b. 1958 Tokyo, Japan
Education
1979, Graduated from Oita Prefectural Beppu Advanced Technology Academy
Exhibitions & Accolades
1981, Admitted to Beppu City Art Exhibition (thereafter 3 times)
1982, Winner of Beppu City Art Exhibition Prize (thereafter 2 times)
1982, Admitted to Oita Prefecture Art Exhibition
1982, Admitted for first time to Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Western Division (thereafter admitted 2 times)
1983, Winner of Oita Prefecture Art Exhibition Award
1983, Winner of Western Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition Award
1987, Solo Exhibition, Gallery Momiyama, Kanagawa
1989, Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition in Osaka and Tokyo
1990, Odawara Open-air Maquette Exhibition in Kanagawa
1992, Solo Exhibition, Plaza Gallery, Tokyo (also in 1994)
1993, Winner of Funabashi Environmental Sculptures Prize (thereafter 2 times)
1993, Solo Exhibition, Gallery Space You, Kanagawa (thereafter 2 times)
1993, International Tannan Art Festival I Fukui (also in 1996)
1993, Shinobazu Object Festival, Tokyo (thereafter 2 times)
1993, Humor Art and Environmental Sculpture Exhibition, Chiba (thereafter 2 times)
1994, Winner of Shinobazu Object Festival Prize
1994, Park and Sculpture-Origin of Public Space I, Kanagawa (thereafter 3 times)
1994, Sculpture in Living Space, Kanagawa
1994, B. P. F. ART ’94, Chiba
1995, Mitsukoshi House Pavilion-Bamboo Arts, Tokyo
1995, Fieldwork in Fujino,Kanagawa (thereafter 2 times)
1997, Park and Sculpture-Report, Gallery Space You, Kanagawa
1997, Chiba Art Flash, Chiba
1998, Fieldwork and Sculpture, Puurs, Belgium
1998, Fujino International Art Symposium Summer Art Festival, Kanagawa
1998, Art on the Street, Kanagawa
1999, Solo Exhibition NAN-O-TUBE, Tokyo International Forum
2000, Bamboo Fantasies,TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000, SOFA New York
2000, SOFA Chicago
2002,The Next Generation, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
2002, Commissioned to do site specific sculpture, “Bridge Over Tomorrow”, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, California
2002, International Art & Design Fair, New York
2002, SOFA New York
2002, SOFA Chicago
2003, SOFA New York
2003, Antiques Chicago
2003, SOFA Chicago
2003, Outdoor Installation on Robert & Karen Duncan property, Lincoln, Nebraska
2004, International Asian Art Fair, New York City
2004, Antiques Chicago
2004, SOFA New York
2005, The San Francisco International Art Exhibit
2005, International Art & Design Fair, New York City
2005, SOFA Chicago
2006, The Arts of Pacific Asia Show, San Francisco
2006, Palm Beach!, Florida
2006, Art Miami
2006, On Site / Artists’ Projects, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Virginia
2006, Hin: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Art, Grinnell College, Iowa
2006, Hin: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Art, Chicago Cultural Center
2006, Power & Delicacy: Master Works of Japanese Bamboo Art, TAI Gallery
2007, Palm Beach!, Florida
2007, Art Miami, Florida
2008, Outdoor Installation at the Kennedy Center,Washington, DC
2008, Created an indoor sculpture at the Chihuly Center, Franklin Park, Ohio
2008, SOFA New York
2008, International Asian Art Fair, New York City
2008, Palm Beach!, Florida
2008, New Bamboo:Contemporary Japanese Masters, The Japan Society, New York
2009, Many Shapes of Bamboo III, Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita Japan
2009, SOFA New York
2009, SOFA West: Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009, Art Miami, Florida
2010, SOFA New York
2010, Art Chicago
2010, Dallas Art Fair
2010, SOFA West: Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010, SOFA Chicago
2010, Art Miami
2011, SOFA New York
2011, Art Chicago
2011, Dallas Art Fair
2011, Art Antiques London
2011, Houston Fine Art Fair
2011, SOFA West: Santa Fe, New Mexico
2011, International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show, New York City
2011, SOFA Chicago
2012, SOFA New York
2013, Oita’s Art Movement, in partnership with the Oita Prefectural Government, a museum quality show, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe
2014, Group show, Japanese American Cultural Community Center, Los Angeles
2017, Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, TAI Modern at Joan B Mirviss LTD, New York, NY
