1957
Born in Tokyo, Japan
1984
Graduated from Oil Painting Course, Fine Arts Department, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (B.A.)
1986
Completed postgraduate studies at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (M.A.)
1990
Stayed in New York under a grant from Asian Cultural Council
1990-91
Stayed in Berlin under a grant from Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
1993
Stayed in Paris under a grant from Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
1998
London Institute Honorary Doctorate
2006
Tohoku University of Art & Design vice president
2003
Lives in Ibaraki
Solo Exhibitions
1983
"Human Stone", Gallery Parergon, Tokyo, 13 June - 18 June
1986
"Time", Maki Gallery, Tokyo, 6 January - 12 January
Akiyama Gallery, Tokyo, 3 November - 22 November It of the Future
1987
"Es of the Future", Suntory Art: Box Gallery, Tokyo, 20 February - 31 March
Lunami Gallery, Tokyo, 14 December - 26 December It Goes on Changing Nachi Falls Clock for 300 Thousand Years
1988
Galleria Vivita, Florence, 15 October - 10 December Counter Circle
1989
"Counter History", Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, 11 March - 28 April Counter History
"Circuit Drawing Installation", Gallery Surge, Tokyo,5 April - 15 April
1990
"Hiroshima Installation", Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, 10 February - 4 March Death of Time
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, 2 June - 29 June Lattice Opposite Harmony
"Inter Sect", Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, 5 June - 7 July
1991
"Tatsuo Miyajima", Het Kruithuis, Museum for Contemporary Art, `s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 20 April - 16 June Counter Three Thousand Opposite Circle
"133651", DAAD Galerie, Berlin, 3 June - 14 July Region No.10675 - No.106802
"Projects by Artists Series", National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 12 September - 17 November Thousand Road
"Region", Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, 21 September - 10 November
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, 11 October - 9 November
"Region 133651", Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, 5 December - 11 January 1992 Life Face Vol.3
1992
"133651", Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima, 7 March - 29 March
"Opposite Circle", Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, 14 November - 26 December
Group Exhibitions
1980
"Art Party", Subnard AC Hall, Tokyo, 31 December
1981
"June Exhibition", Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Exhibition Space, Tokyo, 3 Jun- 9 Jun
Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery, Yokohama, 22 December - 27 December
1982
"Ueno '82", Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Exhibition Space, 7 July - 14 July
"O Voice", Kenya Gallery, Tokyo, 19 July - 24 July
"The New World of Visual Expression", Seibu Department Store, Shibuya, Tokyo, 2 September - 7 September
"Peppermint Green", Plan B, Tokyo, September - December
1983
"Performance Week", Kaneko Art G1 Gallery, Tokyo, 7 February - 12 February
"Bigs Once More", Plan B, Tokyo, 13 February
"SCAN Spring Competition", Video Gallery SCAN, Tokyo, 17 Jun - 26 Jun
"Kikou", Gallery M, Fukui, 9 August - 15 August
"Monday, 26 September - Sunday, 2 October 1983 / Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery ",
Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery, Yokohama, 26 September - 2 October
"Fujiyama Geisha", Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Exhibition Space, Tokyo, 3 October - 15 October / Kyoto City University of Arts Exhibition Space, Kyoto, 24 October - 5 November
1984
"Exhibition Kaiba", G-Art Gallery, Tokyo,13 August - 18 August
"Sound Object Exhibition", WAVE Gallery, Tokyo, 27 August 4 September
"Graduation Works Exhibition", Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, 18 February - 23 February
"Exhibition of 8 Artists by 4 Critic", NEWZS, Tokyo, 20 March - 31 March
"Fujiyama Geisha", Kyoto City University of Arts Exhibition Space, Kyoto, 19 November - 2 December / Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Exhibition Space, Tokyo, 4 December - 15 December / Gallery Seian, Kyoto, 20 November - 29 November / R-Gallery, Kyoto, 27 November - 2 December
"Fujiyama Geisha",Gallery K, Tokyo, 17 December - 23 December
1985
"Exhibition of Towns and Villages", Kurashiki City Exhibition Museum, Kurashiki, 6 August - 18 August
"The Hidden Animals in the City", Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, 3 November - 9 November
1986
"Image Machine", G-Art Gallery, Tokyo, 4 August - 23 August
1988
"The 8th Hara Annual", Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 12 March - 8 May
"43a La Biennale di Venezia: Aperto '88", Venice, 26 June - 25 September
"Lunami Selection '88", Lunami Gallery, Tokyo, 25 July - 30 July
"The 7th Heiko Geijyutsu Ten (Parallel Art Exhibition): Shigerumonotachi", Curated by Toshiaki Minemura, Tokyo Ogasawara-ryu Kaikan, Tokyo,26 August - 8 September
"Movement and Modern Art", The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Urawa, 8 October - 11 December
"East Meets West: Japanese and Italian Art Today", Convention Center Los Angels, Los Angels, 10 December - 14 December
1989
"Japan: A New Generation", Silpakorn University Art Gallery, Bangkok, 23 January - 18 February
"Prospect '89", Frankfurter Kunstverein / Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 23 March - 28 May
"The Seven Artisits '89", Hanae Mori Building, Tokyo, 25 April - 7 May
"Magicien de la terre", Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 14 May - 18 August
"What is Contemporary Art?", Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo, Sweden, 2 June - 30 July
"Against Nature: Japanese Art in the Eighties", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 15 June - 6 August / Akron Art Museum, Ohio, 9 September - 5 November / MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston, 9 December - 11 February 1990 / Seattle Art Museum, 22 March 1990 - 13 May / The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati / Grey Art Gallery, New York University, September - October 1990 / Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 16 November 1990 - 12 February 1991 / Institute of Contemporary Arts, Nagoya
"The 4th Contemporary Art Festival: Moving Images Now", The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, 22 July - 27 August
"Europalia Japan '89: New Tools New Images", Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp,10ctober - 3 December
"On Kawara, Again and Against: 24 Prominent Works of Japanese Contemporary Art 1966-1989", Institute of Contemporary Arts, Nagoya, 4 November - 24 December
