Born Tokyo 1966
Lives and works in London

Education

1997-98 Associate Research Student, Goldsmiths’ College, London
1994-96 Higher Diploma, Postgraduate Study in Sculpture, Fine Art,
Slade School of Fine Art, U.C.L., London
1994 Part-time study in Ethnomusicology, SOAS, London
1991-94 BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths’ College. London
1990-91 Intermediate Certificate Course, as Foundation, Goldsmiths College, London
1985-89 BA Fine Art, Oil Painting, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan


Solo Exhibitions

2002
‘Auditorium Piece’ Hammer UCLA, LA, USA
‘Deep Sea Diving’, Kunsthalle Bern

2001
Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
Solo Web-Site Project ‘Word Perhect’, in collaboration with Jon Pollard, commissioned by Ch2 (Chisenhale Gallery and e-2)

1999
‘The Day of Patience’, with Ella Gibbs, Belt Space in Between, London
Entwistle Gallery, London
Grant Selwyn, Los Angeles, USA
Solo project, Lift, London
‘Site Work’, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon
‘Office Work’ at Century Center, curated by Roomade, Antwerp, Belgium
‘Dark Room at Stills (For Clifford Haynes)’, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

1998
‘Staff Stuff’ at Staff Gallery, New York
Solo Show, ‘The Drawing Room’, The Drawing Center, New York
‘Clockwork at Hales’, Hales Gallery, London
‘Info Only’ at Tablet (formally the Tabernacle), Westbourne Park, London

1997
‘Untitled’, at Beaconsfield, Vauxhall, London.
Claydon Heeley International, Battersea, London. Curated by David Lillington and Gillian Dunn (‘Company Deal’)

Group Exhibitions

2004
‘Ticker Tape Parade Without Parade 2 in Roppongi Hills’ in
Rappongi Crossing with Rupert Carey, Mori Art Museum, Japan

2003
‘Charlie’s place’, Annely Juda Fine Art
‘Living Inside the Grid’ New Museum, New York

2002
‘Sprawl’, The Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati
‘International Artists Fellowship Exhibition’, Kunming, China and Gasworks, London
‘Room for improvement’ Craft Museum, New Delhi, India
‘A Record of Events’, collaborations with Tomoko Takahashi, Hales Gallery, London
‘Ideal Home’, Gimpel Fils, London
Turner Prize, ‘Learning to drive’, Tate Britain, Millbank, London
‘Parklight’, all night performance, sculpture, installation & video experience, Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, London
‘Beautiful’, Oxo Tower Wharf, London
‘Artworkers’, Oriel Mostyn Gallery and Newlyn Art Gallery curated by Melissa Feldman
‘Found Wanting’, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, USA

1999
‘48 Hours’ collaboration with Ella Gibbs, curated by Melanie Keen, at Tablet, London
‘Generation Z’, PS1, New York
‘Laboratoreum’, Antwerp, Belgium
Neurotic Realism, Saatchi Gallery, London

1998
‘The Best Surprise Is No Surprise’, Curated by Mayday Productions, The Holiday Inn, China Town, New York
‘A Table Piece’, a group show curated by Clarissa Dalrymple at Mary Boone Gallery, New York
‘A Product of Many Departments’, part of “The Campaign Against Living Miserably”, Royal College of Art, Visual Arts Administration Exhibition

1997
‘Gonzo’, curated by Luke Gotellier, at the Old Bethnal Green Police Station, London, titled
‘Authorised for Removal’.
‘Low Maintenance & High Precision’. Curated by Gavin Wade, at Hales Gallery, London, titled ‘Low Maintenance at Hales Gallery’
East International at Norwich School of Art & Design/SCVA/Norwich Gallery, titled ‘The Painting Department Storage’, ‘The left-overs from the Painting Department’

1996
Postgraduate Show at Slade School of Fine Art, U.C.L., London, titled ‘See Dirge’

1995
Shave ’95 at Shave Farm, Somerset, titled ‘600+hills, 300m lines, 88 stakes, in 3.99ha Field
Memory ’95 at Riverside Studios, London, titled ‘A Black Square, V.S.T.O.L./A.M.E.D.A.S’

1994
BA Fine Art Degree Show at Goldsmiths’ College, London

Awards

2000 Seleccionada para o Turner Prize / Short listed for the Turner Prize
1997 The Seventh EAST Award. Selected by Nicholas Logsdail and Tacita Dean

Colllections

Saatchi Collection, London
Various private collections