Education
1978 Born in Osaka City, Japan.
2001 Osaka University of Arts, BFA
2019 Guest Artist in Residence, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan (~20)
Solo Exhibitions
2022 "Presence/ Absence" Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2021 "Reality/Unreality" Osaka Takashimaya Gallery NEXT, Osaka, Japan
2019 "Masquerade" Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
2018 "Mimicry" Osaka Takashimaya Gallery NEXT, Osaka
2016 "Disguise/Decoration" Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
2013 "Mimicry" MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY, Tokyo
2010 Takashimaya Arts and Crafts Salon, Kyoto
2009 "Three dimensional black pottery, shape of plant pattern" INAX MUSEUMS, Aichi, Japan
2009 "Three dimensional black pottery, shape of plant pattern" INAX GALERIA CERAMICA / Tokyo
2006 Takashimaya Kyoto Art & Craft Salon, Kyoto, Japan
2003 Gallery Haku / Osaka (07)
2002 Gallery Maronie, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2021 "No Man's Land" The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan
2020 "Message Contemporary Ceramics Collection" The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan
2020 "Great Gathering! Pottery Animals" Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
2019 "Design Miami" USA
"Art Kyoto" Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan
"Ceramic Flowers FLOWERS" Shiga Prefectural Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan
2018 "The 13th Paramita Ceramic Art Award Exhibition" Paramita Museum, Mie, Japan
"Real" Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2017 "Art Osaka" Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka
"Harada no Mori Gallery Renewal Opening Exhibition: From Hyogo to the World" Hyogo, Japan
"Form and Essence" AKI GALLERY, Taiwan
2016 "TAIWAN Ceramics Biennale", Taiwan
" Tradition and Innovation: Japanese Ceramics Today" Shiga Prefectural Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan
Frederick Meier Garden & Sculpture Park, U.S.A.
2015 "Young Art Taipei" Taipei, Taiwan
"Contemporary Anthropomorphism" Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014 "Art Taipei" Taipei, Taiwan ('15)
2014 "Art Taipei" Taipei, Taiwan ('15)
"Takashimaya Museum of Illusion" Takashimaya Traveling, Tokyo, etc.
"Supernatural" MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
"ART PARIS" France
2013 "CABINET DA-END" Gallery DA-END, France
2013 "CABINET DA-END" Gallery DA-END, France "Faenza International Ceramics Exhibition" ('15), Italy
2012 "SOFA NEW YORK", USA
2011 "Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art" Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
2011 "Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art" Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Japan, 2011
"The 30th Chozo Prize for Contemporary Ceramic Art" Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan
2008 "Ceramic Site 2008" Gallery Shiro, Osaka, Japan ('04 - '07)
2007 "The 45th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition" Tokyo, Japan ('01, '02)
2004 "The Value of Materials" Motoazabu Gallery, Gallery Shiro, Tokyo, Osaka
2003 "03 Hyogo Prefecture Exhibition" Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo ('01, '02)
"Japan Craft Exhibition" Ginza Matsuya, Tokyo.
2003 "Craft Exhibition in Takaoka 2003" Daiwa Takaoka, Toyama, Japan
Awards
2015 Tradition and Innovation Japanese Ceramics Now, Gold Award
2011 The 14th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, Selected
2009 The 30th Choza Award Tokoname Ceramic exhibition, Choza Award
2001 The 45th Anniversary Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Incentive Award
Collections
INAX Tile Museum, Aichi, Japan
The International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan
Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo, Japan
Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN, U.S.A.