1975.9 Born in Osaka, JAPAN

Grants/Awards
1998 Kyoto City University of Art,B.A. Fine Art Sculpture
Royal College of Art, Sculpture course, Exchange program
2000 Kyoto City University of Arts, M.A. Fine Art Sculpture
2003 Kyoto City University of Arts, Ph.D. Fine Art Sculpture
Selected Artists in Kyoto 2003, highest award, Japan
Kirin Art Award 2003, encouragement prize, Japan
2004 Sakuya Kono Hana Prize (Art), Osaka, Japan
2005 The Japan-United States Arts Program, Asian Cultural Council, residency in New York Grant of the city of Kyoto
2006 "Art Scope 2005-2006”, DaimlerChrysler Foundation in Japan, residency in Berlin
2007 Kyoto Cultural award, Kyoto, Japan
2008 Jury's Prize of ROPPONGI CROSSING 2007, Tokyo, Japan
2010 14th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2010, highest award, Bangladesh

Solo Exhibition
2000 "ANIMAZUMO", Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto
2001 Art Synapse, "NAWA Kohei", Gallery MARONIE, Kyoto
2002 "CELL", Nomart Edition / Project Space, Osaka
Kyoto Art Map, "NAWA Kohei", Gallery MARONIE, Kyoto
2003 "PixCell", Nomart Edition/Project Space, Osaka
"PixCell", Studio J, Osaka "CELL-osmosis", UPLINK GALLERY, Tokyo
2004 "NAWA Kohei", INAX GALLERY, Tokyo
"Catalyst", Nomart Edition / Project Space, Osaka
2005 "Drawings", Studio J, Osaka
2006 "GUSH", SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo AIR",Nomart, Osaka
2007 "PixCell", IERIMONTI GALLERY, Milan
2008 "TORSO", Nomart Project Space,Cube & Loft , Osaka
"The poetry of bizarre", Fundacio Joan Miro , Barcelona Spain
"PixCel", Pekin Fine Arts , Beijing China
2009 "Cell", GALERIE VERA MUNRO ,Hamburg German
"L_B_S", Maison Hermes 8th Floor Le Forum ,Tokyo
"Transcode", Gallery Nomart ,Osaka
2010 "Synthesis", SCAI THE BATHHOUSE ,Tokyo

