BIOGRAPHY
1958 Born in Izumo City, Shimane
2001 Chanoyu Formative Object (Tabe Art Museum, Shimane)
2002 Energia Art Award, Energia Foundation for Culture and Sports, Japan
International Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition,
Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Exhibited "100 Years of Contemporary Ceramics"
at Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
2003 Published a collection of works, Izumo Futo Ki (Coelance)
2005 Stayed in Italy on the 1st Kikuchi Foundation Overseas Research Grant
2006 Returned to Japan from Italy
Second Prize at the 1st Paramita Ceramic Art Exhibition Mie, Japan
Exhibited "Contemporary Tea Ceremony Pottery"
at the 1st Tomo Art Museum Grand Prize Exhibition
Exhibited at Asian Ceramic Delta: Japan, Korea and Taiwan
(Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea; Yingge Ceramics Museum,
Taiwan; Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan)
2007 Invitation to Contemporary Ceramics: Japan and Europe,
Hyogo Ceramic Art Museum, Hyogo, Japan
2008 Exhibited at COLLECT, V&A Museum, UK
Exhibited "Life & Art", Higashihiroshima City Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
Grand Prize, Chanoyu Formative Art Exhibition,
Tabe Art Museum, Shimane, Japan
SOFA Solo Exhibition, New York, U.S.A.
The Ceramic Society of Japan Award, The Ceramic Society of Japan
Tea Ceremony Pottery: The Present in Form and Design, Gallery Voice, Gifu, Japan
2009 Exhibited at COLLECT, Saatchi Art Gallery, UK
2010 The 10th 21st Century Exhibition "Creation from Tradition"
(Five Cities Art Association)
Exhibited at the 3rd Tomo Art Museum Grand Prize Exhibition
"Contemporary Tea - Freedom of Form (Chikuchi Art Museum, Tokyo)
Two Person Exhibition with Shihoko Fukumoto, Besson Gallery, UK
Exhibited at PAN, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, U.K.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
New Orleans Museum of Art, USA
Peabody Essex Museum of Art, USA
Los Angeles Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
Yale University Art Museum, USA
Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Hyogo Ceramic Art Museum, Hyogo, Japan
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Gifu Prefectural Museum of Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
Higashihiroshima City Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
Gotoh Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Tabe Art Museum, Shimane, Japan
Tokyo Sankei Building, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Asian Art, Berlin
Musée Ariana, Museum of Ceramics and Glass (The Ariana Museum), Switzerland, Geneva
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia