Geboren 1959 in Hirosaki, Japan.
1985 - 87 Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, M.F.A
1988: Umzug nach Deutschland
1988 – 93: Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1995: Künstlerpreis der Stadt Nagoya, Japan
1998: Lehrauftrag als Gastprofessor an der University of California, Los Angeles, USA
2000: Umzug nach Japan.
Lebt und arbeitet in Tokyo, Japan.

BIOGRAFIE

EINZELAUSSTELLUNGEN / SOLO SHOWS

2004

Galerie Meyer Kainer, Wien, A

2003

"Nothing ever happens“, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Ohio, USA / Institut of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA / San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, USA / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA / The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii (Wanderausstellung)

2002

"Yoshitomo Nara – who snatched the babies?“ Centre National de l’estampe et de l’arte imprimè, Chatou, F

2001

"I don’t mind if you forget me”, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama / Ashiya City Museum of Art and History, Ashiya / Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima / Asahikawa Museum of Art, Asahikawa / Yoshii Brick Brewhouse, Hirosaki, JP

2000

“Lullaby Supermarket”, Santa Monica Musuem of Art, Santa Monica, USA

“Walk On”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA

1999

“Somebody whispers in Nürnberg”, Institut fur Moderne Kunst in der SchmidtBank-Galerie, Nürnberg, D, Katalog

1998

Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA, kuratiert von Marilu Knode, Katalog

1995

“Cup Kids”, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Nagoya, JP

“in the deepest puddle”, SCAI the bathhouse, Tokyo, JP, Katalog

“Project for Gunma”, The Museum of Modern Art Gunma, Takasaki, JP

GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNGEN / GROUP SHOWS

2001

“Super Flat”, The MOCA Gallery at the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles / Walker Art Center, Minneapolis / Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

“Public Offerings“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA

“Neo Tokyo – Japanese Art Now“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, AUS

2000

“Présumé Innocents”, capc Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, F

“Kinder des 20. Jahrhunderts“, Galerie der Stadt Aschaffenburg / Mittelrhein-Museum, Koblenz, D

“The Darker Side of Playland“, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA

1999

“Art is Fun 10: Angelic, Devilish, or Both“ Hara Museum ARC, Shibukawa, JP

“It’s animal world“, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, JP

“Art/Domestic“, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, JP

“New Modernism for a New Millenium“, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA

1998

“The Manga Age“, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, JP

1997

“Dream of Existence”, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, H

“Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition”,The National Museum of Contempoary Art, Seoul, Korea

“VOCA 97“, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, JP

1996

“Tokyo Pop”, The Hiratsuka ,The Royal Museum of Art, Hiratsuka, JP, Katalog

“Intangible Childhood“ Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, JP

“Ironic Fantasy“, The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, JP

1995

“Endless Happiness”, SCAI The Bathouse, Tokyo, JP

“Art x = @”, SAM Museum, Osaka, JP

“POSITIV”, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, D

“Gunma Biennale”, Gunma Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, JP

1988

“Feeling House”, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, JP

1986

“Each Person’s Expression of Space”, Gifu Prefectural Art Museum, JP