1973 Born in Kyoto.
Currently lives and works in Kyoto.
Education
1999 MA, Kyoto City University of Arts
1997 BA, Kyoto City University of Arts
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 Gion Konishi Gallery, Kyoto (' 03)
2011 Sfera, Kyoto
2011 Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Brussels
2010 Gallery Tazawa, Kyoto
2009 Gallery Utsuwakan, Kyoto
2007 INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo
2003 INAX Tile Museum, Aichi
2002 Art Gallery, The Hankyu Department, Osaka
2000 Art and Craft Salon, The Takashimaya Store, Kyoto
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 BINOYOKAN 2012 New Generation, The Takashimaya Store,
Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Yokohama, Shinjyuku
Feel Ceramics, Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art
2011 Asian Artist Exchange, touring exhibition,
@KCUA, Kyoto/Kyungsung University, Busan, KoreaVictoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata, India
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
Kyoto KOGEI BIENNALE, guest exhibitor, The Museum of Kyoto
Ao, Joan B. Mirviss Ltd, New York
2009 Variations of White, Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Belgium
Women ceramic artists who bear the 21st century, Paramita Museum, Mie
Breaking from Tradition - Japanese Ceramics Today, Harvey / Meadows Gallery, Aspen, U.S.A
2007 Breaking the Mold / Kata O Yaburu, Joan B. Mirviss LTD, NY
Soaring Voices - Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists,
The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga,
( traveling exhibition to Japan, France and the USA )
Awards
2012 The Kyoto Prefecture Culture Prize - Incentive Prize
2008 Kyoto City Artistic New Comer Award
2003 Most Promising Young Talent Prize,
Fine Art Division of the Gotoh Commemorative Culture Award
International Ceramics Competition Mino, Gifu
2001 Grand Prize, Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Osaka, Tokyo
Kyoto Prefecture Art and Craft, Invitational Competition, ( '02 Grand Prize )
Collections
The Harn Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York
INAX Tile Museum , Aichi
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art , Kansas
The Museum of Kyoto