Biography

1974 Born in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
1997 Graduated from Osaka University of Arts (Fine Arts Department, industrial arts section, major in ceramics).
1999 Completed art production research course at Osaka University of Arts Graduate School (received master’s degree).
2000 Assistant instructor of sculpture studies at Osaka University of Arts (until 2003).
2002 Lecturer in ceramic art at Kansai College of Culture & Arts vocational school (ongoing).
2006 Completed latter half of fine arts research doctoral program at Kyoto City University of Arts Graduate School
(field of ceramics and porcelain). Received doctorate (fine arts).

Solo and Group Exhibitions

1997 Selected for 2nd Izushi Porcelain Triennale Competition (Kiyonaga Ito Museum, Hyogo;
Keihan Department Store, Moriguchi (Osaka))
1998 Solo Exhibition (Gallery Maronie, Kyoto)
Selected for 36th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition (Maruei Sukairu, Maruei Department Store, Nagoya, and tour to five other locations)
1999 Solo Exhibition “Kaolin:
Frame and Tube Compositions” (INAX Galeria Ceramica Shinjuku, Sapporo/Tokyo, Hokkaido)
Solo Exhibition (Tamagawa Takashimaya Department Store Terrace Gallery, Tokyo)
2000 “Exhibition of Vessels, Objects and Small Items by the Artists of Galeria Ceramica”
(INAX Galeria Ceramica Shinjuku, Sapporo/Tokyo, Hokkaido)
2001 Received Grand Prix at 39th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
(Maruei Sukairu, Maruei Department Store, Nagoya, and tour to five other locations)
“Wa-yo Kissako-koten” (”Japanese-Western Come By And Have Some Tea Exhibition”)
(Kintetsu Department Store Art Gallery, Abeno (Osaka))
2002 Held workshop as invited artist at Takahama City Kawara Museum (Takahama City Kawara Museum, Hometown of Ceramics, Aichi)
Works of Sculpture Exhibition (Guild Gallery, Osaka)
Selected for 6th International Ceramics Competition Mino (Ceramic Park Mino, Gifu)
“Koshi no Shitsurai-ten (”Arrangement of Latticework Exhibition”) (Ginza Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo)
2003 Solo Exhibition “New Sensibility Ceramics Series:
The Geometry of Kaolin” (Inax Tile Museum, Aichi)
2004 Received Merit Prize at 1st Taiwan International Ceramics Biennale (Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan)
2005 “New Sensibility Ceramics Series Special Exhibition: Attraction and Magic of Earth and Fire, 50 Objects”
(Centrair Gallery, Central Japan International Airport, Aichi)
Galeria Ceramica 110 Exhibition (Inax Tile Museum, Aichi)
2006 Contemporary Ceramic Art: Focusing on Soudeisha
(Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Permanent Exhibition Room 1, Kagawa)
Solo Exhibition “Lattice Receptacle” (Art Court Gallery, Osaka)

Awards

2001 Grand Prix, 39th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
2004 Merit Prize, 1st Taiwan International Ceramics Biennale

Main Collections

Inax Tile Museum, Royal Ark Koroen, The Bank of Kyoto,
Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Takamatsu City Museum of Art