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Born in Tokyo, Japan, 1978.
Lives and works in Hong Kong.
EDUCATION:
2014
Master of Arts, Art History and Curatorship Program with Honours,
Australian National University, Australia.
2004
Master of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, USA.
2001
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Joshibi University of Art and Design, Japan.
SOLO EXHIBITION:
2003
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, US.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021
"Make Arts Happen in Mama's Lives," Central Public Library, Singapore.
2005
“Ghost of Little Boy,” National Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco, US.
“Threshold,” Merced Cultural Center, Merced, US.
“Diorama,” Mission 17, San Francisco, US.
“Accumulated Allusions,“ San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, US.
“Some Thing-out of nothing,” Root Division, San Francisco, US.
2004
“Issho / Together: Japanese American/Japanese National Artists in America 1941-present,” Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, US.
“APAture,” Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, US.
“Elevation,” Mission 17, San Francisco, US.
“San Francisco Art Institute-Master of Fine Arts Exhibition,” Fort Mason, San Francisco, US.
“New California Masters,” Works/ San Jose, US.
“Close Calls,” Headlands Center for the Arts, Headlands, US.
“Labyrinth,” Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, US.
2003
“The Murphy’s Fellowship Award Exhibition,” San Francisco Art commissions Gallery, San Francisco, US.
“Third Street Inside/Out,” Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, US.
“Gene Carnival,” Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, US.
“Continuing MFA Show,” Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, US.
2001
“Printmaking Graduate Show,” Seira Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
“Five Art University Exhibition,” Machida International Print Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
“Metaphor of the Body,” Pepper’s Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
COLLECTION:
Joshibi University of Art and Design, Japan.
AWARDS:
2021
Best Acrylic Award, PleinAir Salon, August competition, US.
2003
Jack and Gertrude Murphy Fine Arts Fellowship, San Francisco Foundation.
2001
Purchase Award, Joshibi University of Art and Design, Kanagawa, Japan.
SCHOLARSHIP:
2012
Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship, Australia Awards Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships, Australia.
NOMINATION:
2004
Headlands Center for the Arts, Graduate Artist Studio Awards, Sausalito, US.
MEMBERSHIP:
2015
Golden Key International Honour Society, Australian National University, Australia.
PRESS:
2024
“Bringing Nature Indoors,” Expat Living Singapore, Issue 268, p.36, November 2024.
2021
"Best of Category Awards," PleinAir Magazine, Volume 11 Issue 6, p.71, December 2021-January 2022.
"Appreciating Ato (Art)," Mama on Palette, https://www.mamaonpalette.com/blog/appreciating-ato-art in July.
"This March holidays, cultivate creativity with your children through art," The Pride, http://pride.kindness.sg/march-holidays-creativity-children-art/, March.
2005
Bee Cool-San Pablo News, June-July.
Hokubei Mainichi, June.
Artweek, June.
2004
Kearny Street Workshop Newsletter Fall, US.
2003
Artweek, US, October.
ARTIST TALK:
2021
"Every Mother Is A True Artist," organized by Mama On Palette, National Public Library, May 8, Singapore.