bio

Japanese

1979 Born in Osaka, Japan
2001 B.A. Sculpture, School of Art & Design, University of Tsukuba | Japan
2004 M.A. Sculpture, Graduate School of Art, Kyoto City University of Arts | Japan

Awards
2015 Art at the Heart winner, Shire of East Pilbara, Australia
2014 The Sakuyakonohana prize, Osaka City, Japan
         Granship prize, Granship Art Competition
2012 Project to Support the Nurturing of Media Arts Creators, Agency for Cultural Affairs
2011 Received a research grant from Pola Art Foundation to study in London, England
2010 U.S. Japan Award Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, USA
         The Pollock – Krasner Foundation, USA
2009 Kala Art Institute Fellowship, USA
         IASK Asia Pacific Artists Fellowship, National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea
2007 1st SHUO foundation, Japan
         Taro prize, The 10th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, Japan
2006 Second prize, JEANS FACTORY ART AWARD 2006, Japan
         9th Japan Media Arts Festival, Examination committee recommendation work, Art Division, Japan
2005 Grand prix, AMUSE ART JAM 2005 in KYOTO, Japan
         Star prize, 5th 21st Century Asia Design Competition, Japan
2004 Excellent prize, Net Exhibition, Digital Photo Contest, Fine art section, Japan
2003 Judge prize, EPSON COLOR IMAGING CONTEST 2003, Japan

Selected solo exhibitions
2021 Brillia ART AWARD 2021 / Brillia Lounge, Tokyo | Japan
2019 Permeating Landscape / Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Las Vegas | USA
         reverse of volume / Weber State University Shaw Gallery, Ogden | USA
2018 Hidden Landscapes / COCONINO Center for the Arts, Flagstaff | USA
         reverse of volume / Galerie Virginie Louvet, Paris | France
         casting invisible / Art Dubai Residents, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai | UAE
2017 vertical emptiness / Kulanshi Art Space, Astana | Kazakhstan
         Edges / ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka | Japan
2016 reverse of volume / Arte Sella, Borgo Valsugana | Italy
         vertical volume / The Mine, Dubai | UAE
         reverse of volume / Vida Downtown Dubai, Dubai | UAE
2015 vertical space / Newman Club, Newman|Australia
         contour of gravity / Gallery OUT of PLACE TOKIO, Tokyo | Japan
         penetrating bowl / Kyoto University of Art and Design, Geijutu-kan, Kyoto | Japan
2014 empty sculpture / ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka | Japan
         vertical emptiness / Gallery OUT of PLACE TOKIO, Tokyo | Japan
2013 reverse of volume / JOICE GALLERY, Beijing | China
2012 inner space / The Wilfrid Israel Museum, Hazorea | Israel
         reverse of volume / Rice Gallery, Houston | USA
2011 reverse of volume / Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya | Japan
2010 reverse of volume / Vermont Studio Center Red Mill Gallery, Johnson | USA
         horizontal forest / Not Quite Gallery, Fengersfors | Sweden
         ridge of boundary / para_SITE Gallery, Graz | Austria
         reverse of volume / KINOKINO Centre for Art and Film, Sandnes | Norway
2008 mountair / KONGSI, Enschede | Netherlands
         dairy distance / Sølyst Artists in Residence Centre, Jyderup | Denmark
2007 inner skin / neutron, Kyoto | Japan
         vertical clue / GALLERY b.TOKYO, Tokyo | Japan
         space between face and reverse / PANTALOON, Osaka | Japan
2006 vertex / neutron, Kyoto | Japan
         visible / Sfera Exhibition, Kyoto | Japan
2005 breath nebula / INAX GALLERY 2, Tokyo | Japan
         clue in the void / Sfera Exhibition, Kyoto | Japan
         clue in the case / neutron, Kyoto | Japan
         restriction sight / under public, Osaka | Japan
2004 restriction sight / neutron B1 GALLERY, Kyoto | Japan
         see darkness / GALLERY b.TOKYO, Tokyo | Japan
2003 thing of darkness / GALLERY b.TOKYO, Tokyo | Japan

