History
2002
- Ryushi — Exhibition of minä’s Works, solo exhibition at Spiral Garden, Tokyo.
2003
- Roppongi Crossing, group exhibition, at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.
2004
- imperfect, solo exhibition at the Art & Design Center of Nagoya University of the Arts, Aichi.
2005
- front-back, solo exhibition in the Promenade Gallery of the Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi
- Exhibited One Hour House, at the Creation Business Forum during Japan Fashion Week.
2006
- Haseisuru Design, solo exhibition at Gallery B, Osaka Seikei College, Osaka.
2007
- Chocolate and THIS PLAY!, group exhibitions at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo.
2008
- TODAY'S ARCHIVES, solo exhibition at SFT Gallery, The National Art Center, Tokyo
2009
- minä perhonen - fashion and design, solo exhibition at TextielMusem, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
2010
- minä perhonen - The future from the past, solo exhibition at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa.
- minä perhonen in progress, solo exhibition at Spiral Garden, Tokyo.
- Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion, group exhibition at the Barbican Centre, London.
2011
- Feel and Think: A New Era of Tokyo Fashion, group exhibition at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo.
2012
- Watashitachi to Watashi minä perhonen’s work, solo exhibition at the Aomori Museum of Art.
- Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion, group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.
2015
- 1∞ minakakeru, solo exhibition at Spiral Garden, Tokyo.
- 1∞ minakakeru - Past and Future of minä perhonen, solo exhibition at the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Nagasaki.
- Exhibition at Copenhagen Fashion Week.
2016
- Launched a pop-up store with Artek Flagship store in Helsinki, Finland during Helsinki Design Week.
- Danish textile brand Kvadrat released a new textile design by Akira Minagawa at an installation called Forest Comes Home at Salone del Mobile. Milano 2016.
2017
- Italian porcelain manufacturer Richard Ginori presented a tableware collection titled SPERANZA designed by Akira Minagawa at Salone del Mobile. Milano 2017.
2018
- Presented cushion collection called Foresta di Gemma, from the Italian for “Gemstone Woods,” at Salone del Mobile.Milano 2018.
- Italian porcelain manufacturer Richard Ginori presented a tableware collection, GAIA, from the Italian for “primordial earth goddess,” designed by Akira Minagawa, at Salone del Mobile.Milano 2018.
2020
- Timeless Conversations 2020: Voices from Japanese Art of the Past and Present, group exhibition at the National Art Center, Tokyo.
- minä perhonen / minagawa akira Tsuzuku, solo exhibition at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo.
- 風景の色 景色の風 / feel to see, solo exhibition, Spiral, Tokyo.
- LONG LIFE DESIGN 2 -Reverent Design Exhibition, group exhibition at Hikarie Shibuya, Tokyo.
