1984 Born in Fukushima, Japan. Live and work in Stockholm since 2008.
Education:
2012-2013 Project program (printing) at Royal University College of Fine Art, Sweden
2010-2011 Project program (glass art) at Royal University College of Fine Art, Sweden
2008-2010 MFA Konstfack Ceramic and Glass department, Sweden
2004-2008 BFA Tama Art University in Japan Glass, Ceramic and Metal department
Solo Exhibitions:
Upcoming:
2026 April Härnörsands Konsthall, Sweden
2025 April DiEGO Omotesando, Tokyo Japan
2024 September A Passage to the Still at Ahlbergshallen, Östersund Sweden
Past:
2024 May- August Closet Forest at Kulturhuset Möbeln, Tierp Sweden
2023 November Land for the Absent at Ashiya Garo kyoto, Japan
2023 September Hope within Flux at Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm Sweden
2022 November Forest of Souls at Lights Gallery Nagoya, Nagoya Japan
2021 December Path on the Wind at Nässjö Konsthall, Nässjö Sweden
2020 March-April Clear silence, floating senses at Lights gallery Nagoya, Nagoya Japan
2019 November Ambivalent Daybreak at DIEGO Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
2018 March Mafune Gonjo Glass Art at LightsGallery, Nagoya, Japan.
2017 November Trace of Her Tears at Gallery Asiya Garo, Kyoto Japan
2017 January Room of Her Shadow at Gallery Charlotte Lund, Stockholm Sweden
2013 May Andetag av tystnad at Tyresö Slott Bistro&Salonger, Tyresö Sweden
2013 February Tension on the border, density in the air at Kaleido, Uppsala Sweden
2012 April Skuggor av tomhet at Biblioteketi Vara, Vara
2011 September A thing is not one thing at Designarkivet, Nybro
2010 July Beauty has a thorn at ShowKonstfack in Gallerian, Stockholm
Collections:
National museum, Stockholm Sweden
Museum of American Glass, New Jersey USA
Toyama Glass Museum, Toyama Japan
Suwa Garasunosato Museum, Nagano Japan
Mitsui Garden Hotell Roppongi, Tokyo Japan
Kawai Corporation Karuta, Aichi Japan
Lexus Nagaragawa VIP room, Gifu Japan
Prizes,Fellowships and residencies:
2024 Project grant from Nomura Foundation
2023 Artist grant from Härke Konstcentrum
2023 Artist grant from Konsthantverkets Vänner
2021 IASPIS/Swedish Arts Grants Committee- Working grant for two years
2021 Project grant from Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa foundation
2019 Project Grant from IASPIS/Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2018 Ester Lindahls Resestipendiet.
2017 IASPIS/Swedish Arts Grants Committee- Working grant for one year
2016 Artist in Residency at Fiskars Village, Finland
2016 Artist in Residency at SIM Reesidency, Iceland
2016 Culture Award from Stockholm city.
2016 Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant for 4 weeks residency, USA
2015 Encouragement Prize East-West Art Award Competition in Contemporary category, UK
2015 IASPIS/Swedish Arts Grants Committee -Studio Residency in Stockholm
2014 Third prize in Suwa Garasunosato Prize in East-West Art Award Competition, UK
2014 Finalist of East-West Art Award Competition in 3D category, UK
2014 Creative Glass Center of America Fellowship, USA
2010 Third prize in Stanislav Libenský Award , Czech republic
Selected group Exhibitions:
2024 June- September Fragile Fiskars Art & Design Biennale 2024 in Fiskars, Raasepori, Finland
2024 January-February I´LL JUST LRAVE IT HERE UNTIL TOMORROW duo exhibition with matt lamber at Steneby Konsthall, Sweden
2022 October Designart Tokyo at Flexform Showroom, Tokyo Japan
2022 May-September HIDDEN Fiskars Art & Design Biennale 2022 in Fiskars, Raasepori, Finland.
2020 February- September Microcosmos at Toyama Glass Museum, Toyama Japan.
2019 June Tankar I Glas at Läckö Castle, Sweden. ( Curated by National Museum of Sweden)
2018 September Toyama International Glass Prize at Toyama Glass Museum, Toyama Japan
2017 July BODY/DRESS at Notishima International Glass Museum, Ishikawa, Japan.
2017 July Smash.Hit.Repeat at Fiskars Village, Finland
2017 June- October 2018 Young Glass 2017 at Glass Museum Ebertoft Denmark, The Glass Factory Sweden, National Glass Center UK.
2016 June Nohome as a Pattern of Life at Nässjö Art Gallery, Nässjö Sweden
2016 June LOVE THE MATERIAL in Aoyama at Itochu art square, Tokyo Japan
2016 February JART6th at Williamsburg Art& Historical Center, Brooklyn USA
2016 January Two person show at Galleri Charlotte lund, Stockholm Sweden
2015 November Ma at Gallry Yamanashi, Stockholm Sweden
2015 October East-West Art Award Competition at La Galleria, London UK
2015 September Kobe Art Marche, Kobe Japan
2015 August International Glass Art Exhibition – Zwieseler Kölbl , Zwieseler Germany
2015 July Sanyoonoda Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition at Onoda Sun Park, Yamaguchi Japan
2015 March East West Artist Exchange Exhibition at KIDAILACK Art Hall, Tokyo Japan
2014 October Taos Art Glass Invitational at CopperMoon Gallery, New Mexico USA
2014 October East-West Art Award Competition at La Galleria, London UK
2014 September Slow Art at Länsmuseet Gävleborg, Sweden
2014 June Special Exhibit Fire&Water at Lakewood Art Festival, USA
2014 May Slow Art at Svenska Institutet i Paris, France
2013 September Slow Art at Falkenbergs museum, Falkenberg Sweden
2013 June Ankomst2012 at Konstnärshuset, Stockholm Sweden
2013 April-August Slow Art at Kalmar Slott, Kalmar Sweden
2012 May-2013 February Slow Art at national museum, Stockholm Sweden
2010 November glasARTat at gallery studio L2, Stockholm Sweden
2010 September Stanislav Libenský Award 2010 at Queen Anne's Summer Palace, Prague
2010 September Konstslöjdsalongen at Arkitektur museet, Stockholm Sweden
2009 October Vector at Galleri Konstfack (Collaboration),Stockholm Sweden
2007 October Kanagawa Art Exhibition at Kanagawa prefecture hall, Japan