2026 Pairings Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club
2026 Summer Members' Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club
2026 ICONIC Exhibition at the Wausau Museum of Contempory Art (WMoCA)
2025 AAPL Grand National Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club
2025 Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize Exhibition at the Russell Cotes Museum in the UK
2025 Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize Exhibition at the Russell Cotes Museum in the UK
2025 Carriage Barn Arts Center in New Canaan, CT
2023 Galleri Ramfjord Grants Exhibition in Oslo, Norway
2023 Galleri Ramfjord Grants Exhibition in Oslo, Norway
2022 Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition in Vermont
2022 AAPL Grand National Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club
2020 International Guild of Realism 15th Annual Juried Exhibition @ Principle Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina (Top right, Mourning Dove was selected)
Exhibition Highlights
July-September 2025- Ruth Borchard Collection Self Portrait Prize at the Russell Cotes Museum, Bournemouth, UK (Aki was one of 41 artists shortlisted in this prestigious competition).
July- September 2025- Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (WMoCA), The International Biennial Portrait Competition (IBPC)
May - July 2025- Hudson Valley Art Association, 92nd Annual National Juried Exhibition at The Lyme Art Association Gallery
October 2023- Galleri Ramfjord Grants Exhibition- Oslo, Norway (Aki was one of 25 artists selected for this show from 2700 submissions through two rounds of jurying).
October 2024- Take Home A Nude, New York Academy of Art Auction Event at Sotheby’s New York
July 2024- 33 Contemporary Gallery, FACE to FACE Solo Exhibition, Artsy Online Show
Selected Awards and Distinctions
August 2026- Salmagundi Club, Members Non-Juried Summer Exhibition - Recipient of the John Neilson Lewis Memorial Award
November-December 2025- The American Artists Professional League, 97th Grand National Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club- Recipient of the Blick Art Materials Award
October - November 2024- The American Artists Professional League, 96th Grand National Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club- Recipient of the Michael Harding Paints Award for Excellence in Watercolor
July-August 2024 - Salmagundi Club Members Non-Juried Summer Exhibition- Recipient of the Margery Soroka Memorial Award for Watercolor
October 2022- Salmagundi Fall Auction- Recipient of the Mortimer Freehof Memorial Award for Watercolor
September-October 2021-Salmagundi Club Fall Auction - Recipient of the Mortimer Freehof Memorial Award for Watercolor
August 2021- Salmagundi Club Members’ Summer Exhibition-Recipient of the Margery Soroka Memorial Award for Watercolor
November 2018- American Artists Professional League/90th Grand National Juried Exhibition @ the Salmagundi Club, NYC- Recipient of the Leila Gardin Sawyer Memorial Award