BIOGRAPHY

 

  • 1964 Born in Tokyo.
  • 1990 Graduated from the Ceramics major in the Industrial, Interior and Craft Design Department of Musashino University of Art.
  • 1992 Graduated from Faenze National Caramic Arts Institute, Italy.
  • 2005 Fellowship to study in Italy under the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artist for one year.
  • Presently, live and works in Milan, Italy.

Solo Exhibitions

  • 1994 Gallery m (Tokyo)
  • 1995 Gallery Isogaya (Tokyo)
  • 1996 Gallery Tao (Tokyo) / Gallery m (Tokyo)
  • 1997 Inax Gallery Ceramica (Tokyo)
  • 1998 Gallery Tao (Tokyo) / Gallery Meguro (Mie, Japan)
  • 1999 Sogetsu Art Museum (Tokyo)
  • 2001 Gallery Jin (Tokyo)
  • 2004 Plus Minus Gallery (Tokyo)
  • 2005 Gallery Tao (Tokyo)
  • 2006 Galleria Fogolino (Trento, Italy)
  • 2007 Naviglio Modern Art Gallery (Milan, Italy)
  • 2007 Art Verona – per Cardazzo Contemporaneo (Verona, Italy)
  • 2008 Cardazzo Contemporaneo Naviglio Modern Art Gallery (Milan, Italy)
  • 2008 GalleryAmano (Osaka)
  • 2008 Gallery Tao (Tokyo)
  • 2009 Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery (Tokyo)

Other Exhibition Spaces

  • 2002 La Vinaccia (Carrara, Italy)
  • 2003 The Japanese Consulate General (Milan, Italy)
  • 2007 Zen Art (Milan, Italy)
  • 2007 Associazione Culturale Arte Giappone (Milan, Italy)

Major Group Exhibitions

  • 1998
    • "The 5th International Ceramic Competition '98 Mino (Tajimi City Gymnasium / Gifu)
  • 1999
    • "The 51st International Contemporary Ceramic Competition" (Faenza International Museum of Ceramic / Italy)
    • "Scultura Gioiello 1999" (Finter Bank of Zurich / Lugano,Chiasso, Switzerland)
    • "ASIART Asian Contemporary Art" -Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea Nr.1- (Genoa, Italy)
    • "Abitare Il Tempo" (Verona,Italy)
    • "Art Works on the Desktop [VIII] '99-'00" (Contemporary Art Gallery NIKI / Tokyo)
  • 2000
    • "La Diversità Colori Locali" (Firenze Expo & Congresso, Ecomuseum Lecce / Italy)
    • "100 Kleine Werken Van Grote Meesters" (Casino Art Gallery / Oostende, Belgium)
    • "Naturaleza Inventada '00-'01" (Cordoba,Lugo,etc, Spain)
    • "Art Works on the Desktop [XI] '00-'01" (Contemporary Art Gallery NIKI / Tokyo)
    • "LINEART Art" Fair (Brussels, Belgium)
  • 2001
    • "Bianco e nero" (Fatto ad Arte Gallery / Monza, Italy)
    • "Art Rotterdam" Fair (Rotterdam, Holland)
    • "Duo Exhibition" (De Vierde Dimensie Gallery / Nijmegen, Holland)
  • 2002
    • "New Movements in Craft [I] -Respective Forms- '02-'03" (Takashimaya Gallery / Tokyo,Kyoto, Japan)
  • 2003
    • "The 53rd International Contemporary Ceramic Competition" (Faenza International Museum of Ceramic / Italy)
  • 2004
    • "New Movements in Craft [II] -Respective Forms-" (Takashimaya Gallery / Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Japan)
  • 2006
    • "3rd Salon de la céramique d'art contemporaine" (Salle Annexe Mairie / Paris, France)
    • "Arte Verona '06" Fair (Verona, Italy)
  • 2007
    • Galleria d’Arte Hausammann Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy)
    • "Group!" (Naviglio Modern Art Gallery / Milan, Italy)
  • 2008
    • "The 6th Donnna Scultura" (Churh of S. Agostino /Pietrasanta, Italy)
    • "Crystal Sweets" (Gallery Satsu / Tokyo)
    • "Art Verona '08" Fair (Verona, Italy)
    • "Gallerism 2008" (Osaka Contemporary Art Center / Osaka)
  • 2009
    • "Incoerenza" (Cardazzo Contemporaneo Naviglio Modern Art Gallery / Milan, Italy)
    • "The Power of Decoration - A View point on Contemporary Studio Craft" (Crafts Gallery The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo / Tokyo)
    • "Artistic Christmas Vol. 3" (Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery / Tokyo)
    • "DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow 2009" (The National Art Center Tokyo / Tokyo)
  • 2010
    • "CARTA al T – prove d’autore" (Cagliari T HOTEL / Cagliari, Italy)
    • "The 11th KAJIMA SCULPTURE COMPETITION" Bronze Award (Kajima KI Building / Tokyo)
    • "Kunstart 10" International Contemporary Art Fair (Bolzano, Italy)

Public and Private Collections

  • Kotsu Eidan Ito Earth Spa "SANTENYA Ito" (Shizuoka, Japan)
  • Hotel Nikko Kansai Airport (Osaka, Japan)
  • INAX Corporation (Japan)
  • Kyug-Hee University (Korea)
  • Kutani Ceramics Insitute (Ishikawa, Japan)
  • Faenza National Ceramics Art Institute (Faenza, Italy)
  • Faenza International Museum of Ceramic (Faenza, Italy)
  • Sogetsu Art Museum (Tokyo)
  • Saitama Prefectural Government building (Saitama, Japan)
  • Kampo Health Center "RAFRE Saitama" (Saitama, Japan)
  • Cosmos Welfare Institution for the Aged (Tokyo)
  • Meiji Life Insurance Land Axis Tower (Saitama, Japan)
  • Kawaguchi Institution for the Aged (Saitama, Japan)
  • "PROUD CITY Umejima" (Tokyo)
  • "Zushi Ocean Villa RIVIERA" (Kanagawa, Japan)
  • "ART BLANC Ooimachi Musée" (Tokyo)
  • Trendmicro Corporation (Taipei)
  • NIKI RESORT Inc. (Tokyo)
  • "PROUD CITY Shinurayasu" (Chiba)
  • DAYS inc. Showroom (Tokyo)
  • "VENASIS Kanamachi" (Tokyo)
  • City hall of Tachikawa (Tokyo)