Education:
M.F.A. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, U.S.A. 2006
(Undergraduate study in art at the University of Minnesota 1998 Fall to 2001 Spring)
B.H.P.E. (Bachelor of Health and Physical Education), University of Tsukuba, Japan
Awards:
2022 Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2021 Excellence in Art, 11th Botanicals Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
2021 Honorable Mention for Excellent Artwork, Textures and Patterns Art Exhibition, Art Room Gallery
2021 Honorable Mention for Excellent Artwork, Textures and Patterns Art Exhibition, Art Room Gallery
2018 Merit Award, Southworks Exhibition, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2017 The Skye Family Award, 30th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicollet College, Rhinelander, WI
2017 Best Use of Non-traditional Fiber Processes, Needles & Thread: National Juried Fiber Exhibition, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2008 Second Place, National Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
2007 Best Overall, “FUSION + FASHION 2007”, International Interior Design Association Northland, Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN
2000 First Place for Favorite Work of Art, Best Sculpture, Dean’s Choice, CLA Art Show, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Grants:
2023 Next Step Fund, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, St. Paul, MN
2020 Artist Relief, United States Artists, Chicago, IL
2020 Visual Arts Fund Emergency Relief Grant, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
2020 Messages of Hope Mini Grant, FORECAST Public Art, St. Paul, MN
2017 Next Step Fund, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, St. Paul, MN
2016 Emerging Artist Research and Development Grant, FORECAST Public Art, MN
2015 Make It Public 2015 Grant, FORECAST Public Art, St. Paul, MN
2007 Public Art Affairs Research and Development Grant, FORECAST Public Art, St. Paul, MN
2006 Graduate Professional Development Bridge Fund, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2004 West Bank Arts Quarter Project Grant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Residencies:
2022 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2017 Stuart Artist-in-Residence, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
2012 Josephine Sculpture Park, Frankfort, KY
2009 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
Juror/Evaluator:
2023 Judge, 49th Northern Lights Exhibition, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, MN
2022 Juror (Choosing the Next Fellow Artists), Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Teaching Experiences:
Visiting Assistant Professor
St. Olaf College, Department of Art and Art History, Northfield, MN
St. Olaf College, Department of Art and Art History, Northfield, MN
Foundation 3-D Media, Special Topics Class: 2023-2024 Academic Year
Sabbatical Replacement
Macalester College, Department of Art and Art History, St. Paul, MN
Beginning Sculpture and Special Topics (Origami and Its application to Art): Spring 2011
Augsburg College, Department of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Introduction and Advanced Sculpture
Adjunct Professor
Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Department of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Beginning and Advanced Sculpture: Fall 2014 to Spring 2017
University of Minnesota, Department of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Beginning Sculpture: Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer & Spring 2005
(Solo Shows)
2023 Once and Forever, Gordon Parks Gallery, Metro State University, St. Paul, MN
2022 Cycles and Circles, Pierre Bottineau Library, Minneapolis, MN
2021 Water Flows, Life Blooms, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, MN
2021 Water Flows, Life Blooms, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, MN
2020 C.I.R.C.L.E.S: Creation with Intention to Render Concept of Life and Environment, Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
2018 Circles, Lines, and Dots, Greenly Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
2017 Fresh Fruits, Ritz Gallery, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
2016 Shadows through Circles, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2015 Grandmother Whispers, Gardiner Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
2015 Passage, Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Edmonton, Canada
2015 Poetic Sentiment, Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2014 Ours Is As Well, Silverwood Gallery, St Anthony, MN
2014 Water Story 「水の物語」 Mizu no Monogatari, Schaefer Gallery, Gustavus Adolphus College, St Peter, MN
2014 Eternity in Mortality, Fine Arts Gallery, College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV
2013 Mortality in Eternity, Fort Lewis College Gallery, Fort Lewis Collage, Durango, CO
2010 Kuon ~eternal flow of time~, MAEP Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2008 MISC, Gage Family Art Gallery, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Smithson’s Grandmother, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
2006 Water Flows, Time Passes, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
(Two Person Show)
2020 Principles of Posterity, Presented by FORCAST Public Art, St. Paul, MN and Hennepin County Multicultural Arts Committee, Minneapolis, MN
*A previously planned gallery exhibition at the Hennepin County Government Center was replaced by the virtual exhibition due to Covid-19.
