ARTIST STATEMENT

I am interested in the things that we all share but that don't show up so clearly in terms of emotional changes arising from the process of living, or stored experiences or memories that are acquired day by day. I am creating compositions to make people aware once more of these inchoate things we have in common. I also see these creations as a way to share my worldview; they are an element in getting my ideas across. In this exhibit named "Inner Vessel," you will find glass that fills a vessel or body and faintly shines some light through cracks and peeled away portions on the surface of that body, as if to indicate what exists within.

Residence

                       Osaka Japan

EDUCATION

2004                Teaching Assistant, Glass Department, Osaka Universtiy of the Arts

2001-04            Kanazawa Utatsuyama Craft Workshop Glass Studio

2000                MFA Degree, Aichi University of Education

1999-2000        Teaching Assistant, Aichi Universtiy of Education, Aichi

1996                Glass Program, Pendland School of Crafts

awards and prizes

2002                Takako Sano Scholarship, Glass Art Society

1999                Niwa Arts Scholarship, Daikou Foundation

1998                Glass Art Society International Syudent Glass Exhibition, Jurors choice,

                       Yoriko Mizuta, Aichi

solo Exhibitions

2002                Inner Vessel, Gallery Goshu, Ishikawa

                       Westbeth Gallery Kozuka Space White, Aichi

group Exhibitions

2005                  Habatat Galleries Chicago, Chicago, IL

2004                  The Fourth Contemporary Glass Exhibition in Satsuma, Kagoshima

                                 The 32nd Annual International Glass Invitational, The Awards Exhibition,

                         Habatat Galleries Michigan, MI

                         Works, Wacol Ginza Art Space, Tokyo

                         Exhibition, Kanazawa Utatsuyama Craft Workshop, Ishikawa

2003                  Vessels, The Exhibition of Contemporary Glass KOGANEZAKI 2003,

                         Koganezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka

                                 Glass Weekend '03, Wheaton Village, NJ

                         There, Here, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, PA

                         In Petto, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, PA

2002                  1st Hokuriku Glass Exhibition, Kanazu Forest of Creation, Fukui

                                 Contemporary Glass Triennial in Toyama 2002, Toyama

                         SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL

2001                  Glass Mix, Gallery Planet, Aichi

                         New Glass Review 22, The Corning Museum of Glass, NY

                         1st Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition 2001 in Onoda, Yamaguchi

                         SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL

2000                  SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL

1999                  Glass in Japan '99-Next Generation Exhibition, Yoyogi Art Gallery, Tokyo                         

                                 Japenese Glass Exhibition, Joyce Peter Gallery, MI

1998                  The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa '98, Ishikawa

1997                  Nwe Glass Review 18, The Corning Museum of Glass, NY