BORN: - - JAPAN, 1986 - - - - - LIVES/WORKS: - - LONDON, UK - - - - - EDUCATION: - - 2005-2008 BA (Hons) Fine Art and History of Art Goldsmiths, University of London 2004-2005 BTEC Foundation Art and Design Coventry University, School of Art and Design - - - SOLO EXHIBITIONS: - - 2008 If We All Were To Speak of Such Remarkable Things Guerrilla Performance, Southbank, London 2007 Too Busy Sinking —浸水症状— Gallery Setagaya 233, Tokyo 2006 Die Farbe Des Gruns Gallery Setagaya 233, Tokyo - - - SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2008 BA Fine Art and History of Art Degree Show Goldsmiths, University of London 2007 Studio 304 La Viande, London 2005 BTEC Art and Design Foundation Show Coventry University, School of Art and Design 2003 Of All These Things Tokyo Design Festa, Japan - - - BIBLIOGRAPHY: - 2007 (March) ed. Cavic & O’Drobinak, “The Use and Abuse of History”, Turtle Live Press 2008 (June) Kei Benger, “Traces”, Comatose Productions - - - COLLECTIONS: - - Permanent Collection in Gallery Setagaya 233, Tokyo - - ARTIST STATEMENT: - Many times have I passed people in the street, or at times observed someone sitting opposite me on the tube and have questioned their identities. We are constantly surrounded by a topology, -of objects, people, places, which in turn weave a web of intrigue within the everyday. Spending most of my life in cities, growing up in Tokyo and then moving to London, I have been interested with such aspects of city life with its encounters, storytelling, chance, and improvised conversations. My work resonates around such themes, which are explored through photography and performance projects in collaboration with actors, artists and members of the public.