Group Exhibition
1999 "OSMOSIS", Royal College of Art Gulbankian Gallery, London
2000 Boomerang Art Project, "First Throw", Galerie WeissRaum, Kyoto
"Art Synapse 2000", Gallery MARONIE, Kyoto
"Wool in Wool IWATE", Koiwai Farm, Iwate
Boomerang Art Project in Kyoto, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto
"FEEDBACK", Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto
2001 "Image and Materiality", Nomart Edition / Project Space, Osaka
Boomerang Art Project Exhibition, "Saw You", GAK, Bremen
"NOMART 01", CASO, Osaka
Boomerang Art Project Report, Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto
2002 "Art in CASO", CASO, Osaka
2003 "Selected Artists in Kyoto", Kyoto Cultural Museum, Kyoto (Grand Prix)
"trans- ", Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto
"OMAMORI",Gallery MARONIE, Kyoto
"Art Court Frontier 2003", ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
"KIRIN ART AWARD 2003 Tokyo", HILLSIDE FORUM, Tokyo
"Take Art Collection", Spiral, Tokyo
"KIRIN ART AWARD 2003 Osaka", KPO KIRIN PLAZA, Osaka
2004 "WINTER SHOW", SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
"Premonition-S", Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto
OSAKA • ART • KALEIDOSCOPE, "OSAKA 04", CASO, Osaka
"Multiples", Nomart Edition / Project Space, Osaka
"Hi-energy field Osaka", KPO KIRIN PLAZA, Osaka
"CAFE in Mito 2004", ART TOWER MITO, Ibaragi
"Hi-energy field Tokyo", TAMADA PROJECT ART SPACE, Tokyo
"Accessible / SCAI meets CLASKA", Gallery CLASKA, Tokyo
"Take Art Collection", spiral, Tokyo
"HAVE WE MET?", The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo
"Jahres Gaben", Nomart Edition / Project Space, Osaka
2005 Window space design for Maison Hermes Ginza, Tokyo Expo
2005 Aichi, Japan "Visualize - The history and the futurescape of visual media", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
"Open Weekend", ISCP, New York
"Nimbi and Penumbrae" d.u.m.b.o. arts center (dac) gallery, New York
Biennial of Valencia "Thoughts of a Fish in the Deep Sea", Valencia
2006 "Art Scope 2005/2006", Hara Museum, Tokyo
"Banquet : A Feast for the Senses", Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena
"Smooth Sailing for BEARING" NSK Bearing Art Exhibition, spiral, Tokyo
Amuse Land 2007"Beautiful Dreamer", Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo
"Material:White Book", Nomart Project Space cube & loft, Osaka
2007 "ArtScope", DaimulerChrysler contemporary, Berlin
"SHANGHAI ART FAIR", ShanghaiMART, Shanghai
"ROPPONGI CROSSING 2007:FUTURE BEATS IN JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ART", Mori Art Museum,Tokyo
2008 "Vivid Material", Tokyo University of the Arts ,Tokyo
"Great New Wave : Contemporary Art from Japan", Art Gallery of Hamilton ,Canada
"SENJIRU - INFUSION", GALERIE KASHYA HILDEBRAND ,Zurich Switzerland
"PARALLEL WORLD an Exhibitions by Hugues Reip", Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo ,Tokyo
"The Echo", ZAIM ,Kanagawa "Black State", studio J ,Osaka
2009 "VOCA 2009", The Ueno Royal Museum ,Tokyo
"MOT Field of Dreams", Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo ,Tokyo
"Renewal Open Memorial Exhibition -Reborn-", Gallery Nomart ,Osaka
"WORK IN PROGRESS", Kyoto University of Art and Design , Kyoto
"neoteny japan", The Ueno Royal Museum ,Tokyo
"The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art", Brisbane Australia
"First Passage", ARTCOURT Gallery ,Osaka
"Animamix Biennial-Visial Attract & Attack", Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei , Taipei Taiwan
2010 "G-tokyo 2010", Mori Arts Center Gallery ,Mori Tower ,Tokyo
Contemporary Japanese Art from MOT Collection"Trans-Cool TOKYO", Bangkok Art and Culture Centre ,Bangkok Thailand
"iida EXIBITION2010 SUMMER", SPACE O ,Tokyo
"PRODUCT", Gallery NOMART ,Osaka
"Busan Biennale 2010", Busan Museum of Art ,Busan Korea
"14th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2010", Osmani Memorial Hall ,Dhaka Bangladesh
2011 "Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art",
Japan Society Gallery ,New York
"SPIRITUTAINMENT", 100 Tonson Gallery ,Bangkok Thailand

Public Collections
"Air Cell", Takenaka Corporation Tokyo Main Office, Tokyo
"PixCell [Zebra]", "PixCell-Bambi#2" etc.,Hara Museum, Tokyo
 "Water Cell", Shin-Marunouchi Building, Tokyo
"PixCell-Deer#17", "Gush#19" etc., The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan
"PixCell-Kannon#7", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"PixCell [Shoe#6(L)]", "PixCell[LEGO-F1(Ferrari)#1]", Takamatsu City Museum, Kagawa, Japan
"PixCell-Toy-Banana", Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo, Japan
"PixCell-Trumpet#2", "PixCell-Gazelle#2" etc., Takahashi Collection, Tokyo, Japan
"PixCell-Violin#1", "PixCell [Toy-Bonsai]", Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong
"PixCell-Monkey", "PixCell [Texas Sheep]" etc., 21c Museum, Kentucky, U.S.A.
"PixCell[Parakeet]", Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
"PixCell-Toy Tank#2 (with the Controller)", " PixCell-Deer#21", Franks - Suss Collection, London
"PixCell-Toy-Kewpie#3", "Line Fragment#20" etc., The Pigozzi Collection, New York and Geneva
"PixCell-Double Deer#4", Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
"VIA-Wall, 2010", Toyosu Front, Tokyo, Japan
"Dot-Array_C #2", Toyota Art Collection, Aichi, Japan
"PixCell [Stool]", Yagushino watashi station, Tokyo