2015- Part Time Lecturer for Tama Art University
2006 Established the Studio
2002-5 Assistant, Tama Art University, Tokyo
2002 M.F.A., Tama Art University, Tokyo
2000 B.F.A., Tama Art University, Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Creative Reconsideration of Welding Method, Yakata Yusai, Tokyo
Metal Sculpture, Meguro Togeikan, Mie ('16, '13, '10, '06)
Gallery Tougendo, Miyagi
2018 Negative Space for Consciousness, Nishonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo
2017 Kandori, Tokyo
2016 Gallery Togendo, Miyagi
Gallery Okariya, Tokyo ('13, '12, '11)
2015 Iron Sculpture by RUSU Aki, Nihonbashi Takashimaya
OBSERVATIONS: Iron Sculpture, Keiko Art International
2014 Kakiden Gallery , Tokyo (countenancer: Ichioka Shinzi)
Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo
Gallery Togendo, Miyagi (’12)
2013 Gallery Okariya, Tokyo ('11, '12)
Gallery, Meguro Togeikan, Mie (’10, ’06)
2009 Gallery Satsu, Tokyo Gallery Akasaka Inui, Tokyo (‘07)
2008 Metal Art Museum Hikarinotani, Chiba
2003 Contemporary Art NIKI, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2020 Tansuio Award Exhibition: Contemporary Metalwork, Sekido Museum of Art, Tokyo
2019 Art Miyagi, The Miyagi Museum of Art
The 21st Mokichi Okada Award Exhibition: Front Line of Japan’s Contemporary Kogei Craft Art, MOA Museum of Art Expression of Metal, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto
20 Passions for Crafting Crafts, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2018 Fu Tan Sho, Yokohama Takashimaya, Kanagawa
For Kinds and Adults, The National Museum of Modern Art, Craft Gallery, Tokyo
2017 Rusu Aki and Ichioka Shingi, Kakiden Gallery, Tokyo
My Style, My Life,vol.12, Shinjuku Takashimaya, Tokyo
Encounter: Vessels and Flowers, Kakiden Kokon Salon, Tokyo
2016 Decoration for New Year, Gallery Okariya, Tokyo
Gallery Voice, Gifu
Auspicious Celebration of Live, Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita
Kikuchi Kanjitsu Contemporary Japanese Crafts Exhibition, Musée Tomo, Tokyo
2015 Nippon! Contemporary Arts and Crafts from Japan, ESH Gallery, Milan, Italy
2014 Vessels of Tohoku, Itami Craft Center, Hyogo
Tochigi Kuranomachi Museum of Art
Double Value Product: Nicolai Bergmann x Japanese Craft Artists, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
19th MOA Okada Shigekichi Award Exhibition, Shizuoka
2012 Sabi no Keshiki: Tea Room of RUSU AKI, Hagi Uragami Museum
2008 Pianissimo, TANAKA Migiwa and RUSU Aki- from Seashore in the Winter, Chigasaki City Museum of Art, Kanagawa
Prime Form of Kogei, -about revolution forms-, Gallery Voice, Gifu
2007 Contemporary Japanese Textile and metalworks: From Materials and Artistry to Form, Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki The Power of Crafts: Outlook for 21st Century, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2004 Sculpture on the Desk, Contemporary Art NIKI, Tokyo
KAKUCHO SURU BIJUTSU, TSUKUBA 2004, Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki
2003 Craft Artists in Contemporary Japan: New Perspective, Contemporary Art NIKI, Tokyo
Awards
2017 Grand Prix, Tansuio Award, The Satoh Artcraft Research and Scholarship Foundation
2016 Kikuchi Kanjitsu Award, Contemporary Japanese Crafts, Mousé Tomo
Takashimaya Art Awawrd
2008 Highest Honors, KANAGAWA Art Exhibition
2004 Encouragement Award, 11th Japan Art Foundation
2001 Kumamoto Broadcast Award, KUMANICHI Sogo Bijutsu 21st Century Art Exhibition
Press
2020 Paper: Expressions by Fusing and Welding, Tama Art University Bulletin 33 issue
