Akane Terashima was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in 1980 and graduated from the Department of Western Painting at the Joshibi University of Art and Design in 2003. She has been participating in group exhibitions held by Gallery S, Tokyo since 2002, and won the "Scouting Award" from Illustration Magazine in 2004 in GEISAI#6 hosted by Kaikai Kiki (the company of Takashi Murakami). Started in 2006 she has held solo exhibitions at rojicafe, Tokyo, + Gallery S. c. o. t. t and Ginza Kousin Gallery. And participated in the exhibitions held at The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma and Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Oji Branch Haradanomori Gallery.