Born: Hiroshima, Japan
Lives: Berlin, Germany

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CONCEPT

The form of formless sounds and the sense of sounds in many languages.

I am interested in how to give forms to sounds that usually have no visible form, by replacing them with a language. In Japanese there are a lot of words to express sounds. I have been in several countries to share these interesting expressions, as well as to find different viewpoints of the sound in local languages used in daily life.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006 KURUMAGAAGAA AMEZAAZAA KIKIWASAWASA SEMIJIJIJIJIJI KAZEBYUUBYUU HITOZAWAZAWA / YebidenGallery / Hiroshima, Japan

2004 Schmetterling / Joachim Gallery / Berlin, Germany

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GROUP EXHIBITONS

2010
WE ARE THE ISLANDS / Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien / Berlin, Germany

almost the same, but not quite / 48 Stunden Neukoelln / Berlin, Germany

Last Temptation / Co-Lab. / Copenhagen, Denmark

2009
green hause and creature's caravan / City gallery project / Hiroshima, Japan

2008
Brackish Water / Area Hiroshima Art Project 2008 / Hiroshima, Japan

Show me the way! / Galerie la-condition-japonaise / Berlin, Germany

2007
though I can't see them, they are there. though I can't find them, they are there. / Co-Lb. / Copenhagen, Denmark

copenhagen alternative art fair 2007 / Fabrikken for Kunst og Design / Copenhagen, Denmark

20 Eventi / Arte Contemporanea in Sabina / Sabia, Italy

Private Garden and Public Garden / Former waste incineration plant ArtProject HIROSHIMA2007 / Hirshima, Japan

18x18 Drwawings for 20eventi / Acker Gallery / Berlin, Germany

FLAT GLAY / FungSway Gallery / Copenhagen, Denmark

OTO -Geraeusch- / ActAcker Gallery / Berlin, Germany

2005
Gift of Hiroshima / Art Crossing Hiroshima Project Winter / Braunschweig, Germany

JEANS FACTORY CONTEMPORARY ART AWARD 2005 / Kochi, Japan

2003
World's animals series / Hiroshima, Japan

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EDUCATIONS

2006-2008 Guest student of Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensse, Germany

2004 MFA, (Dep. of fine Art) Faculty of Art, Hiroshima City University, Japan

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PUBLICATIONS

2010 HIROSHIMA-CITY ART WORKS 2009/2010 / Published by Hiroshima City Culture Foundation / Hiroshima, Japan

2009 City Gallery Project / Project Catalogue / Hiroshima, Japan

2009 Papercraft -Design and Art with Paper- / Published by Gestalten / Berlin, Germany

2009 CASTLEMAGAZINE ISSUE 14 / Web-Magazine / Munich, Germany

2009 Hiroshima Art Project 2008 -Brackish Water Area- / Exhibition Catalogue / Hiroshima, Japan

2009 Tangible -High Touch Visuals- / Published by Gestalten / Berlin, Germany

2008 Former Naka Waste Incineration Plant Art Project / Exhibition Catalogue / Hiroshima, Japan

2007 20 Eventi Arte Contemporanea in Sabina / Project Catalogue / Italy and Germany

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