Born 1980 Kobe, Japan
Living and working in Inverness, Scotland

projects

2008
Distance Lab, Inverness, Scotland

2007
National Museum of Art, Osaka
mutsugoto (ver2007)

2006-2007
Project with Isao Negishi, Salt shrinking technique
Sample fabrics for CHANEL
Intimate night wear project

2005
Banff New Media Institute, Banff, Canada
teardrops
scentSense

2004
M.I.T. Media Lab Europe, Dublin, Ireland
mutsugoto

2002~2004
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
MA Design for Textile Futures
intimacy
i wear you...u wear me

education

2002- 2004
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
MA Design for Textile Futures

1998-2002
Kyoto Seika University, Japan
BA Fine Art, Textile design

public exhibitions

2007 October-December
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Skin of/in Contemporary Art

2007 March
C.A.P House, Kobe, Japan
C.A.P Art Fair 2007

2006 March
graf media gm, Osaka, Japan
redcharm installation at tenants

2005 June-August
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Mutsugoto installation at the Touch Me exhibition

2004 June
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
Degree show

2002 March
Kyoto City Museum, Japan
Degree show

2001 October
Tango No Sato, Kyoto, Japan (also exhibited in Australia)
Tangochirimen project
After being chosen by a traditional Japanese silk company, they provided me with their silk to create an alternative to the traditional kimono.

publications

2007 December
Kansai Scene Magazine :: Art, Skin of/in Contemporary Art by Maki Nibayashi, Nihon Paper Inc., Osaka, Japan

2007 December
Artscape, Exhibition Review by Chiho Sakai
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

2007 November
The Japan Times, Skin goes only so deep by Matthew Larking
The Japan Times Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

2007 November
Art-iT, Exhibition Reviews Skin of/in Contemporary Art by Ozaki Tetsuya
Art iT, Tokyo, Japan

2007 October
Museum News, by Yukihiro Hirayoshi, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Osaka, Japan

2007 October
L magazine, Art by Taku Okayama, Keihanshin L magazine, Osaka, Japan

2007 October
Kansai Art Beat Magazine, Skins of Contemporary Art Exhibition
KANSAI ART BEAT, Osaka, Japan

2007 October
Nikkan Sports, Osaka event, Nikkan Sports News, Osaka, Japan

2007 October
Kansai.com, Event, Kansai.com.Inc, Osaka, Japan

2007 October
Mainichi Daily News, Contemporary Art by Haruo Mita,
The Mainichi News Papers Co.,Ltd.,Tokyo, Osaka

2007 October
CINRA.NET, Art/Design News, CINRA.Inc., Tokyo, Japan

2007 October
Moonlinx, Headline-Visual, Moonlinx, Tokyo, Japan

2007 September
AERA, ART-BIT by Hisako Hara, Asahi Shinbun Company
Tokyo, Japan





2007 January
idCast, Do not touch...? An interview with Lauren Parker, Curator of V&A, interactiondesignlab, Milan, Italy

2007 January
Fiberarts magazine, Curtains by Liz Good, Interweave Press LLC
Colorado, USA

2006 July
BT magazine, "zerozero generation2", Bijyutsu Shyuppan-sha
Tokyo, Japan

2005 June
Sunday Times, Getting a bit physical at the V&A
by Nancy Durrant
London, UK

2005 June
New Directions in Jewellery
by Jivan Astfalck, Caroline Broadhead and Paul Derrez
Black Dog Publishing
London, UK