Biography

1953 Born in Ehime, Japan
1971 Graduated from Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Minami High School
1972 Moved to Europe. Lived in Carrara, Italy after staying in Paris and Rome
1973 Enrolled in Scuola del Marmo, Carrara (studied until 1976)
1977 Moved to France after staying in Brussels
Currently lives and works in St. Lubin de la Haye

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1976 Galleria d’Arte Contemporaneo, Carrara, Italy
1988 Galerie K’Art, Paris (90, 91, 93, 96)
1988 Maison de la Culture du Japon a Paris, Paris
1989 Base Gallery, Tokyo (89, 90, 93, 94, 97, 99, 00, 01, 06, 10)
1995 Live Art Gallery, Matsuyama, Japan (97)
1996 Kodama Gallery, Osaka
Galerie Point JAL, Paris
1997 Galerie Di Meo, Paris (99, 02, 06)
Satosanbo Gallery, Tobe, Japan (99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05)
2000 Osean 45, Miyazaki, Japan
2002 Gotenmachi Gallery, Uwajima, Japan (03, 04)
2003 Gallery MAP, Fukuoka
Today’s Gallery, Ozu, Japan (04, 05, 07, 08, 09)
2006 Base Gallery, Tokyo
2007 Miurart Village Art Museum, Matsuyama
2008 Opus Gallery, Iyo
2010 The Museum of Art, EHIME, Matsuyama
Base Gallery, Tokyo
Opus gallery, Iyo
2011 Galerie Hugo Godderis, Belgium(14)
Matsuyama Mitsukoshi, Matsuyama(12,13)
Iyoseki Stone Gallery, Saijyo
Negenpuntnegen Kunstgalerij・Roeselare, Belgium(14)
2012 Ginza Mitsukoshi, Tokyo

2013 Miurart Village Art Museum, Matsuyama
2015 Galerie Gaetane Duez, Belguim
Base Gallery, Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibitions

1974 Actualite des Arts, Bruxelles
1986 “N.A.C.”, UNESCO, Paris
“Novembre a Vitry”, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
1988 Galerie d’Art, Orly
“Peintures d’Aujourd’hui”, Barbizon
1989 “Festival international de peinture”, Cagnes-sur-Mer
1991 “Drawing 1991”, Cork Gallery, New York / Great Wall Gallery, Toronto / Japan Arts Gallery, Tokyo
 
1992 Hotel du Departement, Aurillac, France
1993-94 “Hommage a L’Atelier Lacouriere-Frelaut”, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo / Navio Museum of Art, Osaka / Oita Prefectural Art Hall, Oita / Koriyama City Museum of Art, Fukushima / Kawaguchiko Museum of Art, Yamanashi
1994 Bumpodo Gallery, Tokyo
1997 “De la trace au plan”, ELAC, Lyon
1998 Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo / Osaka / Yokohama / Kyoto
“NAC98”, Maison de la Culture du Japon a Paris
2000 “Lettres d’artistes”, Meguro Museum of Art
2000-01 Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo / Yokohama / Osaka / Kyoto

Collections

Kawaguchiko Museum of Art, Yamanashi

TOKYUCORPORATION

Mobil Oil Sweden

Grand Hyatt Fukuoka, Fukuoka

Societe Generale

Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto

Miurart Village Art Museum, Ehime

The Museum of Art, EHIME

Ehime University, Jyohoku campus

Ehime University Museum, Ehime

Ehime Prefectural Government, Ehime

Bancho Elementary School, Matsuyama

Matsuyama Central Park, Ehime