About
Aki Norton
Aki Norton’s work focuses on the raw and inherent beauty of the human being. Her working method focuses on understanding and connecting with the model to find their truest form of expression. The result is an honest and powerful expression.
Aki’s work and education background is diverse. She studied philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and has a degree in Sociology from Asia Pacific University. She worked in public relations in Akasaka, Tokyo, and was a project manager at the International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders, a medical foundation in the US. She completed her MFA at Kyoto University of Arts in 2025.
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2012 Graduated from Ritsumeikan Asian Pasific University
2016 Learned Philosophy of Asian Religion at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
2025 Completed MFA (Fine art photography) at Kyoto University of Arts
SOLO SHow
2025 Solo show in Taipei
group exhibitions
2025 "Flowing Together -Arts from Japan-," Boppard Museum and St. Severus Church, Boppard, Germany
2022 "Norton Figure Drawing Class Show," Ome Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2021 “明歴々露堂々“, Yoh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020 "New Horizons," Var West Gallery, Milwaukee, U.S.A
2019 "Anna Uchiyama," Galerie Rachel Hardouin, Paris, France
“Our Beauty“, Yoh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Curations
2025 "Flowing Together -Arts from Japan-," Boppard Museum and St. Severus Church, Boppard, Germany
2023 "Open Tradition," Two-person show, Seiganji Zen Temple, Tokyo, Japan
2022 "Norton Figure Drawing Class Show," Ome Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2021 “明歴々露堂々“, Yoh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020 "New Horizons," Var West Gallery, Milwaukee, U.S.A
“Our Beauty“, Yoh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 "Anna Uchiyama," Galerie Rachel Hardouin, Paris, France
2018 "Ma- Essential Void," Monshuin Zen Temple, Tokyo, Japan
2017 "Breath of Existence" Gyokusenji Zen Temple, Ome, Tokyo, Japan
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Workshops / Class
Gyokudo Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Norton Figure Drawing Class, Tokyo, Japan
Schools in Tokyo, Japan and Boppard, Germany