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 How House, at the Creation Business Forum during Japan Fashion Week.

2006

• Haseisuru Design 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

• Watashitati 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.

2019

• Participated in “Artek FIN / JPN Collection” at Salone del Mobile. Milano 2019.
• minä perhonen exhibition tsuzuku, solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.