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Akiko Watanabe was born and raised in Japan. She studied electrical engineering, Japanese art and culture, and English, and became a professional technical translator of English and Japanese. In 1981 she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she and her husband share their home with their large family of rescued cats, who are often the models for her art.

Akiko was always interested in art and is self-taught in painting. Her media include acrylics, watercolor, and pastel, and her favorite subjects include cats and wildlife, sometimes with a Japanese theme.
Green_bullet 3rd Place in Miniature Exhibition hosted by Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, FL, 2013
Green_bullet 3rd Place in Spanish Moss Show hosted by Alabama Miniature Art Society, Mobile, AL, 2013
Green_bullet Honorable Mention in Birds & Animals category at 38th Annual juried show hosted by Miniature Art Society of Florida, 2013
Green_bullet 3rd place in Art in Miniature hosted by Art & Antique Studio & Gallery, Melbourne, FL, 2011.
Green_bullet Animals Award at Cider Painters of America national miniature art show, Dallas, PA 2012
Green_bullet Best of Show in Wildlife Juried Art Competition, Irving Art Association, Irving, TX, 2012 2012
Green_bullet 1st place in Landscape at Elizabeth Specht Memorial Miniature Show hosted by Sierra Artists' Gallery, Mariposa, CA, 2012
Green_bullet Best in Show and Nall Foundation Award at Spanish Moss Miniature Art Show in Mobile, AL, 2012.
Green_bullet 1st place in Art in Miniature hosted by Art & Antique Studio & Gallery, Melbourne, FL, 2011.
Green_bullet 2nd place in Acrylic category at 37th Annual juried show hosted by Miniature Art Society of Florida, 2012
Green_bullet Newbie Award at Cider Painters of America national miniature art show, Dallas, PA 2011.
Green_bullet Honorable Mention in Oils/Acrylics category at 78th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature hosted by The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS), 2011
Green_bullet Front cover image  on BEST OF WORLDWIDE Wildlife & Animal ARTISTS VOLUME 1
Green_bullet Merit Award at Spanish Moss Miniature Art Show in Mobile, AL, 2011
Green_bullet 3rd place in Birds & Animals category at the 77th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature hosted by The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS), 2010.
Green_bullet 1st place in 2009 Wildlife Art Competition at Irving Art Association in Texas
Green_bullet Accepted in the 23rd International Exhibition on Animals in Art at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, 2010
Green_bullet San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo, California, in August 2009 (Five awards: Best of Show, 1st and 2nd place in Domestic Animals in Oil/Acrylic; 2nd place in Wildlife in Oil/Acrylic; 1st place in Birds in Oil/Acrylic; 1st place in Miniature Paintings)
Green_bullet Finalist in BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2009
Green_bullet 2007 eBay Artist's Choice Awards (Three awards: 1st place in ACEO Animal; 2nd place in ACEO Best; Honorable mention in Large Format Animals)
Green_bullet Accepted in The 52nd Annual Exhibition by National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, inc., in New York in July, 2005