Selected Solo Exhibitions

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

Selected Projects

1981 Kunstforum der Staedtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich, Munich
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main
1982 Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf
Staedtische Kellergalerie, Düsseldorf
1983 Schmitz & Becker, Duisburg
1985 Philippe Casini, Paris
M + R Fricke, Düsseldorf
Annette Gmeiner, Kirchzarten
Gallery Shimada, Yamaguchi, Japan
1987 M + R Fricke, Düsseldorf
1988 Gatodo Gallery, Tokyo
PAC, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milano

1989 Philippe Casini, Paris
J. Friedrich, Dortmund
Gallery Shimada, Yamaguchi
Karin Bolz, Koeln
Kunstraum Falkenstein Elke Droescher, Hamburg
Denise van de Velde, Aalst
1990 Moebel, M + R Fricke, Düsseldorf
1991 Inner Courtyard of Sintra, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo
Galerie Heimeshoff Jochen Krueper, Essen
1992 Museo 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

1993 Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo
Schatten weisser Raeume, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg
MAI Furniture, Axis Gallery, Tokyo

1994 La mort, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Wien
Passage, Jochen Krueper, Art Cologne, Cologne

1995 Schatten weisser Raeume, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg

1996 Physalis, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo

1997 Konchiya, Philippe Casini, Paris

1998 Katsuhito Nishikawa Arbeiten 1990-1997, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau

1999 A day of life, Philippe Casini, Paris

2001 CEAAC, Centre Européen d’Actions Artistiques contemporaines, Strasbourg
Color as shadow, Philippe Casini, Paris
Kulturforum Franziskanerkloster, Kempen

2002 Color as shadow, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo

2003 Ombra della luce, Philippe Casini, Paris
Color as shadow, Kunstraum Falkensein Elke Droescher, Hamburg
Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan

2005 Chemins de lumière, Philippe Casini, Paris
Nature, Philippe Casini, Paris
Friedrich Mueller, Frankfurt am Main
Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumuenster

2006 Inner Courtyard of Sintra, Philippe Casini, Paris
Mazzocchio, Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss
Nocturne, Friedrich Mueller, Frankfurt am Main
Boundary, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo

2007 fragmentum, Philippe Casini, Paris
Farbe als Schatten, Krefelder Kunstverein, Krefeld

2008 Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main

2009 Neige de Silence, Musée des Beaux-Arts d´Angers, Angers
Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main

2010 Iconography, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo

2012 Traces, ARTE, Strasbourg
Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main

1981 Vogelhaltestelle, Skulpturenpark Seestern, Düsseldorf
1987 Der Wald, Suedpark Düsseldorf
1989 No, Fukuyama sculpture project, Fukuyama, Japan
1991 Minerva, Polizeidienstgebaeude, Marl

1992 Vase, The privilege golf club, Narita, Japan
1991-93 Spirale, in collaboration with Erwin Heerich,
Ausstellungsgesellschaft fuer zeitgenoessische Kunst Zollverein, Essen
1992-93 Lotus, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, Duisburg
1991-94 Plaza/Open Space, Yokohama Kanazawa High Tech Center, Yokohama, Japan
1993-94 Yunus 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

1994-95 Wachturm/Kompass/Kaledoskop, in collaboration with Oliver Kruse, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss
one-man house, in collaboration with Oliver Kruse, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss
1996-97 Spiegelung, Yunus I, Ministry of Transport, Kashiwa, Japan

1996-98 Physalis Water, Hakata Riverain, Fukuoka, Japan
1997-98 Crescent Staircase, Obayashi Corporation Head Office, Tokyo
1998-99 Tafelrunde, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss

1999-2000 placement-replacement, Wilhelm Werhahn KG, Neuss

1994-2001 Circle Bench, Kempen

1996-2001 Tilapia, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss

1998-2001 Physalis Magnolia, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan

1999-2001 Field 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

2000-2001 Aqua, Parc de Wesserling, Alsace

1998-2003 TANIT, Tokyo

2004-05 Klee, Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumuenster

2005-06 Sea of Busan, Busan, Korea

2002-07 Klostergarten Hombroich, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss

2003-07 FIH Tunnel, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss

2010 NF Furniture, Martin Bohn editionformform, Cologne

2002- Raumortlabor/spaceplacelab, Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Neuss

2012 Spiritual wall with certain surface, Otemachi Financial City, Tokyo