Many Places,
Many Thoughts
One Place at a Time
Born in Fukuoka, Trained in New York and Stockholm, the World is the Inspiration and the Studio
Vision
Art is an aim by itself.
Mission
To give visual voices to my experiences and emotions and to share them with people of the world.
We create to feel we’re unique. We create to feel we’re not alone.
Approach
“Many places, many thoughts. Once place at a time.”
Travel the world. Live my life.
My mind doesn’t always speak the same language. My heart doesn’t always talk at the same tone.
It’s only human and if you listen carefully, you would still find a common thread, the same soul behind.
Exhibitions
Awards/Residencies
Art Education
General
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2016 (and 2017 scheduled) Yo (Tokyo)
2005 Gallery ES (Tokyo)
2005 Modern Art Bank WALD (Fukuoka)
1997 Danderyd Biblioteket (Danderyd, Sweden)
Group exhibitions
2016 Calendars from Cooper graphics workshops (Kyoto)
Awards/Residencies
1992 Holbein Japan Scholarship
2008 Volvo Art and Design Competition Excellence Award
2010 Penza Sculpture Symposium
2013 Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre Residency
Art Education
1991 MFA in panting and drawing,
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, U.S.A.
2016-17 Guest student
Royal Institute of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
General
Born in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
1994 MA in East Asian Studies
Stanford University
1988 BA in English language and studies
Sophia University, Tokyo