In my practice, I explore the interconnectedness and cyclical nature that weave us all together, intentionally or unintentionally, and there is a certain sense of surprise and comfort in knowing that. The natural phenomena of the water cycle, along with mediums such as cyanotype and thermal color, enable me to translate ephemeral human presence like body water and heat into tactile visualizations. The result is a conundrum of the desire to create static, physical objects that capture the fleeting human essence.

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Born in Japan. Lives and works in North Kingstown, RI.

EXHIBITIONS:

2024 Silver Linings at NE 48th Ave (two-person),
Chazan Gallery, RI
2023 I Should Have Been a Pair of Ragged
Claws, Wassaic Project, NY
2022 When the Wind Blows, Kunst Haus Wien,
Vienna, Austria
2019 Weather Report, The Aldrich Contemporary
Art Museum, CT
Ad Astra Per Aspara, Wassaic Project, NY
Portrayal, Green Space Gallery at T.F. Green
Airport, RI
2017 Out of the Woods: Grand Entrance
(collaboration), Stevens Point Sculpture
Park, WI
2015 Odd Geometry (two-person),
cocolaboratory, Akita, Japan
Growing, Nizayama Forest Art Museum,
Toyama, Japan
10th Daikokuya Contemporary Art
Competition, Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya,
Tochigi, Japan
2014 What Comes Around Goes Around (solo),
Gallery Glass Pyramid, Toyama, Japan
2013 Ecchu Art Festival, Toyama, Japan
Yatsuo Art Festival 2013, Toyama, Japan
The Space of Time (two-person), Nizayama
Forest Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
Homeward Found, Wassaic Project, NY
2012 Art Garden 2012 Oiwasan, Toyama, Japan
2011 Yatsuo Art Festival 2011, Toyama, Japan
2010 Ecchu Art Festival, Toyama, Japan
I-95 Triennial Invitational, University of
Maine Museum of Art, ME
Alchemy, Schiltkamp Gallery, MA
2009 Young Artists Exhibition, Tamada Projects,
Tokyo, Japan
Color Matters, South Shore Art Center, MA
2008 New Art 2008, MPG Contemporary, MA
2007 The Five Senses, Northbrook Public Library,
IL
Essential Elements, Hera Gallery, RI
Fresh Perspectives in Studio Furniture, Silo
Gallery, CT
RISD/Fidelity Outdoor Sculpture Loan
Program, Fidelity Investments, RI
2006 New Directions ’06: 22nd Annual National
Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Barrett
Art Center, NY. Juried by Sara Reisman,
Curatorial Fellow, The New Museum of
Contemporary Art, NY.
30 Under 30, Hera Gallery, RI
Graduate Student Exhibition, The RISD
Museum, RI
Perfectly Frank: MFA Row, Peerless Space,
RI
Phenomena, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode
Island School of Design, RI
Curiouser: RISD Graduate Sculpture Thesis
Exhibition, Stay Gold Gallery, NY
RISD at UMASS, Student Union Gallery at
UMASS Amherst, MA
2005 Expansion, Group Exhibition #1 by
nyfineart.com, New Century Artists, NY
Summer Festival “Art Students’ Exhibition
in NY” 2005, Ise Cultural Foundation Gallery,
NY
Graduate Sculpture, Sol Koffler Gallery,
Rhode Island School of Design, RI
2004 Wood, Richard and Dolly Maas Gallery,
Purchase College, SUNY, NY
2003 Recent Work (solo), Art + Design, Purchase
College, SUNY, NY

SELECTED EXPERIENCE:

2022 University of Jan Evangelista in Ústí nad
Labem, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Instructor: “Reassembling the Body”
2021 Wassaic Project, NY
Artist in Residence
2019 Wassaic Project, NY
Artist in Residence
2018 Pacific Northwest College of Art, OR
Instructor: “Casting Call: Mold Making and
Casting”
2017 Stevens Point Sculpture Park, WI
Artist in Residence
2012 Wassaic Project, NY
Artist in Residence
2009 Sculpture Space, NY
Artist in Residence
2008 Vermont Studio Center, VT
Artist in Residence
2006 Rhode Island School of Design, RI
Instructor of Record: “Mmm….Molds”
2003-2004. Hurricane Mountain: A Center for Earth Arts,
NY. Artist in Residence

AWARDS:

2024 Interlude Artist Support Grant, Interlude
Artist Residency, NY
2022 Make Art Grant, Rhode Island State Council
on the Arts, RI
2021 The Artist’s Resource Trust Fund, Berkshire
Taconic Community Foundation, MA
2006 The Artist’s Resource Trust Fund, Berkshire
Taconic Community Foundation, MA
2005 Juror’s Award, selected by Midori Yoshimoto.
Ise Cultural Foundation Gallery, NY
2005 Honorable Mention, 2005 Outstanding
Student Achievement in Contemporary
Sculpture Award, International Sculpture
Center, NJ
2005 Sylvia Leslie Herman Young Scholarship,
Rhode Island School of Design, RI
2004 Jeanne Stahl Webber Scholarship, Rhode
Island School of Design, RI
2001-2003. Art + Design Merit Scholarship, Purchase
College, SUNY, NY
2002 Elena Prentice Rulon-Miller Scholarship,
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ME

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

May 31, 2022. "Luft, die man sehen kann," Christina Böck,
Wiener Zeitung.
May 2022. “Wenn der Wind weht,” Vernissage, p.66-69.
Mar. 16, 2022. “Ausstellung mit Gebläse: Windig,
stürmisch, atemraubend,” Nicole Scheyerer,
Falter.
Mar. 16, 2020. "When Art Captures the Wind and the Rain
- and a Bit of Ourselves,” Patrick Rogers,
www.nrdc.org.
Feb. 15, 2020. “Getting Your Weather Report at the M
Museum,” Louis Bury,
www.hyperallergic.com.
July 20, 2014. “Introducing Sculptures Referencing Water
Circulation,” Kitanippon Shimbun.
Oct. 13, 2013. “Nizayama Forest Art Museum,” Osamu
Kuga, d design travel TOYAMA,
D&DEPARTMENT PROJECT, p.27.
Sept. 19, 2013. “A Wave’s Moment, Expressed in Glass,”
Kitanippon Shimbun.
Sept. 4, 2013. “Individual Expressions of Water and Time,”
Satoki Hamamatsu, Kitanippon Shimbun.
Jul. 15, 2013. “New Works Inspired by Water and Time,”
Kitanippon Shimbun.
Aug. 17, 2006. “Fresh Views,” Bill Rodriguez, The
Providence Phoenix.
Jul. 27, 2006. “Young Artists Reveal Edgy Dimension,”
Doug Norris, South County Independent.
May 10, 2006. “The Art of Investing at Fidelity,” Andrea L.
Stape, The ProvidenceJournal.

EDUCATION:

2004-2006. Rhode Island School of Design, RI
MFA Sculpture

1999-2003 Purchase College, SUNY, NY
BFA Sculpture