Sachiko Akiyama received her MFA from Boston University. She is best known for her sculptures that combine hand-carved wood forms with other materials such as clay, resin and metal. She has exhibited in the United States and abroad, including solo exhibitions at the Akinofuku Museum (Hamamatsu, Japan), the University of Maine Museum of Art (Bangor, ME), and group exhibitions at the Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI), Smack Mellon (Brooklyn, NY), and Field Projects (NYC, NY). Her work has been reviewed favorably in Art New England, The Boston Globe, and The Portland Press Herald. Among numerous honors, Akiyama was awarded a Joan Mitchell Award, an Artist Resource Trust Grant, and residencies at UCross and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She is the 2018 recipient of the Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant. Her work is in the permanent collections of Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park and Gordon College.
Courses Taught
- ARTS 567: Introductory Sculpture
- ARTS 625: Wood/Furniture Design Workshop
- ARTS 667: Sculpture Workshop
- ARTS 796: Ind Stdy/Sculpture
Research Interests
- Drawing
- Sculpture
Artistic Activities & Publications
Other Spaces (2020). Retrieved from https://www.tigerstrikesasteroid.com/tagged/otherplaces
Being & Feeling: Alone, Together (2020). Retrieved from https://www.exeter.edu/arts-exeter/lamont-gallery/being-feeling-alone-together
Terra Incognita (2019). Retrieved from http://www.catamountarts.org/
George Marshall Store Gallery Group Exhibition (2019). Retrieved from https://georgemarshallstoregallery.com/2019/08/august-september-2019/
"Your Plus-One," Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA (2019).
"Impact," Museum of Art, UNH (2019).
Union Leader. (2019). "UNH Studio Artists Make an Impact on Seacoast". Retrieved from https://www.unionleader.com/
"Sagas," Group Exhibition at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA (2019). Retrieved from https://www.tigerstrikesasteroid.com/tagged/sagas
work purchased for Gordon College permanent collection (2019).
McCartin, J. (2019). "Portsmouth Sculptor Sachiko Akiyama wins $25K Artist Advancement Grant." The Portsmouth Herald. January 13, 2019. The Portsmouth Herald.
