1967
Born in Niigata Prefecture
1992
B.F.A., in Japanese Painting of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music
1994
M.F.A., in Japanese Painting of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
2003
Professor of Tohoku University of Art & Design

Selected Solo Exhibitions
1994
Galleria Grafica Tokio bis, Tokyo
1997
Galleria Grafica, Tokio ['99, '01, '04, '06, '08, '10]
2001
Gallery Hirawata, Kanagawa ['03, '06, '08]
2002
Toyosaka Museum, Niigata
Kaede Gallery, Niigata ['05]
2005
"Akira Nagasawa 2000-2004", Sakyukan Gallery, Niigata

Selected Group Exhibitions
1996
"16th Tenri Biennale", Tenrikyo Doyusha Gallery, Tenri; Osaka Municipal Museum of Art; Hoku Topia, Tokyo and Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
1997
"14th Yamatane Art Museum Award", Recommended Paticipation, Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo
2000
"Commemorative Exhibition of 10th Anniversary of the Gotoh Memorial Foundation", Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo
2001
"Kanagawa Art Annual 2001", Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery
"META Exhibition", Nihonbashi Maruzen Gallery ['02]
"BOX ART 2001-2002", Rias Ark Museum of Art, Miyagi; Niigata City Art Museum;
The World Children's Art Museum in Okazaki; Shizuoka ART Gallery and The Museum of Art, Kochi
2004
"100 Artists of Niigata: Arts of Niigata 2004", The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum
2005
"The Vision of Contemporary Art 2005", The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
"META II Exhibition", Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery
2006
MOT Annual 2006 - No Border, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Exhibition of Seven Contemporary Artists, Galleria Grafica, Tokyo
Nikkei Nihonga Grand Prize Exhibition, New Otani Art Museum, Tokyo
2007
26th Outstanding Rising Artists Exhibition in 2007, Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo
2008
Special Exhibition of the 16th Mokichi Okada Award
"The 4th Nikkei Japanese Painting Grand Prix Exhibition" New Otani Art Museum, Tokyo
Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair 2008, Tobi Art Forum(Tokyo Bijyutsu Club), Tokyo
2009
CIGE 2009(China International Gallery Exposition 2009), Beijing, China
SCOPE ART ASIA Basel 09, Basel, Switzerland
“HEAVY META II”, Tohoku University of Art & Design, Yamagata

Awards and others
1994
The TAMON Prize at "5th Kashiwa City Cultural Forum 104 Contest (followed by the scholarship of half a year studying in New York.)
1997
The Most Promising Young Talent Scholarship in Fine Arts of Gotoh Memorial Foundation　(followed by the scholarship of one year studying in London.)
2004
Painting purchased by the Agency for Cultural Affairs

Public Collection
MOA Museum of Art / The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art / The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum / Toyosaka Museum, Niigata / Agency for Cultural Affairs