Artists

Profile

2023
Appointed as Professor, Kyoto University of the Arts, Kyoto
2011
Visiting Researcher, TrAIN Research Centre at University of the Arts London (Ministry of Cultural Affairs Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists) London, UK
2003
Appointed as Associate Professor, Kyoto University of the Arts, Kyoto
1999
Artist in residence, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, Ireland
1994
Received MFA from Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
Selected as a recipiet of scholarship from National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
1992
Received BFA from Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
1969
Born in Aichi, Japan

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023
"breath / behind shut eyes / tracing," SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan
2016
"Modest Engagement," SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan
2014
"A," Imura Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2008
"closer," SCAI X SCAI, Tokyo, Japan
2006
"Toru Kamiya," SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Harman Miller for the home Showroom, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery ARTE, Kagawa, Japan
2004
"velvet's deer," Gallery So, Tokyo, Japan
CASO, Osaka, Japan
2003
"united & take over," Gallery So, Tokyo, Japan
2002
"Meaning & Reason," Gallery So, Tokyo, Japan
"BONAFIDE RIDE," CASO, Osaka, Japan
2001
Gallery So, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Haku, Osaka, Japan
2000
Gallery So, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1998
Gallery So, Tokyo, Japan
1997
CAC Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Galleria Berini, Yokohama, Japan
Gallery So, Tokyo, Japan
1996
CAC Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery So, Tokyo, Japan
1995
Fujita Vente Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1993
Gallery So, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022
"Polyphony," ARARIO GALLERY, Shanghai, China
2021
HOTEL ANTEROOM NAHA, Okinawa, Japan
2020
"SCAI 30th Anniversary Exhibition," SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan
"Let’s Open the Doors to Art," Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2019
3-day group show related to Aichi Triennale, ZaisyohouseKoide, Aichi, Japan
2012
"Drawing Lessons," Galerie Aube at Kyoto University of Art & Design, Kyoto, Japan
"Artwork Twitter," Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2009
"Where Light Gathers: Contemporary Art from the Museum Collection," Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Fukutake House, Kagawa, Japan
2007
"WAR &ART - Terror and Simulacrum of Beauty - ," Galerie Aube, Kyoto, Japan
VOCA 2007, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"Exhibition Seen Through the Eyes of Children," Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"YJP/Young Japanese Painters," Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005
"take art collection," Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
2004
"Accessible - SCAI meets CLASCA," Hotel Clasca, Tokyo, Japan
"take art collection," Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
2003
"ZONE -Clairvoyants in this threatening age," Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2002
SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan
1998
Inoue Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Fresca, Tokyo, Japan
1997
Asiz Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
1996
JBC Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1995
R.H.A. Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1994
Akane Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Commissioned Works

2023
Azabudai Hills, residential hall, Tokyo, Japan
2021
OCA TOKYO (private collection), Japan
2020
HOTEL ATENROOM NAHA, Okinawa, Japan
2015
HYPERGRAPHIA: The Writings of DAVID SYLVIAN 1980-2014 (book project)
2014
Tranomon Hills, office elevator hall, Tokyo, Japan
Park Court Chiyoda Fujimi The Tower, Tokyo, Japan
2012
DAVID SYLVIAN – Implausible beauty 2012
2011
Park City Kashiwanoha, library room, Chiba, Japan
2007
Tokyo Mid Town, Tokyo, Japan
Tamagawa Art Line Project, Yaguchino-watashi station, Tokyo, Japan
Kyushu Dental University, entrance hall, Fukuoka, Japan
2004
Fund Creation Ltd, entrance, Tokyo, Japan
2001
'Marunouchi Stylish Cafe' : CD cover & inner sleeve, Universal Music Japan
1996-97
Commissions to produce 12 works for monthly literary publication front cover 'GUNZO', Japan

Public Collections

Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto City University of Art, Kyoto, Japan