Ellen Akimoto
| 1988 | geboren in Westlake Village, California |
| 2008 | E. John Hagen Memorial Scholarship Mary Ahlquist Memorial Scholarship |
| 2009 | Carol Channing and Harry Kullijian Endowment for the Arts Scholarship |
| 2011 | Preis des Präsidenten. Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz |
| 2012 | Merit Award. The Crocker- Kingsley Competition. Blue Line Gallery |
| 2014-16 | Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, Germany. Meisterschülerin in der Klasse von Annette Schröter |
| 2010-11 | Kunsthochschule Mainz, Studium bei Professor Anne Berning |
| 2006-11 | BFA, California State University, Chico. Chico, California |
| 2015 | DAAD Study Scholarship for Foreign Graduates |
| 2018 | Arbeitsstipendium der Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen |
Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl)
| 2017 | Protagonists, Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt |
| 2013 | Place Space, Overdose Gallery, Chico, California |
| 2011 | On, On, Pliant Signifier, 1078 Gallery, Chico, California |
| 2010 |
Double Monologue, BMU 3rd Floor Gallery, California State University, Chico |
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl)
| 2017 | Ausstellung zum Wettbewerb um die Hans-Purrmann-Preise 2017, Finalist für den Großen Hans-Purrmann-Preis, Städtische Galerie Speyer |
| 2016 | Schön / Hide - Beautiful Verstecken - Meisterklasse Annette Schröter, Galerie Elten & Elten, Zurich, Switzerland Gestern Morgen, Die Station, Offenbach am Main, Germany Meisterschülerausstellung 2016, HGB Leipzig Gallery, Leipzig Schön / Hide - Beautiful / Verstecken - Meisterklasse Annette Schröter, Galerie Leuenroth, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Klassentreffen, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig, Leipzig |
| 2015 | PR!NT, La Cambre Galerie, Brussels, Belgium Wunschlos Glücklich, Kunstverein Duisburg Freistil, Kunstverein Speyer Screen, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg |
| 2014 | Stories 3 - Ellen Akimoto, Haley Hughes, Trevor Lalaguna, Sienna Orlando, Brad Thiele, 1078 Gallery, Chico, California |
| 2013 | 2012 Crocker-Kingsley Prizewinners, The Crocker Art Museum. Sacramento, California An Alibi of Validity, Laxson Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Chico |
| 2012 | Stories 1 - Ellen Akimoto, Haley Hughes, Trevor Lalaguna, Sienna Orlando, Brad Thiele,1078 Gallery, Chico, California. The Crocker- Kingsley Competition, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, California. Juror: Michael Duncan 31st Invitational 1078 Gallery Members Show, 1078 Gallery, Chico, California Fluid Narratives - Ellen Akimoto and Ulises Meza, The Orland Art Center. Orland, California |
| 2011 | From the Rooster to the Donkey - Ellen Akimoto und Elise de Castelbajac, Atelier Zukunft, Mainz |
| 2010 | 28th Annual Invitational 1078 Gallery Members Show, 1078 Gallery, Chico, California |
| 2009 | Fifty-fifth Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University Art Gallery. California State University, Chico. Juror: Joseph del Pesco. Catalog. 6th Ink/ Clay- CSU Chico ceramic work, Turner Print Museum California State University, Chico 20th Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art. Davis, California 10 10 20, B- So Space Gallery, California State University, Chico |
| 2008 | 5th Ink/ Clay- CSU Chico ceramic work, Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico 19th Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Davis, California 13th Annual Erotic Art Show, The Crux Artist Collective, Chico, California Me, Myself & Eye, National Juried Exhibition, Chico Art Center, Chico, California |