［作家プロフィール］
Akira the Hustler

1969Born in Tokyo, Japan
1992Completed Kyoto City University of Arts (BA in oil painting), Kyoto
1995Completed Kyoto City University of Arts Graduate School (MA in oil painting), Kyoto

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008"Living Together" Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
2004"Akira the Hustler" Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
2000"Akira the Hustler" Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibitions
2011"Café in Mito 2011" Art Tower Mito, Mito
2010 "Love’s Body-art in the age of AIDS" Tokyo metropolitan museum of Photography,Tokyo2007"J’embrasse pas" Collection Lambert, Avignon
2006"Life" Art Tower Mito, Mito
2005 "PostGender: Gender Identity, Performativity and Sexuality in Japanese Culture" The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, Haifa, Israel
2004"Akimahen" Maison Folie de Wazemmes, Lille, France
2003 "Suddenly Inclusive" (performance) Kunst Werk, Berlin
"Tokyo Art Jungle" (performance) Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
2002"In Transit" (performance) Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2001 "Art One Day Elementary School" Watarium, Tokyo
"Tokyo Style" Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm
2000"Game Over" Watarium, Tokyo1999"Whores on Holidays" Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo1998"Donaiyanen" L’Ecole Nationale DES Beaux Arte, Paris

Public Collections
Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art

Opening live performance by the following artists will start at 18:00 on 8 September.

MC: ATS, Akuryo / Sound: i Zoom i Rockers