Akane Koide

A 15-year-old artist who made her debut at GEISAI

In 2006, Akane Koide presented a booth at GEISAI, and was scouted by Kaikai Kiki at the young age of 15.  The themes of her works, such as “Looking at another me (eyes),” “Wrist slit,” “The distance between me and my cell phone,” speak of the trials and tribulations of junior- and high-school students, expressed firsthand by junior-high school student Koide.