[BIOGRAPHY]

1956  

Born in Toyama,Japan
1980 Graduated from Kanazawa University of Arts and Crafts
2000 Received the 11th Takashimaya Art Award,Takashimaya Cultural Foundation

[SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS]
2007 "Collect",Victoria & Albert Museum / London,U.K.
2006 "Collect",Victoria & Albert Museum / London,U.K.
2003 "Twist in Japan",Musee des Beaux de Nancy / Nancy,France
"21 Artists Each from America,Europe and Asia",21Century Museum of Contemporary Art
/ Kanazawa,Japan
2002 "Hands On",Philadelphia Museum of Arts / Philadelphia,U.S.A.
2000 "Utsuwa",The National Museum of Modern Art /Tokyo,Japan
1998 "Contemporary Japanese Crafts",National Museum / Copenhagen,Denmark
1995 "Japanese Studio Crafts",Victoria & Albert Museum / London,U.K.
"Guest of Japan",Museum fur Kunst and Gewerbe/Hanburg,Gerrman

[PUBLIC COLLECTIONS]

 Victoria & Albert Museum , London , U.K.
 National Museum of Modern Art ,Tokyo,Japan
 Philadelphia Museum of Art ,Philadelpia , U.S.A.
 Birmingham Museam and Art Gallery , Birmingham,U.K.
 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa,Japan
 Takaoka City Museum,Takaoka,Japan
 The Japan Foundation,Tokyo,Japan
 Musee Tomo,Tokyo,Japan



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