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