Curriculum Vitae

1961
Born in Miyagi, Japan

1997-1999   
MA Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery, Royal College of Art, London

1994-1997   
BA Silversmithing & Metalwork, Camberwell College of Art, London

1998  
MA Design, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan

1986   
BA Industrial, Interior & Craft Design, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan


Solo Exhibitions          

2004   
Studio 925, Schoonhoven, The Netherlands
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

2003   
'Stasis in Motion', Lesley Craze Gallery, London

1992   
'Mirage', Kochi Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
'Labyrinth-2', Ginza Komatsu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan

1991   
'Metamorphosis', Maki Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1990   
'Illusion-Kaze', Tamura Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
'Labyrinth', Gallery NW House, Tokyo, Japan


Professional

Past:    
Contract designer at Dansk International Design Ltd, New York (July 2000 – Jan 2001)
Visiting lecturer at Musashino Art University, Tokyo (Aug – Sep 1996)
Assistant on the Metalwork & Jewellery course at Musashino Art University, Tokyo (April 1988 - March 1993)                  
Sculptor (April 1988 – March 1993)
Current:
Silversmith



Art Awards

Schoonhoven Silver Award, The Netherlands (2009)
The Barvarian State Prize, Winner, Germany (2006)
The Jerwood Applied Arts Prize 2005: Metal , Shortlist , UK (2005)
Chongju international Craft Competition, Grand Prize, South Korea (1999)
P&O Makower’s Trust Commission for Victoria and Albert Museum, Winner, UK (1999)
Goldsmiths’ Crafts Council Awards, Commendation, UK (1999)
New Ashgate Gallery Awards, First Prize, UK (1998)
Kohdo Sculpture Competition, Honorable Mentions, Japan (1988 and 1989)
Musashino Art University graduation awards,  Winner, Japan (1986)


Public Collections

Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, UK (2004)
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (2000)
Bristol Museum, Bristol, UK (2005)
Chongju City Art Hall, Chongju, South Korea (1999)
Farmleigh, (State Art Collection), Dublin, Ireland (2005)
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK (2006)
Freeman College, Sheffield, UK (2006)
Liverpool Museum, Liverpool, UK (2005)
Musees Mandet, Riom, France (2005)
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA (2005)
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK (2004 & 2006)
New College, Oxford, UK (2003)
P&O Makower Trust, UK (Loan for V&A and Ashmolean Museum) (2000)
Rabinovitch Collection at V&A, UK (2002)
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norfolk, UK (2004)
Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, UK (1997 & 2005)
The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia (2005)
The Clothworkers’ Company, London, UK (2004)
The Crafts Council, London, UK (2002)
The London Institute, London, UK (1997)
The Millennium Museum and Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK (2006)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA (2006)
The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK (2005)
The Royal College of Art, London, UK (1999)
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London, UK (2001, 2004, 2005 & 2006)
The Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland, UK (2004)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK (1999)


Commissions

The Sheffield Assay Office, Sheffield, UK (2006), Millennium Punch Bowl Commissions
The Goldsmiths’ Company, London, UK (2005), Court Wine Cup
The Clothwokers’ Company, London, UK (2004), 3 Decorative vases
New College, Oxford, UK (2004), Finger bowl
Contemporary Art Society, London, UK (2000), 2 Decorative vases for Birmingham Museum
The Goldsmiths’ Company, London, UK (2000), 2 Decorative vases for The Modern Collections
P&O Makower Trust, Oxford, UK (1999), Decorative vase for Victoria and Albert Museum


Lectures & Master classes

Silver Conference at West Dean, Chichester, UK (2005)
West Dean College, Chichester, UK (2004)　
National Museum of Applied Arts, Oslo, Norway (2003)
P&O Makower Trust (Bishopsland), Oxford, UK (2002)
Housen Women’s College, Tokyo, Japan (2001)
Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan (2001 & 1996)
Tama Art College, Tokyo, Japan (2001)
The Surrey Institute Art & Design University College, Surrey, UK (2001)
Camberwell College of Art, London, UK (2000)