Graduated form Parsons the New School for Design in New York City with AAS, and Hunter College in New York with BFA degree, majoring in painting of Fine Arts.
After working as a fine art painter at the studio of Takashi Murakami, Akari moved to New York City. She has joined many successful group exhibitions in New York. Through these exhibitions, editors of magazines, photographers and designers, etc. started to call her for assignments. Currently, while working as a textile designer, she is involved in fashion magazines, CD cover designs, package designs, murals, and many commercial illustration works. Akari continues to create her visual artworks regardless of genre.
2007 Brutus meets Rocket, Ginza Mazda Showroom, Tokyo, Japan
2006 Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, New York, NY
2005 into the far nature, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Brooklyn Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2005 IGNITE!, Landmark Puck Building, New York, NY
2005 Kiana Malekzadeh Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Remastered, Diesel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Chinel: Eternal Double Happiness, Mavi Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Frame Show, BBS Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Vogue, Brutus, ELLE Girl, Trace, Elite Traveller, Isetan, Mavi,Diesel, Aussie Hair care, Lippe Taylor, Boscov, Guayaki, And A,Shamash and Sons Corp., Freddy & Ma. and more...