Selected group exhibitions
2021 WAVELENGTH: AT THE MOMENT / Beijing Times Art Museum | China
         AIR SCG / BnA Alter Museum, Kyoto | Japan
2020 Takamatsu Contemporary Art annual vol.09 / Takamatsu Art Museum, Takamatsu | Japan
         Art Award IN THE CUBE 2020 / The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu | Japan
         Writing of Light / National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung | Taiwan
2019 Breathing Space / Wilfrid Israel Museum, Hazorea|Israel
         MINIARTEXTIL / ex chiesa di San Francesco, Como|Italy
         Taoyuan Land Art Festival New City-Scape / Dainan Forest Park, Taoyuan | Taiwan
         Continuous Regeneration / Shanghai|China
         Negative Space / ZKM, Karlsruhe | Germany
         Roppongi Art Night / Roppongi Hills West Walk, Tokyo | Japan
         Continuous Refle(a)ction / Riverside Art Museum, Beijing | China
         LOST IN PLAY 2 / East Bund・Minsheng Art Wharf, Shanghai | China
         The ACG Collection / ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka | Japan
2018 5 Rooms II – The Truth is in The Air / Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama | Japan
         THE MOON / Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek | Denmark
         Water and Land Niigata Art Festival 2018 / Bandaijima Multipurpose Plaza, Niigata | Japan
         Primal Water / Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Las Vegas|USA
         New Japan / Solyanka State Gallery, Moscow|Russia
2017 LOST IN PLAY / CHAO Art Center, Beijing | China
         On the Art of Building a Teahouse / Neues Museum, Nuremberg | Germany
         Art at the Heart 2017 / East Pilbara Art Centre, Newman | Australia
         Working Title Festival / Recyclart, Brussels | Belgium
2016 Islamic Arts Festival / Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah | UAE
         Tatsuno Art Project / Former Tatsuno soy-source trade association, Tatsuno | Japan
         Maintenant / Les Champs Libres, Rennes | France
         Materiality – Immateriality Design&Innovation / Kyoto ddd gallery, Kyoto | Japan
         SURFACING EARTH / Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg | Sweden
         Fresh Paint 8 International Exhibition – Tilted / Yarid Hamizrach, Tel Aviv | Israel
         Boulevard Art Festival Tainan / Mizuiro House, Tainan | Taiwan
2015 Gakuenmae Art Week 2015 / Tezukayama University, Nara | Japan
         VIDE ET PLEIN / Espace Commines, Paris| France
         Biela Noc / Kulturpark Alfa Gallery, Kosice | Slovakia
         from 8 Selection / Collection, Gallery OUT of PLACE NARA, Nara | Japan
         Drawing 04 / Ginza Shibuya Gallery, Tokyo | Japan
         Art in the Office 2015 CCC AWARDS / Daikanyama T-SITE Garden Gallery, Tokyo | Japan
         Erosion / Transfiguration / Zuiun-an, Kyoto | Japan
         RELIEF(S) / Frac Centre, Orleans | France
         Seeing Time – Time Traveler / Kala Gallery, Berkeley | USA
2014 Maison & Objet Trend Exhibition – Landscape / Paris Nord Villepinte HALL 7, Paris | France
         In Search of Critical Imagination / Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka | Japan
2013 The Mine – Launch Event / The Mine, Dubai | UAE
         Mono No Aware. Japanese Contemporary Art / The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg | Russia
         HANARART 2013 / Asai’s winery, Yamatokoriyama | Japan
         Rokko Meets Art 2013 / Rokko International Musical Box Museum, Kobe | Japan
         dreamscape – La porte de l’écume / Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto | Japan
2012 agorà – Miniartextil / Villa Olmo, Como | Italy
2011 Ways of Worldmaking / The National Museum of Art Osaka, Osaka | Japan
         Japan Media Arts Festival / Hartware MedienKunst Verein Dortmunder U, Dortmund | Germany
2010 The Transforming State / Religare Art Gallery, Delhi | India
         Art Court Frontier #8 / ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka | Japan
2009 Against The Sculptural / Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul | Korea
         HOME / Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori | Japan
         Residency Project Part 2 / Kala Gallery, Berkeley | USA
         SU:MBISORI / Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju | Korea
         open studio 5 PART 1 / Goyang Art Studio, Goyang | Korea
         MOVING HERE / SPACE 15th, Seoul | Korea
         Changwon Asian Art Festival / SUNG-SAN ART HALL, Changwon | Korea
         phantasmagoria / Ieyoung Contemporary Art Museum, Suwon | Korea
2008 point éphémère / Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo | Japan
         Eyes Curiosity – Japanese Contemporary Art / Soka Contemporary Space, Taipei | Taiwan
2007 ARTS CHALLENGE 2007 / AICHI ARTS CENTER, Nagoya | Japan
2006 Remove a sign. piano, piano / Osaka Port Red Brick Warehouse, Osaka | Japan
2005 Selected Artists in Kyoto 2005 -New Wave- / Kyoto Cultural Museum, Kyoto | Japan
2004 Toyota Art Exhibition 2004 / Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota | Japan
2003 7th GUNMA BIENNALE FOR YOUNG ARTIST 2003 / The Museum of Modern Art, Takasaki | Japan
2002 INTERSECTION / METAL ART MUSEUM HIKARINOTANI, Inzai | Japan
         The 5th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art / Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki | Japan

Artist in residence
2019 The Artist Studio at Bellagio / Las Vegas | USA
2018 Art Dubai Residents, Madinat Jumeirah / Dubai | UAE
2015 The Art at the Heart residency program / Newman | Australia
2012 Kutztown University Artist in Residence / Kutstown | USA
         Oficinas do Convento / Montemor-o-Novo | Portugal
2011 Schloss Plüschow / Plüschow | Germany
2010 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, U.S. Japan Foundation / Johnson | USA
         Not Quite guest artist / Fengersfors | Sweden
         The WhyNot Place, Religare Arts Initiative / Delhi | India
         Rondo Studio / Graz | Austria
         AiR Sandnes / Sandnes | Norway
2009 Aomori Contemporary Art Centre Artist In Residence Program / Aomori | Japan
         Kala Art Institute Fellowship / Berkeley | USA
         IASK Asia Pacific Artists Fellowship Residency Program / Goyang | Korea
2008 Kunstenaarsinitiatief B93 / Enschede | Netherlands
         Sølyst Artists in Residence / Jyderup | Denmark