Resume Born in Tokyo, Japan Resides in Seattle, WA since 1993 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011   Pyrograph & Aquagraph, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA           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 GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011   Seattle as Collector, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA           Bloom & Collapse, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA 2010   Winter Haiku, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009   Elusive Elements, curated by Kathleen Moles, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA           Visions of Eternity, PressItOn Art Gallery, Miami, FL           Abstracted Remains, Tarryn Teresa Gallery, Los Angeles, CA           West Coast Drawings, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2008   The East and The East, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2007   Postcards From the Edge, James Cohan Gallery, New York City           Mark, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington D.C.           START, PRISM Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL 2006   Contemporary Sculpture, Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, WA           Hardline Organics, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA 2005   Raw & Refined, curated by Jess Van Nostrand, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA SELECTED AWARDS AND RECOGNITION 2011   Nominated for The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, New York, NY           Nominated for Freedom to Create Prize, Singapore           Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, NY           (for a solo exhibit NACHI at University of Wyoming Art Museum)           National Endowment for the Arts, Washington DC           (for a solo exhibit NACHI at University of Wyoming Art Museum) 2010   Individual Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA (also in 2008)           CityArtist Projects Grant, City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA           New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY 2009   Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY           Americans for the Arts Funding, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA 2008   Grants for Artist Projects, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA           Individual Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA           Media Literacy Scholarships, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA           Special Projects Grant, Bellevue Arts Commission, Bellevue, WA           Visiting Artist, Hot Shop at Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA (also in 2005, 2004) 2006   Individual Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA           CityArtist Projects Grant, City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA           Jon and Mary Shirley Glass Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA 2005   Individual Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA           EDGE Professional Development Program Scholarship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA 2002   George Tsutakawa Memorial Scholarship in Sculpture, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA RESIDENCIES 2011   John H. Hauberg Fellowship Residency, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA           Visiting Artist Program, University of Wyoming, Art, Dance, and Theatre Departments, Laramie, WY 2009   Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY 2003   PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Program, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA 2002   PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Program, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Washington State Public Arts Commission King County Portable Art Collection Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington Seattle City Light Seattle Children’s Hospital Microsoft Sumitomo Corporation of America PRIVATE COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS United States, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Netherlands, Sweden, Australia. SELECTED PERFORMANCE AND THEATRE PROJECTS 2010   FIREBIRD, Glass and Dance Performance, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA 2006-2007   Cuckoo Crow, for Degenerate Art Ensemble, The Moore Theatre and Bagley Wright Theatre,           Seattle, WA, and REDCAT, CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, CA 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