Go to: https://bit.ly/HCGexhib2020
2023 Making the Cut, Shoebox Arts, Los Angels, CA
2021 Common Thread, Minnesota Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
2020 Palm-Sized Sculpture Exhibition. Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2020 Material I Fiber, Radial Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2018 Thread Count: New Directions in Fiber Art, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
(Juried by Susan T. Avila, Professor of Design, University of California, Davis)
2018 Southworks Exhibition, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
(Juried by Ms. Levine, Assistant Curator at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI)
2017 Northern National Art Competition, Nicollet College, Rhinelander, WI
2017 Another’s Treasure, Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, Evansville, IN
2017 Needles & Thread: National Juried Fiber Exhibition, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2016 Life, Identity, Existence, All Or None, 801 Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Landmark Center Summer Arts Discovery, Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN
2015 Everyday Is Ordinary, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum. San Antonio, TX
2015 THE MEDS I’M ON, Instinct Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Fruitful and Multiplying, Cargill Hall, Hennepin County Central Library, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Fruitful and Multiplying, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
2014 HEAVY: the metal show, Instinct Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Made in Minnesota, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Memento, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
2012 Art on the Plains XI, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
2012 1 Year Anniversary Show, Prove Gallery, Duluth, MN
2012 Materialistic Intentions, Prove Gallery, Duluth, MN
2012 Women and Water Right~ Rivers of Regeneration~, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2011 East Meets West, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
2011 Nakanojo Biennale, Nakanjo, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
2011 Green Energy Art Garden, The Bakken Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Women and Water Right~ Rivers of Regeneration~, Finlandia University, Hancock, MI
2010 Bellwether 2010: Art Walk Bellevue, Bellevue, WA
2010 National Exhibition of Cast Iron Art, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
2010 Off the Wall, FORM + CONTENT GALLERY, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Iron Blood, Quarter Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2008 National Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
2007 Enchanted, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Work in Process, Hennepin Gallery, Government Center, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Out of Fashion, Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2004 Box Fresh (held in conjunction with MCAA Conference), Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2000 CLA Art Show, Johnston Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Fine Arts Center, State Fair Ground, St. Paul, MN
(Other Shows)
2020 Blowin' in the Wind (One Day Photography Show), Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan
2016 Kizuna, Gunma Prefectural Psychiatric Medical Center (collaborative art), Isesaki, Japan
2013 Music Illustrated, Flew Gallery, Sendagi, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Loufreasy Vol.2, Gallery Conceal Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Sculpture from the U of M Department of Art, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2007 Male Art Mail Art, Quarter Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Fresh Works, Quarter Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Scholarship Recipient Exhibition, Quarter Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Mandatory, Quarter Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2001 BFA Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Clothes Line Up, Mezzanine Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Events:
