1983 Born in Tokyo
2011 Ph.D in arts at Kyoto Seika University
2013 “Roppongi Crossing 2013: Out of Doubt” Mori Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2014 “Tiles, small shrine and tourism” Gallery PARC (Kyoto, Japan)
2015 “Unknown town: INSIDE OUT” Kyoto Seika University Gallery Fleur (Kyoto, Japan)
2015 “The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art”Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane, Australia)
2016 “20th Biennale of Sydney” Carriageworks (Sydney, Australia)
Looking around the wayside shrines in Kyoto City, we find out that the foundation is mainly made of stonework or mortar, and the shrine itself is mainly made of wooden framework or stonework. However, sometimes we can come across a so-called “Tile Shrine” which majolica tiles or mosaic tiles are spread over some part of shrine and foundation made of mortar. To begin with, Tile Shrine is the house of Jizo, which is a bricolage to match the appearance of Jizo. I started with touring the installation technique of plasterer and the repairing technique of residents applied to each Tile Shrine. And now, I decided to make a “structure” based on those techniques to put in articles for daily use such as books and photographs instead of Jizo.