Tamame Akamatsu
Painter. Born in 1959 in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture. After graduating from Kyoto City University of Arts in 1984 with a master’s degree in painting (oil painting), she mainly exhibited at museums and galleries in Japan and abroad. She researches the possibilities of pictorial expression by combining materials and techniques, such as oil, watercolor, and fresco. After engaging in creative activities in Italy, she became a faculty member of the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts (oil painting), in 1993. In April, 2019, she was appointed president of Kyoto City University of Arts.
2020 Amagasaki Citizens Art Award
2021 Kametaka Fumiko Memorial Sekisosha Award