Born in Nigata, Japan 1973. Lives and works in London.

EDUCATION

2000-2002
MFA in Fine Art Media, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London
1996-2000
BA Honours in Fine Art Media, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London

PUBLICATIONS

2010
An Exploration of Perforated Space in Four Segments of Words, Audio Books, IMT Gallery, London
Mythological Life of People on the Holy Land, [the] Evidence Version 3: images that move, the evidence journal, London

2007   
Not So Too Much of Much of Everything, Chap Book No7 published by Book Works, London

EXHIBITIONS / LIVE ART

2010
10th festival Vizura aperta Momiano, Momian, Croatia
Others, 3rd AiM International Biennale, Riso Museo D'arte Contemporanea Della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy
Geo-Graphics, Bozar, Brussels, Belguim
Live Performance presented by L'appartement 22 (Rabat) at No Soul For Sale, Tate Modern, London
Solo Show, An Exploration of Perforated Space in Four Segments of Words, IMT Gallery, London, UK

2009                      
"The Known Unknowns" at Volatile Dispersal: Festival of Art Writing, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
3rd AiM International Biennale, Marrakech, Morocco
Noble Intent, Five Years Gallery, London, UK
Each Teach – a project by Campbell Works, Five Years Gallery, London, UK
Solo Show: A Talef Two States, Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem

2008                       
Helmut Newton's Ladies Night, organised by Spartacus Chetwynd, Royal Academy, London
Solo Show: A Tale of Two States, Al-Khaf Gallery, Int. Centre of Bethlehem, Palestine
Beyond the Pale Yellow Amusement Park, Campbell Works, London, UK           
Konstrukcije, Waldinger Gallery, Osijek, Croatia (Catalogue)

2007
The Jerusalem Show, Jerusalem
Dislocate 07, Tokyo/Yokohama, Japan
You and Your Work 2, Cubecinema, Bristol, UK
Cazenove Street Festival, Commissioned by Campbell Works, London
Mala Plastica, SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia

2006
Coding:Decoding, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark Coding:Decoding, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
Media Mediterranea Festival, Pula, Croatia
Art/X/Toyama in Uozu 2006, International Art Exhibition, Toyama, Japan (Catalogue)
FRAMED, NODE.london, Slade Centre of Electronic Media, London, UK
1:1, PM Gallery, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia

2005
An Image In The Past, Radio Lora, Zurich, Switzerland
About Time, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
Momiano o4 in Zagreb, Gallery Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, Croatia
Change Your Life Here, Emirates Fine Art Society Exhibition Hall, Sharjah, UAE  (Catalogue)
Triptych, commissioned by Zagreb radio 3 Zagreb Croatia

2004
Ordinacija, MM Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
RAM – RadioArteMobile, Rome, Italy 
Moral Plinth, Beaconsfield, London
Tip 2, Art Radionica Lazareti and the Slade School of Fine Art, Dubrovnik, Croatia-London
Vizura Aperta/Momiano, Momian, Croatia in collaboration with Fabrizio Manco
Cups of Tea, Pavilion, Lancashire

2003          
Theory in Practice, Gallery Otok, Dubrovnik, Croatia
beta01, Grunau, Zurich, Switzerland
D-net, Royal College of Art, London
Urban Audio-Sound Art and the City, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead

2002                
Fish Bowl, The Foundry, London
Tales, Gallery Muu, Helsinki touring to Turku, Finland
WUWH, Liverpool Biennale, Static Gallery, Liverpool
Slade Graduate, Chiswick Park Business Centre, London 
Critical Curtains 2, Bloomsbury theatre, London

SELECTED FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS / TOURING

Green Path Ahead of You Me Him Her Us Them and All (2008):
2009                       
A Tales of Two States, Al Mamal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
Flatpack Festival, Birmingham, UK
2008                        
A Tale of Two States, Al-Khalf Gallery, Bethlehem, Palestine

99 Red White Green Black Balloons Performing to a Very VERY Sentimental Music (2008):
2009                       
A Tales of Two States, Al Mamal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
2008                       
Yellow Amusement Park, Campbell Works, London

