Born: Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Education:
| 1963–1967 | B.F.A., Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1967–1968 | Academia di Belle Arte di Brera, Milan, Italy
Studied sculpture with Marino Marini |
Solo Exhibitions:
| 2020 | Maekawa + Takemura, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2018 | Maekawa + Takemura, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2012 | Mie Gallery, Tsu, Japan |
| 2008 | Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| 2006 | Mie Gallery, Tsu, Japan |
| 2004 | Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China |
| 2001 | Sabine Knust Gallery, Munchen, Germany |
| 1994 | Yoshida Gallery, Nagoya, Japan |
| 1992 | Hillside Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1990 | Mie Gallery, Tsu, Japan |
| 1978 | Ginza Kaigakan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1972 | Guam University Gallery, Guam, USA |
| 1971 | Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1970 | Kintetsu Art Gallery, Yokkaichi, Japan |
Group Exhibitions:
| 2020 | “Aethetics in the Politics”
• WhiteBox, New York, USA |
| 2012 | “Future Pass”
• National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan • Today’s Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| 2011 | “Future Pass”
– Collateral Event of the 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy – Curated by Victoria Lu, Felix Schoeber, and Fondation Claudio Buzio • Travelled to: Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2006 | “Fiction Love” – Curated by Victoria Lu
• Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China • Singapore Contemporary Art Museum, Singapore • Millennium Museum, Beijing, China |
| 2005 | “Paradiso d’ Amore” – Curated by Victoria Lu
• Hangzhou West Lake Expo Museum, Hangzhou, China • Millennium Museum, Beijing, China • Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China |
| 2005 | “World Heritage SOS” – Organized by NHK (The Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
• The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2003 | “Saikai” (Renewal Exhibition)
• The Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan |
| 1995 | “The Myst – Crossing Borders” – Curated by Rainer Crone and Petrus Schaesberg
• Apexart, New York, USA |
| 1995 | “The Frameless ’95”
• Mie Center For the Arts, Tsu, Japan |
| 1995 | “Basic Marks” – Curated by Michael Mulhern
• Rosenberg & Kaufman Fine Art, New York, USA |
| 1985 | “Modern Japanese Abstract Painting”
• Nassau Community College, New York, USA |
| 1982 | “Inaugural Exhibition”
• The Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan |
| 1975 | “The International Women’s Exhibition”
• Maison de L’UNESCO, Paris, France |
| 1970 | “Contemporary Japanese Art” – Curated by Edward Fry
• The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan • The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA • The Philadelphia Civic Center Museum, Philadelphia, USA †closed in 1991 • Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA |
| 1970 | “Japanese Art” – Curated by Frances Blakemore
• Frannel Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
Publications:
| Contemporary Japanese Art
– Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA |
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| Future Pass
– Today’s Art Museum, Beijing, China |
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| Modern Japanese Prints
– Frances Blakemore, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Femmes Peintre et Sculpteurs
– Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs (UFPS), Paris, France |
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| Modern Art in Mie
– Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan |