Born in Shizuoka, Japan, 1981.
Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.
Education
2014 Ph.D., Tokyo University of the Arts, Textile Arts.
2010 M.A., Tokyo University of the Arts, Textile Arts.
2008 M.A., Chelsea College of arts and design, Textile Design, Exchange Student Program.
2006 B.A., Tokyo University of the Arts, Textile Arts.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 "DRIFTING" SOKYOATSUMI (Tokyo, Japan)
2023 "Toru Ishii" Frederick Harris Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2020 "TODAY" GINZA SIX (Tokyo, Japan)
"Collage and Staining" COURTYARD HIROO (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 "Metropolitan Moment" Sokyo Gallery (Kyoto, Japan)
Sanshin Gallery Zen (Shizuoka, Japan)
"Bijinga" Fizrovia Gallery (London, UK)
2014 "Metropolitan Moment" Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation (London, UK)
2012 "Contemporary Life" Ise Cultural Foundation Front Space Gallery (New York, U.S.A.)
2011 "Project N46" Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2010 "Metropolitan Moment" MIZUMA ACTION (Tokyo, Japan)
2007 unseal contemporary (Tokyo, Japan)
2006 Daikanyama Address Dixsept (Tokyo, Japan)
Group Exhibitions
2024 "1924-2024 FRAGILE" Sapporo International Art Festival, Hokkaido Modern Art Museum (Hokkaido, Japan)
2023 “Japan:Myths to Manga” Young Victoa and Albert Museum (London, UK)
"8144" Sokyo Annex (Kyoto, Japan)
"8144" OIL by Bijutsu Techo Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
“GROUP EXHIBITION” Roinin Gallery (New York, U.S.A.)
“KUROOBIANACONDA” AISHONANZUKA (HK)
2022 "BEING AND TIME" Powerlong Art Center (Shanghai, China)
"Koishikei" Sokyo Gallery (Kyoto, Japan)
"THE WAY" IAM CONTEMPORARY Gallery, Valleta (Malta. Italy)
2021 "LUCKY CHARM" Hoxton Arches Gallery (London, UK)
"YOUNG DREAMS2 AOUT GALLERY, (Beruit, Lebanon)
"KUROBIANAKONDA" TEZUKAYAMA Gallery (Osaka, Japan)
2020 "KUROOBIANACONDA" GINZA SIX (Tokyo, Japan)
2019 "PERMANENT EXHIBITION" Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK)
"ASSORTED CHOCOLATES" ANA Ineter Continental Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
"KUROOBIANACONDA" GINZA SIX (Tokyo, Japan)
"Perspectives" INTERMEDIATHEQUE (Tokyo, Japan)
"Perspectives" The University Museum, The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 "Trans National Tokyo" Valleta (Malta, Italy)
"TOUCH" Atelier Brancs Manteaux (Paris, France)
"Artist Social Re Production" KCUA Gallery (Kyoto, Japan)
2017 "WORLDS KOGEI 100" Toyama Prefecture Museum (Toyama, Japan)
"LIGHT SGRAFFITO" Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK)
"IMAYO" The Shoto Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
"TRANS NATIONAL" IAM CONTEMPORARY Gallery, Valleta (Malta, Itay)
2016 "IMAYO" Honolulu Museum of Art (Hawaii, U.S.A.)
"IMAYO" University of Hawaii (Hawaii, U.S.A.)
"NEO NIPPONICA" Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK)
2014 "KIZASHI" POLA MUSEUM ANNEX (Tokyo, Japan)
"Kiss the heart #3" Mistukoshi Isetan (Tokyo, Japan)
"GOODBYE TARADITIONS!" MICHEKO GALERIE (Munich, Germany)
"Impacts! Japan Art Festival" Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe (New Mexico, U.S.A.)
2013 "EDO POP" Japan Society Gallery (New York, U.S.A.)
"Weird World" ISE Cultural Foundation Gallery (New York, U.S.A.)
"Look East! 2" Mizuma Gallery (Singapore)
2012 "emptiness" Koki Arts Gallery (Tokyo)
2011 "Tradition and Modernity" The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo, Japan)
2007 "The 8th Spiral Independent Creators Festival" Spiral (Tokyo, Japan)
Public Collection
Tokyo University of the Arts Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK)
Morikami Museum, Delray Beach (FL, U.S.A.)
Awards/Grants
2016 Nomura Foundation Grant, Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program Grant
2015 Oversea Programme, Agency for Cultural Affair, Government of Japan
2014 Asahi Shinbun Foundation, Asahi Newspaper
2013 Doctoral Program Final Exhibition, Nomura Art Prize,
2011 Nomura Foundation Grant, Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program Grant
2011 Ise Cultural Foundation Exhibition, David Solo Award
2011 Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Grant
Commission Work
Starbucks Coffee Japan
Bain Capital Japan
Fujitsu Ltd.