A photographer & sculptor with a degree in Fine Arts from Bunsei University of Arts. Born in 1979 and raised in a farmstead on the outskirts of the city, he continues to live and work in Yokohama. An invitation to scale Mount Karamatsu in the Northern Alps of Japan during his late twenties – in the company of his uncle – led to a passion for further climbing and an enduring fascination with the alpine scenery. This continues to inform his work, which has transitioned into hand-crafted delicate collage techniques since 2016. To date, his ventures further afield have included artist residencies in both Gwangju and Beijing.
Award
2022 “Independent Tokyo 2022” Tagboat Special Prize
Solo exhibitions
2023 “Studio Visit” DART × Singo Francis Studios, Kamakura, Japan
2021 “Landscape of qi” AnyOne × TEA HERE, Beijing, China
2019 “you are here, so I am here” Semi-Underground Space, Beijing, China
2018 “here, there, somwhere of those” ATELIER・K ART SPACE, Yokohama, Japan
Group exhibitions
2023 “Food, Art, People and Town 2023 Autumn” Yokohama Portside District, Yokohama, Japan
“Independent Tokyo 2022 Selection” Tagboat Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2022 “Independent Tokyo 2022” Tokyo Port City Takeshiba, Tokyo, Japan
2021 “China-Japan Culture and Art Exchanfe Exhibition” , Suzhou, China
“SICF22” Spiral hall, Tokyo, Japan
2020 “Wall Street Museum” The Chain Museum x NEWoMan, Yokohama, Japan
2019 “Objects & Images” Art WeMe Contemporary Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018 “On Paper Supreme” Qindao Tiantai Art Center, Qindao, China, etc.
2017 “Some, Point” Space Ppong, Gwangju, Korea
2016-21 23 ATELIER・K ART SPACE, Yokohama, Japan
Art Fair
2024 “ART COUNCIL in AUTOMOBILE COUNCIL 2024”, Chiba, Japan
2022 “Art Fair Asia Fukuoka”, Fukuoka, Japan
“Art Nagoya 2022”, Nagoya, Japan
2021 “Beijing Contemporary Art Expo 2021”, Beijing, China
2020 “Art Gwangju 2020”, Gwangju, Korea
2018 “Intangibility, Digital, Fine art & Fair” Space Ppong, Gwangju, Korea
Artist Residencies
2019 Semi-Underground Space, Beijing, China
2017-18 Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
2017 Space Ppong, Gwangju, Korea
2015-18 Koganecho area management center, Yokohama, Japan