Born in Kanagawa, Japan. Lives and works in Ohio, U.S.A.
Currently teaches at University of Toledo.

Education

• MFA	2010	Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana)
  BA	2005	Portland State University (Portland, Oregon), Magna Cum Laude
  AA	1994	Tokoyo Gakuen Women's College (Tokyo, Japan)

Exhibitions/Performances (* Solo/Curated Shows)

2011

• 26th Tallahassee International - International Juried Exhibition
  Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL
• Inside Outside - National Juried Exhibition
  The GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading PA
• ViewPoints – 2011 National Juried Exhibition
  Aljira: a Contemporary Center for Art, Newark NJ
• Three-Person Show - Juried Exhibition
  Parkwood Gallery-Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo OH
• Faculty Exhibition: Light and Landscape
  Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, University of Toledo, Toledo OH

2010

• Warp
  The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
• MFA Thesis Exhibition *
  SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
• The Smile Without The Cat – University of New Hampshire Art Invitational
  Paul Creative Arts Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH
• MFA Area Show
  SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN

2009

• Oversea Program Photography Show
  SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
• Outlook - Portland State University Juried Alumni Exhibition
  Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland OR
• Portrait
  Japan institute of Photography and Film, Osaka Japan
• Water
  Osaka Maritime Museum, Osaka Japan
• Kyoto
  Diamond Society Hotel, Kyoto Japan
• Ink Signal (visual art and poetry collaboration) *
  Asian Culture Center at Indiana University, Bloomington IN
• Emersion
  The Visual Communication Quarterly, Analogue Interactivity Exhibition at CAA conference, Los Angeles, CA
• MFA Area Show
  SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN

2008

• Cross Section
  Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
• Flip a Bird
  Lunar Boy Gallery, Astoria, OR
• Hair of a Dog
  Bamboo Grove Salon Gallery, Portland, OR

2007

• PDX Panels
  Portland Art Center Gallery, Portland, OR
• Cash and Carry
  The Life, Portland, OR
• 5x5
  Bamboo Grove Salon Gallery, Portland, OR
• A Day of the Dead
  Lunar Boy Gallery, Astoria, OR
• Be Blue Sky
  Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
• Seismic Linguistics *
  Bamboo Grove Salon Gallery, Portland, OR
• Indecipherable *
  US Bank, Portland, OR
• All Oregon Annual
  Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR
• Calligraphy series *
  Mini-Gallery at Utrecht, Portland, OR

2006

• Edge of Square *
  Utrecht, Portland, OR
• Emersion
  Art Institute of Portland Gallery, Portland, OR

2005

• Art in Italy
  MK Gallery, Portland, OR
• Memoir *
  Arcuate Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• Kitchen
  Pachini, Portland, OR
• Drawing Club
  MK Gallery, Portland, OR

2004

• Draw-ism Portraits (performance) *
  The Park Blocks, Portland, OR
• Dynamo *
  Urban Grind, Portland, OR
• Department Scholarship Exhibition
  MK Gallery, PSU, Portland, OR
• Student Exhibition
  Portland Community College, Portland, OR

Awards

2010

• Diversity Fellows Program, National Fellowship Recipient (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
• Nomination for Joan Mitchell Foundation Scholarship
• Grant-in-Aid Master's of Fine Arts Project Award (Indiana University)
• International Enhancement Grant, Office of the Vice President for International Affairs (Indiana University)

2009

• Grant-in-Aid Master's of Fine Arts Project Award (Indiana University)
• Overseas Program Assistantship (Indiana University)

2008

• College of Arts & Sciences Travel Awards (Indiana University)

2005

• Art Department Scholarship (Portland State University)

2004

• Florence Heidel-Slatzman Scholarship (Portland State University)

Public Collections

2006

• National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Portland, OR

Publications

• "Warp", ARTslant, and AnnArbor.com, December, 2010
• "On Exhibit - Sanmon (Three Gates)-triptych", Herald Times, April 11, 2010
• "Art Works", WFIU- Indiana Public Media
• "New American Paintings - MFA Annual 87", The Open Studios Press, 2010
• "Emersion", The Visual Communication Quarterly, Analogue Interactivity, 2009
• "Kokoro Kara – a well", Studio Visit, Vol. 3: Fall 2008
  A Juried Selection publication (www.studiovisitmagazine.com)
• "Seismic Linguistics", The Asian Reporter, October 30, 2007
• "Emersion", GROK: An Introduction to New Media Art (contributor), educational CD-ROM on Internet-based art, Rhizome.org/The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, 2007.