| BORN: | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2009-current | Instructor, Tama Art University, Tokyo Japan | |
| EXHIBITIONS: | 2013 | “Domani : The Art for Tomorrow” National Art Center Tokyo, Japan |
| 2010 | "Setouchi International Art Festival 2010"、Megijima, Kagawa Japan | |
| 2008 | "Busan Biennale"、Busan, Korea | |
| "Osaka Kaleidoscope"、Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan | ||
| 2006 | "Echigo Tsumari Triennial"、Niigata, Japan | |
| 2005, 2002 | "Global Art Glass 2005"、Borgholm Castle, Vida Museum, Sweden | |
| “Glass Art Energy”, Kanazu Art Core Museum, Fukui Japan | ||
| “Slow Arts- Consonance”, Another Movement 2005, Kanazawa 21st Century Museum, Kanazawa | ||
| 2004 | "Gen /Art in Toyama 2004 - 9 point of views", Toyama Prefectural Hall Museum、Uchiyama Residence Museum,Toyama, Japan | |
| 2003 | "Outspoken Glass", Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Okayama Prefectural, Museum of Art, traveling exhibition, Sapporo, Okayama, Japan | |
| 1997-1999 | "The Glass Skin", traveling exhibition-Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Shimonoseki City Art Museum,Shimonoseki,The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu Japan, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning USA, Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Germany | |
AWARDS: |
2006 | Artist Overseas Study Program, Agency of Cultural Affairs, Japan |
| 2004 | Stephan Procter Fellowship, Canberra School of Art, Australia | |
| 2002 | Artist Internship, Agency of Cultural Affairs, Japan | |
| 1994..2010 | The New Glass Review16-21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 32 Neues Glas, 2/94-99, 01, 02, 04 The Corning Museum of Glass, 1994-1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2010 | |
EXPERIENCE: |
2006-2007 |
Research Intern, James Carpenter Design, USA |
| 2006-2001 | Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, USA | |
| 2006-2002 | Member, Institute of Environmental Art and Design, Japan | |
| 2006-1997 | Faculty, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Toyama, Japan | |
| 2004, 1998 | Workshop Instructor, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA | |
EDUCATION: |
1994 |
M.F.A. Glass , Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI |
| 1989 | B.F.A. Three Dimensional Design, Glass, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1999-1990 | Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (except 93) | |
| COLLECTIONS: | Kunst Museum Dusseldorf, Germany | |
| Museum of American Crafts, New Jersey USA | ||
| Notojima Glass Museum, Ishikawa Japan | ||
| Corning Incorporated, New York USA | ||
| The Australian National University, Canberra School of Art | ||
Toyama City Collecton, Toyama Japan |