Good Morning At Night (2005)
2009
EWHA, Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
Noble Intent, Five Years Gallery, London
2008                        
Juppun Japan, Chelsea College of Art & Design, UAL, London, UK
2007                
AMAL 07, International Euro Arab Film Festival, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Vertical, Caldes de Montbui, Spain
Saison Video 2007, Espace Croisé, Roubaix, France  (Catalogue)
The Perfect Real, The Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow
2006                
Coding:Decoding, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Coding:Decoding, Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde Denmark
Festival Video I Audio Medija Visura Aperta Momiano 06, Momian, Croatia
2005                
10th Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris,France
24th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden (Catalogue)
About Time Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark

Making a Little Island of Desert (2005)
2007                        
Vertical, Caldes de Montbui, Spain

Combing (2004)
2006                
PureScreen DVD01, Studio Voltaire, London
2005
The Best of PureScreen – PureScreen DVD01, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
touring Video Thursday, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland / AntiMatter Film Festival,Canada / Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre, The Itau Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil /Side Cinema, Newcastle / UCLAN, Preston / The Residence, London / Radiator Festival, Nottingham
2004                
PureScreen 6, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Out Video, Int. Video-Art Festival in Public Spaces, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Surabaya … (2004): Live performance in collaboration with Fabrizio Manco
2004                
Besame Mucho, Hoxton Hall touring Ritzy Cinema, Brixton and 291 Gallery, Hackney London

Singing In The Sun (2003)
2004
Ladyfest, Int. Video Festival, Vienna, Austria

Journey (2002): sound
2003
Urban Audio-Sound Art and the City, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
2002
WUWH, Liverpool Biennale, Static Gallery, Liverpool

Monkey and Bear (2002)
2002
Slade Graduate, Chiswick Park Business Centre, London 

P.A.N.D.A (2001)
2002
Tales, Gallery Muu, Helsinki touring to Turku, Finland

. . . . . (2000)
2001                
Beck's Futures 2 film & Video, ICA, London touring to Manchester, Liverpool and NY

Three Hundred and Twenty Nine Pieces (2000)
2000                
BBC British Short Film Festival 2000, London (Catalogue)

AWARDS / GRANTS / RESIDENCIES

2009-2010
Artist in Residency Programme, L'appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco

2007                  
Artist in Residency Programme, Al-Mamal Foundation, Jerusalem

2006                
Travel Awards, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation UK (Art/X/Toyama)
Grants to Artists, The British Council (Art/X/Toyama)

2005                
Film Maker’s Festival Fund, Film London (Good Morning at Night)
Sharjah Biennial 7's Artist-in-Residence-programme, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE

2004                
Video and Performance Award Artist in Residency, Vizura Aperta/Momiano, Momian, Croatia in collaboration with Fabrizio Manco
Organiser’s Prize, Out Video, Int. Video-Art Festival in Public Spaces, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Artist in residency, Pavilion, Lancashire

2002                
Julian Sullivan Award for achievement in Fine Art Media Slade, School of Fine Art, UCL

2001                
Thomas Scholarship, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL

WORKSHOP / TUTORIALS

2010                        
Workshop/Seminar, Labo Session 1, ESAV Marrakech, Morocco

2009                        
Workshop, Test, Performance Festival, SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
Workshop and Tutorials, Academy of Art in Palestine and Art School for Youth in Ramallah

2008                        
Workshop presentation in collaboration with Spartacus Chetwynd, Ladyfest, Goldsmith University, London

2007                       
Visiting Seminar, Zagreb Art College, Croatia

2006                
Children’s workshop, Art/X/Toyama, Toyama, Japan

2005                
Weekly photographic workshop and tutorials, Sharjah College of Fine Art, Sharjah, UAE
Weekly sound workshop, Sharjah Biennial 7, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE in collaboration with Majida Almazan and Khalil Abdulwahid

2004                
Tutorials, Student Centre for Zagreb Art College, Zagreb, Croatia