profile of miyake


	Akiko Miyake



	address:	22-23 Inui-cho, Haradani, Okitayama, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8487
	date of birth:	1945, Kyoto
	education & training	1962-1964 Kyoto Women's University, Domestic Textiles 1966-1968 Fujikawa College of Art & Design (evening class), Textile Design & Illustration
	exhibitions:	1969 Degree show, Fujikawa College of Art & Design College 1970 Group exhibition 'Yakanhikou', Kyoto City Museum of Art 2001, ‘Fushiginoiroito’, the Knitting & Stitching Show, London & Harrogate
	short courses & workshops	1982 Hand Spinning, Ms Eileen Chadwick, Somerset 1994 'Creative Threads', Tokyo Textile Institute 1996-98 & 2001 ‘Fushiginoiroito’ Workshop & Exhibition
	art projects:	1998 Exhibition Co-ordinator: 'Fukunokai Clothes - Stitching patterns' by six Textile Artists
	work experience:	1964-1968 Mainichi Newspaper, Kyoto. 1988- Tokyo Textile Institute, Assistant Manager.