Born in 1986, Osaka, Japan
Lives and works in Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
EDUCATION
2015 Master of Fine Arts, (Ceramics) Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, (Ceramics) Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
2009 Bachelor of Arts, (Ethics) Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
ART PROJECTS & PUBLICATION
2023.10
Publication: ‘echoing echoes 「観る」手引き‘ with Yumu KUMADA (planner, editor, designer)
2023.10
Publication: ‘砂礫 GRAVA‘ (planner, writer, editor)
Granted by Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation 2022
2022.8
Publication: ‘ 翻訳するディスタンシング Translating the Distance ‘ (planner, editor)
Granted by Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation 2021
2021.12 – 2022.12
‘包む Tsutsumu / Wrapping‘ (creation project)
Granted by The Backers Foundation and AIT Residence Program (The BAR vol.13)
2020 – 2021
ALLNIGHT HAPS 2020 ‘ 翻訳するディスタンシング Translating the Distance ‘, HAPS, Kyoto, Japan
(Program Facilitator of the exhibition series about art and translation with five Japanese artists.)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023.10-11 ‘入れ子-露光- echoing echoes‘ (two artists show with Yumu KUMADA), Momoshiki, Nara, Japan
2023.8 ‘地のレ CHI (on) LE‘ (solo show) NIHA gallery, Kyoto, Japan
(Granted by Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation 2022)
2022.12 Reciprocal units within Art and Urbanism (RAU) 2022 (Group Exhibition), Yamamoto Apartment / Cinema Jack & Betty, Yokohama, Japan
2020.6-2021.3 ‘Translating the Distance‘ (group show), HAPS, Kyoto, Japan
2020.5-10 ’18+9 Correspondences with Can Bancells’ (solo show), Gallery Yu-Ei, Osaka, Japan
2019.11-12 ‘Asuka Art Village Exhibition’ (group show), Asuka-ni-Imasu Shrine, Nara, Japan
2019.11-12 ‘ONCE LAUDED OBJECTS’ (group show), Tributary Projects, Canberra, Australia
2019.9-10 ‘HIT A HOLLOW’ (solo show), galleryMain, Kyoto, Japan
2018.6-7 ‘Land(e)scapes’ (group show), Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain
2017.8 ‘End of Summer’ (open studio exhibition), Portland, OR, United States
2016.10 Festival ‘AIRE’ (show and workshop), San Roque De Cumbaza, Peru
2015.9 Show in ‘La Fragua’ (residency), Belalcázar, Spain
Graduate Exhibition (group show), Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto Japan
2014.12 ‘Disposiciones mnemónicas’(Group show), Medellín, Colombia
2014 ‘Tsuranaru’ (Group show), Kyoto Ceramic Center, Kyoto, Japan
2013 Graduate Exhibition (Group show), Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
RESIDENCIES
2023 Feb – Mar ‘La Wayaka Current’, Atacama Desert, Chile
2023 Jan – Feb ‘YUI-PORT’ Artist-in-Residence Autonomous Activity Program 2023 Winter, Niigata, Japan
2019 Aug – Nov ‘Asuka Art Village’, Asuka, Japan
2018 Jul – Sep ‘Artspace’, Sydney, Australia
2018 May – Jun ‘nectar’, Cataluña, Spain
2017 Aug ‘End of Summer’, Portland, OR, United States
2016 Sep – Oct ’Sachaqa Centro De Arte’, San Roque De Cumbaza, Peru
2015 Aug – Sep ’La Fragua’, Belalcázar, Spain
2014 Oct – Dec ’Campos de Gutiérrez’, Medellín, Colombia
GRANTS / AWARDS
2022.12 Contemporary Art Resesarch Grant 2022 by Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation
2021.8 COVID-19 Emergency Grant (Contemporary Art) 2020 by Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation
2021 Granted by The Backers Foundation and AIT Residence Program (The BAR vol.13)
2018 Jury Award by Yoshihisa Tanaka, The 19th “1_WALL” Competition of Photo, Japan
2014 Encouragement Prize, Annual Exhibition of Kyoto City University of Arts 2014
2013 Mayor’s Prize, Annual Exhibition of Kyoto City University of Arts 2013
WORKSHOPS
2023.10 “Place, See and Enjoy ASUKA” workshop at Momoshiki (Asuka, Nara, Japan)
2022.10 “Wrapping with shapes and colors” workshop at enoco (Enokojima Art, Culture and Creative Center, Osaka Prefecture)
2022. 6 “Weighty Appreciation” workshop at BASE ART CAMP (workshop program run by BASE/Bank for Art Support Encounters)
2022.1 “Draw with fabrics” workshop at enoco (Enokojima Art, Culture and Creative Center, Osaka Prefecture)
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2023 Apr – Sep Part-time Lecturer, Monday Project, Faculty of Arts and Design, Kyoto Univeresity of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
(2019, 2021, 2022)
2021 Oct – 2022 Sep Program Facilitator, BASE ART CAMP (workshop program series), Kyoto, Japan
2019 Feb – 2021 Apr Assistant Curator, Kyoto Ceramic Art Association Official Shop and Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2015 Mar – 2017 Aug Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
2013 Apr – 2014 Mar Part-time Lecturer (crafts), Kyoto Prefectural Nishi Otokuni High School, Kyoto, Japan |