About

Akiko Horio was born in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, in 1937, the year the Sino-Japanese War began, and spent her impressionable girlhood in a rural village during the post-war years of the Pacific War. She began making art at the age of 25 in 1962 and was introduced to Gutai art, and as a member of the Gutai Art Association [1968 - 1972, until the association was dissolved], she interacted with a variety of artists who succeeded in same periods. Even after the dissolution of the association, until today, at the age of 85, she take care of her daily chores and participation in …