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Born in Tokyo, Japan
Resides in Seattle, WA since 1993
EDUCATION
1993-2000 Pilchuck Glass School summer sessions, Stanwood, WA
1991-1992 Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kanagawa
1984-1987 BFA in Painting, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Solo Exhibit, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA (forthcoming)
2012 Tracing the Light (workng title), Waterhouse & Dodd, New York, NY (forthcoming)
Trace, TASTE at Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2011 Pyrograph & Aquagraph, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
NACHI - between the eternal and the ephemeral, University of Wyoming Art Museum,
curated by Susan Moldenhauer, Laramie, WY
2009 Glass Pyrographs, Randall Scott Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Moment/Memory, Function+Art, Chicago, IL
Pyrograph, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Trace, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington D.C.
2008-2009 Traces of the Molten State, Bellevue Arts Museum, curated by Stefano Catalani, Bellevue, WA
2008 Ephemeral Eternal, Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2007 Fluid Moment, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2006 breath-memory, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Funiki: Floating Feelings, Viveza Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 Shadow Installation, Kirkland Arts Center Gallery, Kirkland, WA
Kokoro, In-Between, Gallery Mohri, Tokyo
Kokoro In-Between, ArtStage, Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Elles: Featuring Northwest Women Artists, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
Spring Exhibition, D’ART Gallery, Hong Kong
2011 Seattle as Collector, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Bloom & Collapse, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Winter Haiku, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Elusive Elements, curated by Kathleen Moles, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Visions of Eternity, PressItOn Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Abstracted Remains, Tarryn Teresa Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
West Coast Drawings, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 The East and The East, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Postcards From the Edge, James Cohan Gallery, New York City
Mark, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington D.C.
START, PRISM Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL
2006 Contemporary Sculpture, Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, WA
Hardline Organics, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 Raw & Refined, curated by Jess Van Nostrand, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
SELECTED AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2012 Individual Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA (also in 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005)
2011 Nominated for The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, New York, NY
Nominated for Freedom to Create Prize, Singapore
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, NY
(for a solo exhibit NACHI at University of Wyoming Art Museum)
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington DC
(for a solo exhibit NACHI at University of Wyoming Art Museum)
CityArtist Projects Grant, City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA (also in 2008)
New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2009 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
Americans for the Arts Funding, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
2008 Grants for Artist Projects, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
Media Literacy Scholarships, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Special Projects Grant, Bellevue Arts Commission, Bellevue, WA
Visiting Artist, Hot Shop at Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA (also in 2005, 2004)
Jon and Mary Shirley Glass Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
EDGE Professional Development Program Scholarship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2002 Visiting Artist, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, WA
George Tsutakawa Memorial Scholarship in Sculpture, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
RESIDENCIES
2011 John H. Hauberg Fellowship Residency, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Visiting Artist Program, University of Wyoming, Art, Dance, and Theatre Departments, Laramie, WY
2009 Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY
2003 PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Program, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA (also in 2002)
SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Washington State Public Arts Commission
King County Portable Art Collection
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington
Seattle City Light
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Microsoft
Sumitomo Corporation of America
Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong
Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo
Hyatt Regency, Hawaii
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Frederickson Elementary School, Puyallup, WA
Covington Middle School, Vancouver, WA
PRIVATE COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
In various countries including United States, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Netherlands, Sweden, Australia
SELECTED PERFORMANCE AND THEATRE PROJECTS
2010 FIREBIRD, Glass and Dance Performance, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2006-2007 Cuckoo Crow, for Degenerate Art Ensemble, The Moore Theatre and Bagley Wright Theatre,
Seattle, WA, and REDCAT, CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED LECTURES AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
2012 Lecture & Live Demonstration, Calty Design Research / Toyota Design Studio, Newport Beach, CA
Lecture, Gensler, (architecture firm), Seattle, WA
Lecture, CollinsWoerman (architecture firm), Seattle, WA
2011 Lecture, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
Lecture, Cornish Collage of Art, Seattle, WA
Lecture, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2009 Live Demonstration, Chicago Hot Glass, Chicago, IL
Panelist, Grants for Artist Projects, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
Lecture, Mithun, (architecture firm), Seattle, WA
2008 Lecture, DigiPen Institute, Redmond, WA
Lecture, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Guest Speaker, Art Table, Seattle, WA
2007 Panelist, Public Art Programs for City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
2005-2009 Member, SOIL Artists Collective, Seattle, WA
Lecture, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Juror, Scholarship submissions for Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2004 Lecture, North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA
1995-2003 Exhibitions and Projects Coordinator for Asia for Dale Chihuly, Chihuly Studio, Seattle, WA
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