2016 Lowertown First Friday (Public Workshop), St. Paul, MN
2015 Festival Of Nations Exhibition, RiverCentre, St. Paul, MN
2013 St. Paul Art Crawl, St. Paul, MN
2011 Pianos on Parade, Landmark Center, St Paul, MN
2008~2010 Lake Minnetonka Art Tour, Deephaven, MN
2007 FUSION + FASHION 2007, Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN
2004 Remembering Grandmas -Collaboration with Dancers-, Arts Mosis - Arts Quarter Collective,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Lecture/Artist Talk:
2023 Gordon Parks Gallery, Metro State University, St, Paul, MN
2022 Pierre Bottineau Library, Minneapolis, MN
2022 Japan America Society of MN, Minneapolis, MN
2021 White Bear Center for the Arts (Gallery Talk), White Bear Lake, MN
2021 Textile Center (Art Speaks), Minneapolis, MN
2022 Japan America Society of MN, Minneapolis, MN
2021 White Bear Center for the Arts (Gallery Talk), White Bear Lake, MN
2021 Textile Center (Art Speaks), Minneapolis, MN
2020 and 2021 Macalester College (Artist Talk), St. Paul, MN
2020 Coastal Carolina University (Artist Lecture),, Conway, SC
2018 Scrambler (Co-hosted by FORECAST Public Art and American Craft Council), (Artist
Presentation and Panel), American Craft Council, Minneapolis, MN
2017 South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD
2017 Del Mar College (Artist Lecture), Corpus Christi, TX
2016 Gunma Prefectural Psychiatric Medical Center (Artist Talk), Isesaki, Japan
2016 801 Gallery (Artist Talk), Minneapolis, MN
2015 Oklahoma State University (Artist Lecture), Stillwater, OK
2015 Harcourt House Artist Run Centre (Artist Talk), Edmonton, Canada
2015 University of Rochester (Artist Talk), Rochester. NY
2014 Gustavus Adolphus College (Artist Talk), St Peter, MN
2014 Bloomington Theater and Art Center (Artist Talk), Bloomington, MN
2013 Fort Lewis College (Visiting Artist/Artist Talk), Durango, CO
2006-2008, 2012, 2013, University of Minnesota Sculpture Class (Visiting Artist), Minneapolis, MN
2011 Morehead State University (Visiting Artist/Artist Talk), Morehead, KY
2011 The Bakken Museum (Artist Talk), Minneapolis, MN
2010 University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Sculpture Class (Visiting Artist), River Falls, WI
2010 Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Artist Talk), Minneapolis, MN
2010 FORM + CONTENT GALLERY (Artist Dialogue), Minneapolis, MN
2009 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Artist Talk), Omaha, NE
2008 Augsburg College (Artist Presentation), Minneapolis, MN
2006 Hennepin County Government Center (Panel Artist), Minneapolis, MN
Collections:
Private Collections:
He Thought It Was A Chicken Nugget (MN)
Grandmother’s Whisper (NE)
Bouquet from Grandmothers (CO)
Lighting the Pathway-Star- (WI)
Other Small Artworks (MN, SD, IL, NM, KY, and Japan)
Museum Collection:
Lacy Lucy, Tweed Museum, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN
Featured Books:
“Artists To Look Out For”, September 1st, 2014, Starry Night Programs
“Contemporary Sculptors: 84 International Artists”, July 28th, 2012, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Commissioned Work:
1) Stage Set Design and Fabrication for an Opera Concert "The Boy Who Drew Cats" by
Asako Hirabayashi
Commissioned by Japan America Society of Minnesota (JASM), Minneapolis, MN, 2023
2) Hopkins Dome Project: “Winter Garden”
Commissioned by Forecast Public Art, St. Paul, MN, 2020
3) “Finite to Infinite” ~artwork powered by solar and wind energy ~
Commissioned by The Bakken Museum, Minneapolis, MN, 2011
4) “Play to Pray” ~one of a kind piano~ for Pianos on Parade
Commissioned by Keys 4/4 Kids, MN, 2011
5) “Things Inherited” ~site specific installation ~ for Sataren Auditorium Lobby
Commissioned by Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN, 2010
6) Art Drinking Fountain ~one of a kind drinking fountain ~
Commissioned by the city of Minneapolis, MN, 2008 as a part of the city’s 150th anniversary
7) Sarugakyo Tourism Sign Project (Worked as a member of the design team and a fabricator)
Commissioned by the Chamber of Commerce of Sarugakyo Hot Springs Area, Gunma Prefecture,
Japan, 2002~2003