Born in Kyoto, 1973. Currently lives and works in Kyoto.
Education
2019 Ph.D. Arts Kyoto City University of Arts
1999 M.F.A. Kyoto City University of Arts
1997 B.F.A. Kyoto City University of Arts
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 JOAN B MIRVISS LTD (New York, USA) (’14)
2022 Takashimaya Art Gallery (Kyoto,Nihombashi) (’17); (Yokohama,Shinjuku) (’14)
2021 Gallery Utsuwakan (Kyoto) (’09, ’16)
2015 MIZEN FINE ART (Paris, France)
2011 Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud (Brussels, Belgium)
2007 INAX Gallery2 (Tokyo, Japan)
2003 INAX Tile Museum (Aichi, Japan)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan, The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, USA)
2021 Rich tea pottery, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum (Ibaraki, Japan)
2020 The spirit of Japanese ceramics, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art (Tochigi, Japan)
2018 MASTERPIECES –400 Years of Japanese Ceramics, Keramiskt center (Höganäs, Sweden)
2017 The Dramatic Vessel, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park (Shiga, Japan) and at the Iwate Museum of Art (Iwate, Japan) (’18)
2016 Oriented, Maison des Musées du Monde (Paris, France)
2014 Materyaller ile Diyalog, Ahmet Adnan Saygun Arts Center (Izmir, Turkey)
In to the Fold, Harn Museum of Art (Florida, USA)
Phenomena, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum (Ibaraki, Japan)
TRADITION ON FIRE, Asian Art Museum (San Francisco, USA)
2012 Forerunner of Art 2012 Clay works New Generation, Takashimaya Art Gallery (Nihombashi, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya,Yokohama, Shinjuku)
Feel Ceramics, Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art (Hiroshima, Japan)
2010 About the Tea Ceremony—A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kôgei (Studio Crafts), Crafts gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo)
Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition, Paramita Museum (Mie, Japan)
Kyoto KOGEI BIENNALE, Invited as guest exhibitor, The Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto)
2009 Women ceramic artists who bear the 21st century, Paramita Museum (Mie, Japan)
Treasures for the Future, Takashimaya Art Gallery、Nihombashi,Osaka,Kyoto
2007 Soaring Voices-Cotemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists-, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park (Shiga) (Traveled to Japan, France and USA)
Awards
2018 Encouragement Prize, Mayor's Prize, The Japan Ceramic Society Encouragement awards Kansai
2012 The Kyoto Prefecture Culture Prize, Incentive Prize
2008 Kyoto City Artistic New Comer Award
2003 Award the Shingin (Most Promising Young Talent) Prize in Fine Art Division of the Gotoh Commemorative Culture Award
2002 Grand Prize, Kyoto Prefecture Art and Craft Invitational Competition
2001 Grand Prize, Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition
Selected Public Collections
Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, USA)
The Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, USA)
Guimet Museum (Paris, France)
Portland Art Museum (Portland, USA)
The Harn Museum of Art (Florida, USA)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
INAX Tile Museum (Aichi, Japan)
The Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)