2013~ Established the studio in Chiba
2003-14 Associate Professor Tohoku University of Art and Design
1994-03 Senior Lecturer Tohoku University of Art and Design
1990-94 Part-time Lecturer, Tokyo National University of the Arts
1998 B.F.A., Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Silver Smith Course,
1962 Born in Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions
2021 AC Gallery, Tokyo ('19)
Metal Vessels, Keiko Art International
2020 Gallery Tonan, Toyama
Art Space KOHSHO
2019 AC Gallery, Tokyo
2018 Gallery Tonan, Toyama ('03,'07,'10,'14,'16)
2017 Gallery Bonbra, Toyko
Gallery shop Si, Kobe ('09)
2016 Gallery An, Ibaragi ('02,'10)
2015 Arai Atelier Gallery, Tokyo('98,'05,)
2013 Kakiden Gallery, Tokyo (countenancer: Ichioka Shinzi)
Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo
Gallery Togendo, Miyagi (’12)
2013 Gallery Okariya, Tokyo
2011 Gallery Mitate, Tokyo
2008 Seikadou Gallery, Kyoto
2006 Gallery Tiptoe, Kobe
Onuma Department Store Gallery, Yamagata
2005 Ginza Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo (’96)
2004 Kougei Takumiya ,Gifu ('99, '02)
2003 Gallery An, Toyama
2001 Gallery An, Toyama
Taigadou, Kyoto ('00)
1999 Matuya Ginza Craft Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery U, Tokyo
1996 Export, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2021 ARTEFACT (The contemporary craft fair), Design Centre, London (May and June)
What Color is Metal, National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
What Color is Metal, DUBLIN CASTLE, Ireland
2020 COLLECT 2020 Somerset House, London
Tansuio Award Exhibition: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork, Sekido Museum of Art, Tokyo
2019 Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London ('09,'10, '11, '12, '14, '15, '17, '18)
2018 MASTERPIECE FAIR, London ('16)
2017 PAD LONDON ('14, '15, '16)
TRESOR, Basel
2016 Presece, Lesley Kehoe Gallerries, Melbourne
2014 THE TRANSCENDENT SPIRIT, Antiquorum Gallery, New York
2011 SOFA, New York ('08)
Heavy Metal, Lesley Kehoe Gallerries, Melbourne
2008 The International Asian Art Fair, New York
Summer Olympia Fine Art, London
Asian Art in London, London
SOFA ,Chicago
Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London ('04, '05, '06, '07)
2007 Contemporary japanese metalwork, Melbourne
Japanese Crafts, Gallery Besson, London
2006 The International Art and Design Fair, New York
KORU2, South Karelia Art Museum, Finland
2003 Turning Point, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Mugen, Lesley Kehoe Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2002 WA BI TEN, Clotworthy Arts Center, Ireland
2001 Outline Exhibition, Gallery flow, London
Japan:Hidden Beauty Asian Art, London
Contemporary Japanese Jewellery, Crafts Council Gallery, London
2000 Selection 2000, Essen, Germany
1999 Japan Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo ('91, '92, '96, '97)
1997 Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition
Itami Craft Exhibition ('93)
Takaoka Craft Competition, Takaoka ('92, '93, '94, '95, '96)
1995 Contemporary Jewellery, Ghent Municipal Museum of Decorative Art, Belgium and National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1993 The Art of Jewellerey, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
1992 Talentborse Hndwerk, Munchen
1991 Kanazawa Crafts Competition
Awards
2001 Tansui Prize, The Satou Artcraft Research and Scholaship Foundation
2000 Award of Excellence, Japan Jewellery Art Exhibition
1997 Encouragement Award, Asahi Modan Crafts Exhibition
1996 Excellence Prize, Japanese Crafts Exhibition
Excellence Prize, The Bowl of North Exhibition
1995 Silver Prize, Takaoka Crafts Exhibition
Special Jewelry Prize, International Design Competition in Miyagi
1993 Excellence Prize, The Art of Jewellery (JJDA)
Judge's Prize, Takaoka Crafts exhibition
