BIOGRAPHY

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1976
• Born in Japan

1999-2002
• Chelsea College of Art, London, UK
• Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
• Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA

2007
• Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY (two-person exhibition with Alex Hubbard)
XXX:Trilogy, Dicksmith Gallery, London, UK

2006
Portrait of M, ZINGERpresents, Tilburg, The Netherlands
• Annet Gelink Gallery/The Bakery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2005
• Mary Mary, Glasgow, Scotland
• Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jap, Window Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2004
Powerlessly Hardcore, Dicksmith Gallery, London

2003
• Video Art Screening Tokyo Vol.2 - A Very Veautiful Woman, The Glasshouse, Tokyo


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Rehab—A project by Ben Laloua / Didier Pascal with Meiro Koizumi and Christian Jankowski, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2007
Tussle in Shorthand, Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA
Idiot Joy Showland, IFC, New York, NY

2006
War and Nature, Virgile de Voldere Gallery, New York
Galleries Show, Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium
Work, Kunstfort, Vijfhuizen, The Netherlands
Sexy Politics, Alpha M project 2005 / vol8, Art Space Kimura ASK?, Tokyo, Japan

2005
Panorama, Impakt Festival 2005, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Hotspots, Essl Collection, Vienna, Austria
Video Art Screening Tokyo Vol. 4—Dreaming bodies, Asahi Art Squre, Tokyo, Japan
videoDictionary, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Relocated Identities/ Part I Overexposure, Public Space with a Roof, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2004
No Pre / No Con, Galeria Moriarty, Madrid, Spain
Video Art Screening Tokyo Vol. 3—Paradise Views, Tokyo International Forum Hall D1,Tokyo, Japan
Move on Asia, SBS 1st Floor Atrium, Seoul Mediarena, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand
Out the Window, Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo, Japan and Project Space Zip, Seoul, Japan

2003
Group VS Show, The Dicksmith Gallery, London Please Don't Make Me Cry, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK

2002
New Contemporaries 2002, Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool, Barbican Centre, London, UK
As Isn't, 3300M Street, Washington,DC

2001
Beck's Futures 2 Student Film and Video Award, ICA, London, UK and Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Goo Goo, Hothaus, London , UK


AWARDS

2005-2006
• Residency at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten / Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2003
• Residency at Arcus Project, Ibaraki, Japan

2001
• Beck's Futures 2, Student Film and Video Award - 1st Prize