about.
I'm a contemporary artist based in Los Angeles, USA.
I create works that emit a primitive energy composed of unique conical motifs.
biography.
1968 Born in Osaka, Japan.
1991 B.A. from Osaka University of the Arts. Japan.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 Atelier Nishinomiya, Hyogo. Japan.
2002 Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Japan.
2001 Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka. Japan.
2001 Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Japan.
2000 Gallery Gen, Fukuoka. Japan.
1997 Gallery Gen, Fukuoka. Japan.
1995 Gallery Gen, Fukuoka. Japan.
1994 Gallery Gen, Fukuoka. Japan.
1992 Gallery Ban, Osaka. Japan.
1991 Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka. Japan.
1991 Gallery Ban, Osaka. Japan.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Continuum-2013, VAM Art Gallery, New Jersey, USA
2005 "Beginning" Two Japanese Artists Art show, Flor de luna art studio, Los Angeles, USA
New Generation of Contemporary Printers in West Japan, Kake Museum of Art, Kurashiki. Japan.
2004 "Power of Printmaking" Exhibition of ispa JAPAN, Kyoto Cultural Museum, Kyoto. Japan.
2003 Outstanding Rising Artists Exhibition, Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo. Japan.
Art Jam, Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Japan.
2003 Busan International Print Art Festival, Busan, Korea.
2002 Tokyo Wonder Wall, Tokyo Contemporary Art Museum, Tokyo. Japan.
The YAMAMOTO KANAE Print Grand Prix Competition, Nagano. Japan.
International Print Making Exhibition in Daejeon, Daejeon, Korea.
2001 Tokyo Wonder Wall, Tokyo Contemporary Art Museum, Tokyo. Japan.
1999 Prints of 4 Artists, Atelier Nishinomiya, Hyogo. Japan.
"Triennale of 100 Cities", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1998 Contemporary Art Print Contest, Contemporary Art Center of Osaka Prefecture. Japan.
Awarded with an Excellent prize. Direction of a Picture '98, Contemporary Art Center of Osaka Prefecture.
1997 Cracow International Print Triennial '97, Cracow, Poland.
1996 Into Print, gallery coco, Kyoto / Gallery Gen, Fukuoka. Japan. / Aichi Art Culture Center, Nagoya. Japan.
1995 Into Print, Gallery Gen, Fukuoka. Japan.
1994 Into Print, gallery coco, Kyoto. Japan.
1993 The 5th Wakayama Prints biennale, Wakayama Modern Art Museum, Wakayama. Japan.
Tokyo Machida International Printing Exhibition, Tokyo Machida International Printing Art Museum. Japan.
1991 Awarded with the Grand Prix in a contest to commemorate Jiro Yoshihara of GUTAI, Contemporary Art Center of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Six Artists Show of Awarded with Jiro Yoshihara of GUTAI. / Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka. Japan.
The 2nd '91 Daejeon Triennale, Daejeon, Korea.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art Center of Osaka Prefecture, Osaka. Japan.
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, U.S.A. (As Film Slide Archive)
