Born 1973, Osaka, Japan.
Currently lives and works in Kyoto and serves as an Associate Professor at The Kyoto City University of Arts.
Education
1998 M.F.A., Lacquerware, Graduate School of Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts
1996 B.F.A., Lacquerware, Department of Crafts, Kyoto City University of Arts
Overseas Residency
2003–2005 Artist-in-residence at Chiang Mai University (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
(Supported by the Pola Art Foundation and the Union Culture Foundation)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Fish in the Sky, Takashimaya Art Gallery (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Japan)
2017 Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich, Germany)
2015 Spring, Giwon Konishi (Kyoto, Japan)
Galerie Mizen (Paris, France)
2013 Harvest, Takashimaya Art Gallery (Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Japan)
2010 Luedubaimai Pree, Gallery Caption (Gifu, Japan)
2009 Beloved Forms, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (Aichi, Japan)
Floral Splendor, Gallery Keifu (Kyoto, Japan)
2006 Giwon Konishi (Kyoto, Japan)
Silver Shell Kyobashi (Tokyo, Japan)
2004–2005 Exchange Exhibitions, The Japan Foundation Bangkok Art Space (Bangkok, Thailand)
2003 Chiang Mai University Art Museum (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
1999 Tokyo International Forum, Exhibition Space (Tokyo, Japan)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 COLLECT, Somerset House (London, UK)
Challenge – Three Artists of Urushi, Sokyo Gallery (Kyoto, Japan)
2018 Contemporary Urushi 2018, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Art Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
Fusion of Crafts 2018 – Discovering the Future of Tradition, Ginza Wako Hall (Tokyo, Japan)
2017 Designing Japan, Philadelphia Museum of Art (PA, USA)
TRESOR, Basel Messe (Basel,Switzerland)
Kanshitsu, The Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo (Kanazawa, Japan)
Hard Bodies, Minneapolis Institute of Art (MN, USA)
Art Miami, One Herald Plaza (FL, USA)
2016 Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands (Singapore)
Takashimaya Art Prize Laureates Exhibition, Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Art Gallery X (Tokyo, Japan)
Masterpiece London (2016–2019), The Royal Hospital Chelsea (London, UK)
Innovation in Craft – Tradition and Avant-Garde, Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo, Japan)
Fusion of Crafts 2016 – The Story of the Traveling Hermit Crab, Osaka Takashimaya Art Gallery (Osaka, Japan)
2015 COLLECT (2015–2019), Saatchi Gallery (London, UK)
World of Urushi and Ghosts, Wajima Museum of Urushi Art (Ishikawa, Japan)
PAD London Art & Design (2015, 2017), Berkeley Square (London, UK)
REVELATIONS, Grand Palais (Paris, France)
Let’s Discover the Beauty of Art with Muse-kun, The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki (Ibaraki, Japan)
Form of Urushi, Sokyo Gallery (Kyoto, Japan)
2014 Urushi, Yakimono Gallery (Paris, France)
Fusion of Crafts – Encounters Guiding the Future of Tradition, Ginza Wako Hall (Tokyo, Japan)
2013 Invitation to Not Knowing, The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki (Japan)
Excellence of Kyoto Crafts, Shinshu Takato Museum, Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts, Chuushin Museum (Nagano, Hanoi, Kyoto, Japan and Vietnam)
2012 Urushi – Contemporary Expressions by Female Artists Worldwide, Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery Aqua, Yamawaki Gallery, Kitakata City Art Museum (Kyoto, Tokyo, Fukushima, Japan)
2011 Contemporary Craft Art Fair, Tokyo International Forum (Tokyo, Japan)
FLAWLESS: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer, Cavin-Morris Gallery (NY, USA)
Modern Japanese Art and Ibaraki Artists, The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki (Ibaraki, Japan)
2010 Kyoto Emerging Artists in Fine Arts and Crafts 2010, Kyoto Culture Museum (Kyoto, Japan)
3rd International Lacquer Art Exhibition, Fujian Museum (Fuzhou, China)
2009 Fumie Sasai × Etsuko Tajima – In the Flower Garden, Tsukuba Museum of Art (Ibaraki, Japan)
SOFA New York, Park Avenue Armory (NY, USA)
Contemporary Japanese Lacquer, KEIKO Gallery Boston (MA, USA)
2008 Flourishing Forms, Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Art Gallery X (Tokyo, Japan)
SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier Festival Hall (Chicago, USA)
2006 The Inner Child, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (Aichi, Japan)
Awards
2015 Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award (Encouragement Prize)
Takashimaya Art Prize
2014 Kyoto City Art Newcomer Prize
2008 Kyoto Craft Art Association Exhibition – 30th Anniversary Prize
Public Collections
The National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo, Japan)
The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki (Ibaraki, Japan)
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (Aichi, Japan)
Takashimaya Archives (Osaka, Japan)
The Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo (Kanazawa, Japan)
ISE Cultural Foundation (Tokyo, Japan)
Minneapolis Institute of Art (MN, USA)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MA, USA)
Musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet (Paris, France)
Philadelphia Museum of Art (PA, USA)
Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK)
Commissioned Works
The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)
JAL Diamond Premier Lounge, Itami Airport (Osaka, Japan)