Besides etchings, I also create paintings and objects.
method mainly one plate multicolored etching(one-time printing)
Every day,
I try to find lovely shapes
which are quiet , sparkling, deep and strong.
They might be the shining shapes of time.
Like prayer,
everyone keeps them deep in their hearts.
Like the power
of trees and flowers which heal us.
I would like create works which instill tranquility
and provokes an inner smile.
And I hope
my works will communicate with viewers
instead of me.
| Born in Kanagawa | |
| Graduated from Musashino Art University , department of Painting | |
| affrication | Japan Artists Association |
| public collections | Sakima Art Museum (okinawa/Japan) |
| Kanuma Municipal Art Museum of Kawakami Sumio (Tochigi/Japan) | |
| Setagaya Art Museum (Tokyo/Japan) | |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia) | |
| Vilnius Art Museum (Lithuania) | |
| Novosibirsk State Art Museum (Russia) | |
| The National Art Museum of Cluji (Romania) | |
| The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art (Israel) | |
| selected exhibitions&awards | |
| 1990-2014 | Exhibition of Japan Print Association (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum/Japan) |
| 1990 | 4th International Print Biennial (Taipei/Taiwan) |
| 1991 | Japanese Figurative Prints Exhibition (prize) (Tokyo/Japan) |
| 2nd CWAJ Traveling Show (Australia) | |
| 1992 | 5th International Print Biennial (Taipei/Taiwan) |
| 1994 | Focus on Paper (Belgium) |
| Solo show （Gallery 40/Belgium) | |
| 1995 | 63rd Exhibition of Japan Print Assosiation (prize) (Tokyo/Japan) |
| Contemporary Japanese Print Exhibition (Vilnius/Lithania) | |
| 29th Contemporary Art Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum/Japan) | |
| 1996 | 2nd Exhibition of Small Prints (prize) (Vilnius/Lithania) |
| Miyako Print Grand Prix Competition (prize) (Osaka/Japan) | |
| 1997 | International Printmaking Cooperatives (Edomomtom/Canada) |
| Cracow International Print Triennial (Poland) | |
| 1st International Small Mini Print Biennial (prize) Cluji/Romania) | |
| 1998 | 11th Tallinn International Print Triennial (Estonia) |
| Eastern Approaches (UK) | |
| 1999 | 5th International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts (Gyor/Hungary) |
| 2000 | International Mini Print Exhibition (UK) |
| 2001 | 12th Tallinn Print Triennial (Estonia) |
| 2002 | Contemporary Japanese Prints Exhibition (Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art/Israel) |
| 2003 | International Print Triennial (prize) (Chamalieres/France) |
| 2005 | Exhibition of 8artists (The Tolman Collection/Japan) |
| 6th Kochi International Triennial (Japan) | |
| International Experimental Engraving Biennial (Romania) | |
| 2008 | 4th Yamamoto Kanae Print Grand Prix Competition (prize) (Nagano/Japan) |
| 2011 | Splitgraphic International Graphic Art Biennial (Invited) (Croatia) |
| 12th Tallinn Print Triennial (Estonia) | |
| 2012 | International Triennial of Contemporary Graphic Art in Novosibirsk (Russia) |
| 2015 | Contemporary Japanese Printmaking Art (Dubrovnik Museum of Modern Art/Croatia) |
| 2016 | Splitgraphic International Graphic Art Biennial (Invited) (Croatia) |
| Tribuna Graphic 2016 Japanese Graphic Art Exhibition (Cluji/Romania) | |
| The Tolman Collection, Tokyo Color-Color-C0lor (Japan) | |
| 2017 | 19th International Print Biennial Varna 2017 (Varna City Art Gallery/Bulgaria) |
| Contemporary Japanese Printmaking Art 50 Artists (Croatia) | |
| 2020 | the Print Collection Tokyo Hyakkei, 100 Views of Tokyo (Setagaya Art Museum/Japan) |
| 2021 | 10th Splitgraphic International Graphic Art Biennial (invited) (Croatia) |