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1949Born in Tokyo
1971Graduated from Keio University, faculty of Business and Commerce, Tokyo
1976Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
1981Graduated from Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Lives and works in Neuss, Germany

Exhibitions

1981Kunstforum der Staedtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich, Munich
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main
1982Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf
Staedtische Kellergalerie, Düsseldorf
1983Schmitz & Becker, Duisburg
1985Philippe Casini, Paris
M + R Fricke, Düsseldorf
Annette Gmeiner, Kirchzarten
Gallery Shimada, Yamaguchi, Japan
1987M + R Fricke, Düsseldorf
1988Gatodo Gallery, Tokyo
PAC, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milano
1989Philippe Casini, Paris
J. Friedrich, Dortmund
Gallery Shimada, Yamaguchi
Karin Bolz, Koeln
Kunstraum Falkenstein Elke Droescher, Hamburg
Denise van de Velde, Aalst
1990Moebel, M + R Fricke, Düsseldorf
1991Inner Courtyard of Sintra, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo
Galerie Heimeshoff Jochen Krueper, Essen
1992Museo Comunale Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Rimini
Durhammer Galerie, Frankfurt am Main
House of Season, M + R Fricke, Düsseldorf
Cours Interieures de Sintra, Carre des Arts, Paris
Haus der Jahreszeit, Philippe Casini, Paris
1993Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo
Schatten weisser Raeume, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg
MAI Furniture, Axis Gallery, Tokyo
1994La mort, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Wien
Passage, Jochen Krueper, Art Cologne, Cologne
1995Schatten weisser Raeume, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
1996Physalis, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo
1997Konchiya, Philippe Casini, Paris
1998Katsuhito Nishikawa Arbeiten 1990-1997, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau
1999A day of life, Philippe Casini, Paris
2001CEAAC, Centre Européen d’Actions Artistiques contemporaines, Strasbourg
Color as shadow, Philippe Casini, Paris
Kulturforum Franziskanerkloster, Kempen
2002Color as shadow, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo
2003Ombra della luce, Philippe Casini, Paris
Color as shadow, Kunstraum Falkensein Elke Droescher, Hamburg
Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
2005Chemins de lumière, Philippe Casini, Paris
Nature, Philippe Casini, Paris
Friedrich Mueller, Frankfurt am Main
Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumuenster
2006Inner Courtyard of Sintra, Philippe Casini, Paris
Mazzocchio, Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss
Nocturne, Friedrich Mueller, Frankfurt am Main
Boundary, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo
2007fragmentum, Philippe Casini, Paris
Farbe als Schatten, Krefelder Kunstverein, Krefeld
2008Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main
2009Neige de Silence, Musée des Beaux-Arts d´Angers, Angers
Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main
2010Iconography, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo
2012Traces, ARTE, Strasbourg
Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main

1981Vogelhaltestelle, Skulpturenpark Seestern, Düsseldorf
1987Der Wald, Suedpark Düsseldorf
1989No, Fukuyama sculpture project, Fukuyama, Japan
1991Minerva, Polizeidienstgebaeude, Marl
1992Vase, The privilege golf club, Narita, Japan
1991-93Spirale, in collaboration with Erwin Heerich,
Ausstellungsgesellschaft fuer zeitgenoessische Kunst Zollverein, Essen
1992-93Lotus, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, Duisburg
1991-94Plaza/Open Space, Yokohama Kanazawa High Tech Center, Yokohama, Japan
1993-94Yunus II, Shinjuku i-land Tower, Tokyo
Yunus III, Fachhochschule Niederrhein, Moenchengladbach
NEST, in collaboration with Emi Fukuzawa, MAI Société Anonyme, Tokyo
RS Studio, in collaboration with Oliver Kruse, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss
Trikona, in collaboration with Erwin Heerich, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg
1994-95Wachturm/Kompass/Kaledoskop, in collaboration with Oliver Kruse, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss
one-man house, in collaboration with Oliver Kruse, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss
1996-97Spiegelung, Yunus I, Ministry of Transport, Kashiwa, Japan
1996-98Physalis Water, Hakata Riverain, Fukuoka, Japan
1997-98Crescent Staircase, Obayashi Corporation Head Office, Tokyo
1998-99Tafelrunde, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss
1999-2000placement-replacement, Wilhelm Werhahn KG, Neuss
1994-2001Circle Bench, Kempen
1996-2001Tilapia, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss
1998-2001Physalis Magnolia, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
1999-2001Field Institute Hombroich, in collaboration with Yuko Shiraishi and Tadashi Kawamata, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss
Physalis hanging, Casse de Dépôts et Consignations, Paris
Musée de la Charteuse, Douai
2000-2001Aqua, Parc de Wesserling, Alsace
1998-2003TANIT, Tokyo
2004-05Klee, Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumuenster
2005-06Sea of Busan, Busan, Korea
2002-07Klostergarten Hombroich, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss
2003-07FIH Tunnel, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss
2010NF Furniture, Martin Bohn editionformform, Cologne
2002-Raumortlabor/spaceplacelab, Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Neuss
2012Spiritual wall with certain surface, Otemachi Financial City, Tokyo