Born 1982 in Tokyo
Lives and works in London


Group Exhibitions

2013      The Open West 2013, Newark Park, UK ; collaboration withVirgile Ittah
2013      The Open West 2013, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum , UK ; collaboration withVirgile Ittah
2012      BYOB, Moving image Contemporary Video Art Fair, London, UK
2011      Summer Show, Hoopers Gallery, London, UK
2011      The Fine Art Final Show 2011, Battersea, Royal Colle of Art, London, UK
2011      Made Up, Artcenter Pasadena, Los Angeles, USA ; collaboration with Andrew Freind
2010      Sustaining the Future, Man Photography Prize 2010, Gulbenkian Gallery, UK
2010      Album, Wolstenholme Project Space, Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool, UK, cuated by Morgan Quaintance
2010      Suspending Disbelief, Lighthoue, Brighton, UK      
2010      What if... Wellcome Collection Window Display, London, UK; collaboration with Andrew Freind
2010      Leishmania ; Lessons from a parasite, Royal Festival Hall, South bank centre, The Royal Society Sience + Art Summer Exhibition;                 collaboration with George Petrou
2009      Miller Gallery Carnegie Mellon University, USA; collaboration with Cesar Harada

Awards


2012     Recipient of Japanese Government Study Program for artist for a year, Agency for Cultural Affair
2011     Shortlisted for The Hoopers Gallery Award, UK
2011     Special mention for ITS TEN Photography Award,Trieste, Italy
2010     1st Prize for Man Photography Prize 2010, for 'Untitled, 2010', UK
2010     The Picture Works, Thames & Hudson Prize, Ireland; collaboration with Kevin Gaffney
2009      Final Judging, Tailor Wessing Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, UK

Publications

2012     The Independent, UK
2012     The Guardian, UK
2011     Dazed Digital, UK
2011     Hard Cover, black dog publishing, UK
2011     The National Trust, UK
2011     Blue Print Magazine, UK
2011     map magazine, Australia

Collections

2011     Private Collection, London
2010     The Wellcome Collection, London
2009     Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Education

2011      Royal College of Art, London, MA Fine Art in Photography and The Moving Image
2006      KEIO University, Kanagawa, Japan, BA Environmental Information