Born in Kagawa, Japan
Born and raised in Japan and currently based in San Francisco. Her site-specific installations consist of elements such as sculptural objects, drawings, photographs, etc. They are usually placed in a particular environment in a rather unexpected yet precise way that makes each element purposely relate with each other, and hold a quality that could blur the confidence within the existence of physical matter.
Education
- 2002
B.A. Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
- 2022
Piling stone / Serlachius Residency Gallery, Mänttä, Finland
- 2017
REMOTE ANCESTORS / Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- 2015
letter from the distant beyond / Künstlerhause Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
- 2012
A pulse to pause, the next lunar eclipse / FEMTE, Tokyo, Japan
- 2010
A bone streaming down skin, empty scene / Shionoe Museum of Art, Kagawa, Japan
- 2009
basement dislocating, empty scene / FEMTE, Tokyo, Japan
- 2006
is it possible to make the eye of the storm muddy? / Red Mill Gallery, VT, USA
- 2005
The structure of a sight / KIMPO-DO gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2004
landscape,memo, / gallery J2 ,Tokyo, Japan
landscape,memo,memo, / Ishidataiseisya hole, Kyoto, Japan
Group Exhibitions
- 2019
INTERIOR/EXTERIOR / The Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2019
Transient Existence / ArtObjectGallery, San Jose, CA, USA
- 2017
Bends But Does Not Break / K Gallery at Rhythmix Cultural Works, CA, USA
- 2016
Leaves Without Routes / Nanmoncho 323 in Taipei Botanical Garden, Taiwan
- 2015
A to/from B – a year-long silent conversation / Seventeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
- 2014
“Image of the memory, memory of the image” / BankART NYK, Yokohama, Japan
METAPLAY PRAHA – TOKYO / Galerie Kritiku, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2013
“SUBTERRANEAN ECHOES ” / ZKU, Berlin, Germany
- 2011
TOKOROZAWA BIENNIAL Of Contemporary Art ” Siding Railroad” 2011 / Tokorozawa City, Saitama, Japan
- 2010
Takamatsu Contemporary Art Annual vol.01 ” Another Carnival” / Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, Japan
- 2009
TOKOROZAWA BIENNIAL Of Contemporary Art ” Siding Railroad” / Seibu Railway Co.,Ltd. Old Tokorozawa Car Factory, Japan
- 2008
Pre-Exhibition TOKOROZAWA BIENNIAL Of Contemporary Art ” Siding Railroad” / Seibu Railway Co.,Ltd. Old Tokorozawa Car Factory, Japan
TAMAVIVANT ll 2008 / Tama Art University east gallery,Tokyo, Kanagawa, Japan
- 2007
“Under Thread” / Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan
- 2006
“Uijae Art Studio1st round Participants Exhibition” / Uijae Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea
- 2005
“Gunma Biennale for Young Artist ’05” / Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan
The Last Exibition of Parallelism in Art / Aoyama Ohararyukaikan, Tokyo, Japan
- 2004
“Kabumm” / raum500, Munich, Germany
TAMA VIVANT2004 / Tama Art University east gallery,Tokyo, Kanagawa, Japan
- 2003
“First Steps : Emerging Artists from Japan” / P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, N.Y, USA
“Birth of fine arts” / Hachiouji-City YUME Museum , Tokyo, Japan
- 2002
PHILIP MORRIS K,K ART AWARD 2002 [THE FIRST MOVE] / Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Awards and Grants
- 2014
Grant from the Pola Art Foundation
- 2012
Grant from Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation
- 2006
Grant from N.Y Freeman foundation
- 2002
PHILIP MORRIS K.K ART AWARD 2002 / Grand Prix
Residency
- 2022
Serlachius Residency, Mänttä, Finland
- 2014 -
2015 KUNSTLERHAUS BETHANIEN, Berlin, Germany
- 2013
ZK/U, Berlin, Germany
- 2007
Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Japan
- 2006
Uijae Art Studio, Gwangju, Korea
- 2006
Vermont Studio Center, VT, USA