2002 BA, Art Education, Okayama University, JAPAN 1979 Born in Okayama,JAPAN
2009-Present Chugoku Design College Part-time teacher 2014-Present Niwase Pottery School Instructor
High Lights
Solo Exhibition
2020 Sans quoi / Okayama(’18, ’16, ’14, ’12, ’10, ’08, ’06) AREA Gallery/ Hiroshima(’18, ’16, ’14, ’12)
2014 Gyallery YUMETAMAGO/ Miyazaki(’12)
2013 NAHA City Tuboya Pottery Museum/ Okinawa 2006 Shinkeien/ Okayama
Group Exhibition
2020 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale / New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum ・ New Taipei (TAIWAN) Connection – International ceramic cultural exchange exhibition / Hong Kong cultural center・Kowloon
(HONG KONG)
2019 Surprise -Transcendental World – / SETOUCHI City Museum ・SETOUCHI (JAPAN)
Toh-ISM from JAPAN / Sara Japanese Pottery・NEW YORK(USA)
2018 Live with clay / BIZEN City Bizen Pottery Museum ・OKAYAMA(JAPAN)
2017 GYEONGGI International Ceramic Biennale/ ICHEON World Ceramic Center・ICHEON(REPUBLIC OF KOREA)
2017 KANAZAWA International Kogei Triennale/ KANAZAWA 21st Museum・ISHIKAWA(JAPAN) 2013 FUKUYAMA Art Walk/ FUKUYAMA Cultural Area・HIROSHIMA(JAPAN)
2008 Inedible Art/ KEIKO Gallery・BOSTON(USA)
2007 JAPAN KOREA Young Ceramic Artists Exchange Exhibition/ Gallery G・HIROSHIMA(JAPAN)
Award
2021 The Third Prize / FRANZ Rising Star Future Prize
2020 Gold Prize / Taiwan International Ceramics Competition
2017 Bronze Prize / GYEONGGI International Ceramic Competition
Public Collection
Korea Ceramic Foundation (South Korea)
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum (Taiwan) FRANZ Collection (Taiwan)
Statement
Pottery is fragile. But that makes it beautiful.
One of the pottery’s features is that no matter how hard the material appears, it is breakable. Focusing on this, I have made a ceramic piece which seems like it could be broken with just a touch.
