b. 1969 Japan
Education
1999
Graduated from Tama University of Arts Graduate school, Master of fine Arts (Tokyo)
1997
Completed studies as a research student at Tama University of Arts (Tokyo)
1996
Graduated from Tama University of Arts (Tokyo)
Exhibition
2018
Month of the Artist Culture House Korundi (Rovaniemi, Finland)
SPECTRUM -Colour- Light- SÄRESTÖNIEMI-MUSEO (Kaukonen, Finland)
2017
SPECTRUM-polar- Galleria Napa & Musta Napa (Rovaniemi, Finland)
2016
SPECTRUM -Colour- Light- Galleria Huuto (Helsinki, Finland)
SPECTRUM -Polar Light- Gallery Musta Napa (Rovaniemi, Finland)
Valo Kiikartorni (Rauma, Finland)
2015
SPECTRUM -Outer space- UTAS Academy gallery (Tasmania, Australia) (2013)
SPECTRUM -Colour-Light- Nahkuri (Kärsämäki, Finland)
2014
SPECTRUM -Polar Lyset- Vadsø Kunstforening (Vadsø, Norway)
SPECTRUM-Going to Catch Rainbows- ABN Centre (Vernon, Canada)
SPECTRUM – Litróf heimskautsljós- Deiglan Gallery (Akureyri, Iceland) (2008)
2013
SPECTRUM -The Ocean- Vancouver Art centre (Albany, Australia)
SPECTRUM –The Pixel Town- Point B (NYC, USA)
2012
To the sky where northern lights are dancing Rafu Gallery (Saitama, Japan)
2011
Colour-Light Gendai Hights Gallery Den (Tokyo, Japan) (2008, 2004)
2009
Colour-Light Upernavik Museum (Upernavik, Greenland)
Colour-Light The Banff Centre, The Other Gallery (Alberta, Canada) (2002)
2005
Colour-Light TOKI Art Space (Tokyo, Japan)
Group Exhibition
2018
POHJOISTUULI Galleria Valo, Arktikum (Rovaniemi, Finland)
LUONNOLLISESTI – NATURALLY Anu Pentik Galleria (Posio, Finland)
Echos from the North Kakslauttanen Art Gallery (Saariselkä, Finland)
2016
Phenomena Paramatta Lanes Parramatta Artists Studios galley (Parramatta, Australia)
2015
“18 x 8: From Point A to Point B and back again…” Point B (NYC, USA)
2012
Lumière (Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada)
2010
Porin Juhlaviikot 3H + K Gallery (Pori, Finland)
2008
Great Northern Art festival (Inuvik, Canada)
Kyobashi 3.3.8 Exhibition Ai Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2007
「Optical Nature」Gallery Visions (Tokyo) Galerie Kritiku (Prague)(2006)
「Polar Night Light」 (Kemijärvi, Finland)
「Individuals」Kawasaki Citizen Museum (Kanagawa, Japan)
2006
EchigoTsumari Art Triennale 2006 (Niigata, Japan)
Made in Kawasaki Contemporary Art Award Exhibition, Kawasaki Citizen
Museum (Kanagawa, Japan)
2005
Art life FORUM ART SHOP(Tokyo), Za Gallery (Tokyo)
2004
「GLOW」CAC Gallery (Nevada, USA)
2002
13th Anniversary of Montreal Massacre (Studio XX, Banff Centre, Canada)
Award & Scholarship
Residency
2017
Residency Grant The Arctic Circle (International Territory of Svalbard)
Residency Grant Ars Bioarctica (Kilpisjärvi, Finland)
2016
Residency Grant RaumArts (Rauma, Finland)
2015
Residency Grant University of Tasmania (Tasmania, Australia, 2013)
Residency Grant Parramatta Artists Studios (Parramatta, Australia)
2014
Residency Grant Light in Varanger (Vadsø, Norway)
Work stipend and Residency Grant Caetani Culture Centre (Vernon, Canada)
2013
Residency Grant Agder Kunst Center (Kristiansand, Norway)
Residency Grant Point B (NYC, USA)
2012
Work stipend Cape Breton University (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Residency Grant Hafnarborg (Hafnarfjör.ur, Iceland)
2010
Work stipend and Residency Grant Aalto University Art and Design (Pori, Finland)
2009
Thematic Residency Grant and Scholarship The Banff Centre for the Arts
(Banff, Canada, 2002)
Residency Grant Upernavik Museum (Upernavik, Greenland)
Residency Grant SIM (Reykjavik, Iceland)
2008
Great Northern Art Festival Travel stipend (Inuvik, Canada)
Residency Grant Ted&Harrison Artist Retreat (Yukon, Canada)
Can Serrat Artists Residency, awarded support stipend (Spain)
2006
Asahi Newspaper Cultural Foundation Scholarship, Asahi Newspaper
Cultural Foundation (Japan)
Made in Kawasaki Contemporary Art Award Judge Prize (Kawasaki, Kanagawa)
Residency Grant Klondike Institute of Arts & Culture (Yukon, Canada)
2004
Residency Grant and Work shop stipend Est-Nord-Est (Quebec, Canada)
Lecture and Artist’s talk
2017
Lady Antigua ship (International Territory of Svalbard)
2016
Works at Artist in residencies (Muriwai, NewZealand)
2015
Works at Artist in residencies University of Tasmania (Tasmania, Australia)
2014
Allan Brooks Nature Centre (Vernon, Canada)
Ketilhúsinu (Akureyri, Iceland)
2012
Rafu Gallery (Saitama, Japan)
2013
University of Tasmania (Tasmania, Australia)
Vancouver Art Centre (Albany, Australia)
2011
KUNSTNARHUSET MESSEN (Alvik, Norway)
Vilnius Academy of Arts (Nida Art Colony) (Nida, Lithuania)
2010
Aalto University (Pori, Finland)
2008
Akureyri Colledge (Akureyri, Iceland)
2007
Gallery Baku (Fukuoka, Japan)
2006
Macaulay Residence (Yukon, Canada)
2003
TOKI art space (Tokyo, Japan)
Workshop
2017
Taide yö (Rovaniemi, Finland, 2016)
2008
Great Northern Art Festival (Inuvik, Canada)
2005
Echigo Tsumari Summer 10days (Niigata, Japan)
2004
Est-Nord-Est (Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, Canada)