born in Nagoya, Japan; lives and works in Hudson Valley, NY
Education
2009 MFA in Fine Art, School of Visual Arts, New York
2005 MFA in Sculpture, The Nihon University of Art, Tokyo
2003 BFA in Sculpture, The Nihon University of Art, Tokyo
Selected Exhibitions & Film Festivals
2019 Holiday Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Film and Animation Screenings by DIY Cultures, Rich Mix London, London, UK
2017 FILMEDIO, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
2017 Where We Are, Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, NJ
2014 Wait for Red, Otherwise sink or fly, Prospect Gallery, South Australia, Australia (Solo Exhibition)
2012 CoCA Annual, curated by MK Guth, Center on Contemporary Art Georgetown Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 8th Berlin International Directors Lounge Contemporary media and film festival, Naherholung Sternchen, Berlin, Germany
2011 Dumbo Arts Festival, the Backpack Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Pärnu International Film & Video Festival, Pärnu, Estonia
2011 14th Media Art Biennale WRO 2011 Alternative Now, WRO Art Center, Warsaw, Poland
2011 7th Berlin International Directors Lounge, art house meinblau, Berlin, Germany
2010 Independent Exposure 2010, curated by Bill Plympton, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2010 Younger Than Moses :Idle Worship, curated by TS+Projects, Benrimon Contemporary, New York, NY
2010 15th Annual International Exhibition, curated by Phong Bui, SoHo 20 chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Freedom Sparks International Film and Video Festival, Visual Voice Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2010 Extremely Shorts 13 Film Festival, Houston, TX
2010 Transitions, The Pen and Brush, curated by Bina Sarkar Ellias, New York, NY
2010 Top 40, curated by Reginald Woolery and Rex Bruce, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, LA
2009 Ukrainian Art Week International Exhibition of Contemporary Arts, curated by Next Art Foundation, Kiev, Ukraine
2009 Super Heroes / Super Villains Art Show, curated by Laura Spector, Look At This Gallery, Thailand
2009 Russian Art Week 6th International Exhibition & Competition of Contemporary Arts, curated by Fedor Filkov, Moscow Museum of National Graphic Maliy Golovin pereulok, Moscow and St.Petersburg, Russia
2009 A New Currency, organized by Dan Cameron, 55 Delency street, New York, NY
2009 Hetertopia, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Publicly Personal, Westside Gallery, New York, NY
2004 The Real Fighter, Gallery J2, Tokyo, Japan (Solo Exhibition)
2004 11th Turugashima Art Festival, The Turugashima Art Center, Saitama
2003 Show Up! Exhibit Live, Tokyo, Japan (Solo Exhibition)
2002 18th Sculpture Scholarship Award Exhibision, The Nihon University Art Gallery, Toky
2002 Wonderflower? vol.2, A&D Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (Solo Exhibition)
2002 Wonderflower? vol.1, Yanaka Foundation Gallery, Tokyo (Solo Exhibition)
Awards & Residencies
2013-2014 Digital Artist in Residence, Prospect Gallery, South Australia, Australia
2012 Center on Contemporary Art Annual, Honorable mention
2010 ArtSlant, #3 Showcase competition, mixed-media category
2010 LACDA TOP 40 International Competition Winner
2009 Russian Art Week-International Exhibition, 3rd place in avant-garde paintings section
2005 Noriyoshi Sawamoto Art Award
2003 The Kitano Foundation Sculpture Scholarship Award
Publications
2014 LandEscape October Special Issue
2013 CoCA Anual Catalog, Center on Contemporary Art
2011 14th Media Art Biennale WRO 2011 Alternative Now Catalog, 292 pages, WRO Art Center
2009 Staley, William. Starved Magazine “A New Currency” Starved Magazine, Spring
2009 Levy, Beth Alison. “SVA Open Studio”, Art Slant New York, Spring
2004 20th Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition Catalog, The Kitano Foundation