITE”(Osaka 2016) , “12636g” (Stockholm 2022), and "Textile Roof" at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale (Venice 2023).
Solo exhibitions/installation
- 2023
- LJUS OCH GRÄNS, BLOCK32, Stockholm
- 2022
- 12636g, Sergels torg, Stockholm
- 2014
- Radiant Flux Installation, Our Legacy Store, Stockholm
- 2008
- Go Blanc, Galleri Konstfack, Stockholm (Videoart: Eri Ito)
Group exhibitions
- 2023
- Textile Roof, "Architecture, a place to be loved -when architecture is seen as a living creature"at Japan Pavilion, The 18th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
- 2020
- Internal Window, Knit!, Kvadrat Copenhagen
- 2017
- Azorean Spectrum Range,Arquipélago Contemporary Art Center in São Miguel, the Azores, Portugal
- 2016
- Mirage in the forest, KENPOKU ART 2016, Hitachi
Textile Wall, Gallery MA, Tokyo
PLOT Design of Architecture, GA Gallery, Tokyo - 2015
- Cubic Prism in Helsinki, Japanese Design Revisited/Helsinki Design Week, Kaapeli/Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
- 2014
- Membran, Palazzo Bembo, the 14th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia, Italy, in collaboration with Petra Gipp Arkitektur
Refected Roof, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, in collaboration with Jesper Carlsen - 2013
- Cubic Prism, Goldsmith Hall, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, US
Blue BricksII, Alt_Cph2013, Copenhagen
Blue Bricks,Another Space, Copenhagen - 2010
- Draped Flowers, Konstfack spring exhibition, Stockholm
Picnic Blanket, Exhibition “Where is Architecture?” - Seven Installations by Japanese Architects
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan - 2009
- Exhibition “Human Reality”, Form Design Center Malmö, Sweden
Selected Commissions
- 2021
- Curtain for Daikin office, Tokyo Commissioner: Kokuyo Ltd.
Curtain for Nishifunahashi gallery, Tokyo Commissioner: COMPAS architects
Artwork for Mitsui Garden hotel Permier Roppongi Commissioner: Jun Mitsui&Associates Architects
Curtain for Suzuyo head office, Shizuoka, Shuhei Goto Architects - 2020
- Curtain for Daikin office, Tokyo Commissioner: Kokuyo Ltd.
Textiles for Toberu, Kyoto, Japan
Our Legacy Store in NK Stockholm - 2019
- Seriously Fun, Young Architects Program at MOMA Ps1 Finalist with Oana Stanescu, New York
Textiles for Toberu, Kyoto, Japan
Our Legacy Store in NK Stockholm - 2018
- Curtains for House in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
Curtain for Our Legacy Stores in Göteborg, London, Berlin, and L.A.
Restaurant Tjoget, Stockholm
Textiles for TOTO Recreation Facility in Yufuin, Japan
Nagasaki Work Center Nagasaki, Japan
Restaurant Hibiya, Tokyo, Japan - 2017
- Skissuppdrag för Göteborgs Regionens Hus, Sweden
Curtain for Kyoto University of Foregin Language, Japan
Curtain for Tarumi House, Japan - 2016
- Curtain for Lilla Rågholmen, Sweden
Curtain for Hirakata T-SITE, Japan - 2015
- Curtain for House in Hamilton, Austraila
Proposal for public artwork at Hospital/Skissuppdrag för Södersjukhuset, Sweden
Curtain for House in Hitachi, Japan
Curtain for Nerima House, Japan - 2014
- Curtain for Office Nansen Chicago, USA
- 2013
- Yellow Silk Curtain, Sweden
- 2012
- Curtain for house in Ishikiri,Japan
Eight-layers-screen, Japan - 2011
- Curtain for church in Matsumoto, Japan
- 2010
- Curtain for Showamachi house, Japan
- 2009
- Curtain for House O, Japan