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Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan
Resides in Seattle, WA

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

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008-2009   Traces of the Molten State, Bellevue Arts Museum, curated by Stefano Catalani, Bellevue, WA
2008   Ephemeral Eternal, Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA
          Deai Suites, at a corporate space sponsored by Jean Efron Art Consultants and Randall Scott Gallery,
          Washington D.C.
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

TWO-THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
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 (curatorial)
          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
2008   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
          Chicago Vision, Function+Art, Chicago, IL
          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

ART FAIRS
2008   Aqua Art Miami with SOIL, Miami Beach, FL
2007   Aqua Art Miami with Luis De Jesus Seminal Projects and Randall Scott Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
          Bridge Art Fair with Randall Scott Gallery, London
          Bridge Art Fair with AM projects, Chicago, IL
          artDC with Randall Scott Gallery, Washington D.C.
2006   Aqua Art Miami with SOIL, curated by Jess Van Nostrand, Miami Beach, FL
2005   Aqua Art Miami with SOIL, Miami Beach, FL

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

AWARDS
2008   Individual Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2007   Nominated for Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
          Finalist for Welcome Hall Permanent Public Art Commission, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, 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

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2007, 2004   4Culture and King County Public Art Collection, Seattle, WA

COMMISSIONS
2008  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
2005  Miwa residence, Hokkaido, Japan
2004  Hinode Industrial Arts, Hokkaido, Japan
         CRAVE Restaurant, Seattle, WA
2003  Trinidad Residence, Bellevue, WA
1994  Ishiyama Residence, Saitama, Japan

RELATED EXPERIENCE
2008, 2005, 2004   Visiting Artist at Hot Shop, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2008  Guest speaker, Art Table, Seattle, WA
2007  Panelist for Public Art Programs, City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
2005-present   Member at SOIL Artist Collective, Seattle, WA
         Visiting Lecturer at Tacoma Art Musuem, Tacoma, WA
         Juror for scholarship submissions for Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2004  Visiting Lecturer at North Seattle Community Collage, Seattle, WA
2002  Visiting Artist at Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, WA

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