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Born in Tokyo, Japan
Resides in Seattle, WA since 1993

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011   NACHI - between the eternal and the ephemeral, University of Wyoming Art Museum,
          curated by Susan Moldenhauer, Laramie, WY (forthcoming)
2009   Glass Pyrographs, Randall Scott Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
          Moment/Memory, Function+Art, Chicago, IL
          Pyrograph, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
          Trace, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington D.C.
2008-2009   Traces of the Molten State, Bellevue Arts Museum, curated by Stefano Catalani, Bellevue, WA
2008   Ephemeral Eternal, Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2007   Fluid Moment, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2006   breath-memory, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004   Funiki: Floating Feelings, Viveza Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003   Shadow Installation, Kirkland Arts Center Gallery, Kirkland, WA
          Kokoro, In-Between, Gallery Mohri, Tokyo
          Kokoro In-Between, ArtStage, Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA

SELECTED TWO-THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009   Visions of Eternity with Laura DiNello and Adela Holmes, PressItOn Art Gallery, Miami, FL
          Abstracted Remains with Andrea Cote, Tarryn Teresa Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008   Marked with Chad Brown, curated by Jerry Misko, Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2007   Vestiges with Jeff Wallin, Function+Art, Chicago, IL
          Mark with Gary Weidner, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington D.C.
2006   nooksandcrannies with Julie Custer and Marc Dombrosky, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Contemporary Sculpture with Nori Morimoto and Norie Sato, Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, WA
1985   Two Persons Show with Hiroyuki Okuno, Kuryua Art Spot, Tokyo

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010   Linear Progression, curated by June Sekiguchi, artEast Gallery, Issaquah, WA
2009   On Paper, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
          Winter Haiku, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
          Seattle City Light Portable Works, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Trace Suites, The Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
          Elusive Elements, curated by Kathleen Moles, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
          West Coast Drawings, curated by Norman Lundin, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
          5280, curated by Jim McDonald, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Expo, curated by Chris Engman, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008   The East and The East, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
          Dualities, Cornish Gallery and SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
          35th Anniversary Cerebration, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007   Postcards From the Edge, with Visual AIDS, James Cohan Gallery, New York City
          Filter, curated by Michelle Kumata and Heinrich Toh, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
          Full Spectrum, PF Galleries, Clawson, MI
          START, PRISM Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL
          In Focus, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006   Structure, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Hardline Organics, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Impressed, Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett, WA
2005   Found in Translation, TORA Gallery, Mount Vernon, WA
          SOIL 1995-2005: A Retrospective, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Raw & Refined, Curated by Jess Van Nostrand, Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
          Unearthing, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Tacoma Contemporary: Urban Art Installations, Woolworth Building, Tacoma, WA
2004   Members Exhibition, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (also in 2003, 2002)
          She Stole the Show, Curated by Jess Van Nostrand, Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle, WA
          Artist in Residence and Assistant Show, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2003   Bemis Fall Art Show, Juried by Robert Brunz, Bemis Building, Seattle WA,
          Collaboration, Art Detour, Seattle, WA
          LELA, The Modern Art Gallery, Los Angels, CA
          12th Edwin T. Pratt Memorial Exhibition, Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, Seattle, WA
          Scholarship Exhibit 2003, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
          Friends of Tino, Galerie Moto, Hachioji, Japan
2002   APEX in L.A., Angels Gate Culture Center Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2000   Chromosome and Concerning the Angels, Cold Rainier Building, Seattle, WA
1995   Clouds, Galerie Vromans, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1987   Senior Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
          Senior Exhibition, Tokyo Central Museum of Arts, Tokyo
1984   Subaru Mandoki Soba Hachigo, Gallery Parerugon, Tokyo

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2010   Individual Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA (also in 2008)
2009   Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
          Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, WY
          Americans for the Arts Convention Funding, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
2008   Grants for Artist Projects, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
          Media Literacy Scholarships, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA
          Special Projects Grant, Bellevue Arts Commission, Bellevue, WA
2006   Jon and Mary Shirley Glass Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
          CityArtist Projects Grant, City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
2006, 2005   Arts Special Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2005   EDGE Professional Development Program scholarship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2003, 2002   PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Program, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2002   George Tsutakawa Memorial Scholarship in Sculpture, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
King County Portable Art Collection
Seattle City Light
Microsoft Art Collection
Sumitomo Corporation of America

SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMMISSIONS
2010  Edelheit Residence, Mercer Island, WA
         Gallia Hotel, Milan, Italy
2008  Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
         Covington Middle School, Vancouver, WA, Washington State Arts Commission
         Rising Stars Card Project, commissioned by Till Richter, independent curator in Austin, TX
2007  Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong
2006  Hotel Lisboa, Macau
2004  Hinode Industrial Arts, Hokkaido, Japan
         CRAVE Restaurant, Seattle, WA
2003  Trinidad Residence, Bellevue, WA
1994  Ishiyama Residence, Saitama, Japan

SCENIC DESIGN
2006-2007   Cuckoo Crow, for Degenerate Art Ensemble, The Moore Theatre and Bagley Wright Theatre,
          Seattle, WA, and REDCAT, CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, CA
1985   Golden Soybeans, Theater Alice, Tokyo

EDUCATION
1993-2000   Pilchuck Glass School summer sessions, Stanwood, WA
1991-1992   Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kanagawa
1984-1987   BFA in Painting, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo

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