1963 Born in Gifu, Japan 1986 Graduated from Faculty of Fine Art. Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music 1989 Completed postgraduate studies at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music 1990-1996 Studies at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany 1993 Completed Meisterschuler course with Konrad Klapheck, Germany Lives and works in Dusseldorf, Germany
Solo Exhibitions 2008 Emerald Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo Japan 2007 Cicada and horned owl The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum Shizuoka Japan Around the lilac rock Cohan and Leslie New York USA 2006 The Moon, the Woods and the Snail under the Fern Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo Japan 2004 To The Mountain Lake Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo Japan 2002 Chasing Butterflies Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo Japan 2000 Yawn Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo Japan
Group Exhibitions 2008 Emerald Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo Japan 2007 Vanishing Points : Contemporary Japanese Art The National Gallery of Modern Art Tokyo Japan Project 88 New Delhi / Mumbai India Red Hot : Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection The Museum of Fine Arts Houston USA Painting as Forest : Artist as Thinker Okazaki City Museum Aichi Japan 2004 Time of My Life: Art with Youthful Spirit Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery Tokyo Japan Roppongi Crossing Mori Art Museum Tokyo Japan 2003 Girls don't cry Parco Museum Tokyo Japan 2002 MOT Annual 2002 - Fiction? Painting the reality in the Age of the Virtual Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Japan 2001 The Standard Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum Kagawa Japan 1999 In de Ban van de Ring Prefectural Center of Fine Arts - Begijnhof Museum Hasselt Belgium