Born in 1961 in Osaka
Lives and works in Tajimi, Gifu


EDUCATIONS

1984
Kanazawa College of Arts sculpture department

1985
Tajimi Technical Higth School

SOLO SHOWS

2013
Solo show, Gallery Naufu Gifu

2012
Solo show, Gallery Space Ohara, Tajimi

2010
Solo show, Gallery Naufu, Gifu

2009
Solo show, Gallery Akasaka Inui, Tokyo

2007
Solo show, Gallery Naufu，Gifu
Solo show, Gallery Space Ohara, Tajimi

2006
Solo show, Gallery Naufu, Gifu

2004
Solo show, Gallery Hannbara Hanngakann, Mizunami
Solo show, Gallery Naufu, Gifu

1997
Solo show, Ichinose Hirota Memorial Museum, Mizunami

1996
“Contemporary Ceramics of the Tokai Area”, Love Collection Gallery, Nagoya


GROUP SHOWS

2010
“COLOR Secet Relationship Between ceramics and colors”, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu

2009
“Ceramic/Porcelain/Pottery”, Gallery Voice, Tajimi
“Treasure for the future”, Takasimaya Nihonbasi, Tokyo International Competition The 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009, Korea

2008
MINO Ceramic Exhibition, Gifu

2007
“The present of ceramic in Mino ～PartⅢ”, Gallery Voice ,Tajimi
Group show at SOFA (Sculpture objects functional art and design), Newyork and Chicago (DAI ICHI ARTS）

2006
Exposition collective, à la foire SOFA à Chicago(DAI ICHI ARTS)
Presentation and workshop, Invited by “JORNADAS INTERNACIONALES DE CERAMICA CONTEMPORAMEA” , Museo de Arquitectura y Diseno de SCA (MARQEI) and  National University of Misiones, Argentine
“Blooming Crafts”, National Craft Museum, Tokyo
“British Columbia tajimi collaborative ceramics”, Gallery of BC Ceramics, Vancouver, Canada
Presentation, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design,Vancouver, Canada

2005
“Contemporary Ceramic Art in Mino”, Tajimi City General Gymnasium, Gifu

2004
“Cool & Light： New Spirit in Craft Making", Crafts Gallery  at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

2003
“53th Faenza International Competition of Art Ceramics”, Italie
“The Now in Japanese Ceramics: Morphology of the Clay”, Takasimaya Nihonbasi, Tokyo

1998
“International Ceramic Festival in Mino’98”, Tajimi City General Gymnasium, Gifu

1997
“Contemporary Ceramics in Mino− Old Gives Rise to New”,Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto

1996
“The Expression and the Potential in Contemporary ceramics”, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto

1991
“The 2nd Ceramics Biennnale’91”, Nagoya

1987
“Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition’87”, Nagoya（1998,1990,1991,1992, 1994,1995 ）

1986
Exposition collective, Mitsukoshi Hosigaoka, Nagoya


PRIX

1994
Grand Award, “Shigaraki Ceramic Art Exhibition”, Shigaraki, Shiga

1995
Ceramics Section Grand Prize, “The 4th International Ceramics Competition’95 Mino”,Tajimi, Gifu

1994
Grand Award, “Shigaraki Ceramic Art Exhibition”, Shigaraki

1993
Choza Award, “The 21st Chozasho Ceramic Art Exhibition”,Tokoname

1988
The Maketto Special Award, “Contemporary Ceramic Sculptyre Exhibition”, Toki


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Shigaraki Industrial Exhibition Hall
Ville de Mizunami
Musée de l’art ceramic moderne, Gifu à la collection de Crafts Gallery de musée national de l’art moderne, Tokyo
Musée de l’art d’Ichinokura Sakazuki
Musée de ceramic, Tajima
The Japan Foundation
Musée de l’art ceramic international, Faenza
Victoria and Albert Museum
Monument Tajimi Station square (2010)