BIOGRAPHY

1964           Born, Osaka, Japan
1988           B.A., Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
1991           Pennsylvania School of Art & Design
1992           Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan
1993           M.A., Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
1995           MFA: San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1998           Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, Museum Purchase Award, San Francisco, CA
1998           Best of Show Award, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Pacific Prints
1998           Acquisition Award Purchase, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture & the Arts, The State of Hawaii
1999           Artist In Residence/critique, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2002           Artist In Residence, The Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
2003           Artist In Residence, Jyvakylan Grafiikkakeskus, Jyvaskyla, Finland