Residence

Tokyo, Japan

Education

1981-85

Bachelor of Arts (American Literature), Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan

1995-96

Graduate Diploma of Art, Glass Workshop, Canberra School of Art,
Institute of the Arts, Australian National University

Professional Activities

1985-90

Nissan Motor Company, Tokyo, Japan

1991-98

Notojima Glass Studio, Ishikawa, Japan

1998-

Established “Glass Studio SANOSANO”, Toyama, Japan

Group Exhibitions

1994

Craft Competition in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan

1996

SOFA Exposition, Chicago, USA

Itami Contemporary Craft Competition, Hyougo, Japan

Glass Artist Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Graduate Exhibition,Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia

1997

Japanese Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

The First contemporary Glass Exhibition in Satsuma, Kagoshima, Japan

1998

Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan

“The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 98”, Ishikawa, Japan

“Aperto Vetro-Esposizione Internazionale del Vetro Contemporaneo”, Venezia, Italy

1999               

Chappell Gallery “Studio Glass of Australia” in New York at SOFA Exposition, USA

The Essentially Canberra Exhibition, Chappell Gallery, Boston, USA

Chappell Gallery in Chicago at SOFA Exposition, USA

2000

Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan

Chappell Gallery in New York at SOFA Exposition, USA

Chappell Gallery, Boston, USA

Hsinchu Glass Festival, Hsinchu Municipal Cultural Center, Taiwan

Earl Lu Gallery,LaSalle-SIA College of the Art, Singapore

The Contemporary Glass Exhibition in Satsuma, Kagoshima, Japan

2001

Himeji City Museum of Art, Hyougo, Japan

Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan

Chappell Gallery, Boston, USA

Onoda Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, Yamaguchi, Japan

Glass Craft Triennale 2001, Hyougo, Japan

Japan 2001 at the Plumbline,Plumbline Gallery, England

Craft Competition in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan

2002

Dialogue Stephen Procter and friends, Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Contemporary Glass Triennial in Toyama 2002, Toyama, Japan

Craft Competition in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan

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Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan

2003??

The 50th Japan Traditional Craft and Art Competition, Tokyo, Japan

The Exhibition of Contemporary Glass in KOGANEZAKI 2003, Shizuoka, Japan

2004

2nd Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition 2004 in ONODA

The Contemporary Glass Exhibition in Satsuma, Kagoshima, Japan

Kawasaki Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition and Contest, Kanagawa, Japan

Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan

The 51th Japan Traditional Craft and Art Competition, Tokyo, Japan

2005

ANU, School of Art, Glass Workshop 20th Anniversary Exhibition Canberra, Australia

Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan

The 52th Japan Traditional Craft and Art Competition, Tokyo, Japan

“Senses of the Inner: Japanese Contemporary Glass”, Habatat Galleries Chicago, Illinois, USA

Solo Exhibitions

1999

Gallery Enomoto, Osaka, Japan

Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Misawa, Saitama, Japan

2000

Gallery Nagashima, Toyama, Japan

Glass Gallery Karanis, Tokyo, Japan

2001

Gallery Nagashima, Toyama, Japan

Gallery Misawa, Saitama, Japan

Glass Gallery Karanis, Tokyo, Japan

2002

Gallery Enomoto, Osaka, Japan

Gallery Kunang Kunang, Nagoya, Japan

Gallery Tanaka, Tokyo, Japan

2003

Art work studio AN, Toyama, Japan

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Glass Gallery Karanis, Tokyo,Japan

Chappell Gallery?New York, USA

2004

Gallery Tanaka, Tokyo, Japan

TOR DECO, Kobe, Japan

Gallery Enomoto, Osaka, Japan

Sonoko Gallery, Toyama, Japan

2005

Gallery Tiptoe, Hyogo, Japan

Gallery Misawa, Saitama, Japan

Glass Gallery Karanis, Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Kiraku, Shiga, Japan

Espace 88

Gallery Yasokawa, Kobe, Japan

Gallery Kai, Tokyo, Japan

Awards

1997??????

Craft Competition in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan (Honorable Mention)

2001

41^stToyama Design Competition, Toyama, Japan (Honorable Mention)

2003

The 3rd Cheongju International Craft Competition, Cheongju, Korea (Bronze Prize)

2005

The 20th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Art Crafts/ Other Crafts Category, Tokyo, Japan (Honorable Mention)

Publications

1996/99

New Glass Review 17/20, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA

Collections

Australia National University, Canberra, Australia

National Art Glass Collection, City Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia

Toyama Municipal Pool Collection, Toyama, Japan