Biography

1962

Born in Okayama

1987

Master's Degree in Art Education, Graduate School of Teacher Education, Tokyo Gakugei University

1991

Established an art studio, Tokyo

1997-Present

Instructor, Toyo Institute of Art and Design

2009-Present

Instructor, Kyoritsu Women's University

Exhibitions

1992

Group Exhibition "Neo Metal Works"（1995 1998）

1996

Solo Exhibition "Form of Lines Form of Plates" Gallery U / Tokyo
Contemporary Japanese Craft & Jewellery Design, Japanese American Cultural & Community Center / Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2002

FROM THE RISING SUN - Vizo Gallery / Brussels, Belgium

2006

Group Exhibition "The Starting Point of Making" ARAI Atelier Gallery / Tokyo

2007

SOFA NEW YORK 2007 / New York, U.S.A. (2010 2011)

2008

Beauty of New Metal Art, Sekido Museum of Art / Tokyo
Collect / Victoria & Albert Museum / London, U.K （2009 2011 2012 2013）

2011

Solo Exhibition, Gallery Okariaya Ginza / Ginza, Tokyo

2013

Group Exhibition, Gallery Okariya Ginza / Ginza, Tokyo

Awards

1990

The Silver Prize, '90 Takaoka Craft Exhibition / Toyama, Japan

1991

Awarded the Prize "Talentborse Hndwerk 1991"/ Munchen, Germany

1996

The 13th Tansuiou Prize, The Satoh Artcraft Research & Scholarship Foundation

1997

The Grand Prize, '97 Japanese Crafts Exhibition / Tokyo, Japan