Artist Statement
The motive for my work starts from an interest in the correlation between fantasy and a natural principle. For example, when we perceive snow falling down creating an uncertain view as a fantastical vision. Correlation of natural science, myth and spirit, is advocated from the ancient times.The nature principle creates worlds in which I feel a sense of awe. When I face those mysterious views, I fall into the illusion that the fantasy world, which I knew in a story, actually appeared in front of my eyes. My theory is that the invisible fantasy world is actually strongly connected with the visible real world and my attempt is to try and capture my world view with an optical media - photography. I think that could be a sincere demonstration of how I face the world and I wish my trial becomes a new sense of value for other people too.
education
2006 MA Image and Communication | Goldsmiths College of London
2004 Certificate Professional Photography Practice | University of the Arts London (LCC)
1999 BA Foreign Language and Culture | Dokkyo University Japan
selected solo exhibitions
02 2013 Whispering with elves, trolls, and hidden-folks | B GALLERY, Tokyo Japan
06 2010 photographs appear in a darkness under the water | 35.64474 139.70057, Tokyo Japan
05 2010 mystic water / geothermal | Kagure Workspace, Tokyo Japan
04 2009 tree/sleep | ASI Art Museum, Reykjavík Iceland
03 2009 innocent water | Reykjavík Museum of Photography, Reykjavik iceland
04 2008 H2O | PUNCTUM Photo+Graphix Tokyo, Tokyo Japan
group exhibitions
02 2013 'POLA MUSEUM ANNEX EXHIBITION 2013' | POLA MUSEUM ANNEX, Tokyo Japan
09 2011 'Sacred place, Prayer, Fantasy Exhibition of Photograph' | KOUMI-MACHI KOUGEN MUSEUM OF ART, Nagano Japan
awards
2011 The POLA Art Foundation | Grants for Young Artists Overseas Study
2009 The Nomura Cultural Foundation | Exhibition Grants
