1974 Born in Aichi, Japan
2002 MA in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design
2015 "Form of Narative" Sendai Mediatheque (Miyagi, Japan)
2015 "Constellations" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
2014 "Go Betweens" Mori Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2014 "Big Sky Friendship" Towada Art Center (Aomori, Japan)
2014 "In Search of Critical Imagination" (Fukuoka, Japan)
I have been creating video-based installations using materials collected from workshops with children. Through projects that are child-centered, yet engage adults, I challenge the rigid thinking that adults apply to using these materials, inviting viewers to look at things through the eyes of children. I have various on-going projects, each exploring different themes such as “future” and “hell”; also, “the moment of facing the unknown”—which I believe is the one of the most important and essential aspects in education.