Born in Tokyo, Japan (1963).
Lives in Europe since 1995.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Faculty of Literature,
Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan (1986)

Tokyo College of Photography, Japan (1995)

École nationale supérieure de la photographie,
Arles, France (1996)

Studio national des arts contemporains,
Le Fresnoy, France (1999)

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

2013
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE LA IMAGEN, UAEH, Pachuca de Soto, State of Hidalgo, Mexico
“Women”

GALERIE TANIT, Beirut, Lebanon
“Paintings & Mirrors”

2012

KATARA ARTS CENTER, Doha, Qatar
“Intangible Brides”

MUSÉE DU PAVILLON DE VENDÔME-DOBLER, Aix-en-Provence, France
“L’Élision de l’image”

THE SECOND DALI INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, Yunnan, China
“My Paintings”

THE SOLO PROJECT, Basel, Switzerland
I Love My Job, “My Paintings”

2011

RUARTS GALLERY, Moscow, Russia
“Paintings. Self-portraits”

GRAND-PALAIS, Paris, France
Galerie Albert Benamou, “Art Paris”

THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL ALPILLES-PROVENCE
Val d’Enfer, Baux-de-Provence
“Le Silence d’Yves Klein. Autoportrait”

THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL ALPILLES-PROVENCE
Château des Alpilles, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
“Peinture. Autoportrait”

2010

MAISON EUROPÉENNE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, Paris, France
“Là où je ne suis pas”

PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France
“Autoportraits 2010″

RALPH PUCCI INTERNATIONAL, New York, USA
“Paintings. Self-portraits”

PARCOURS SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS,
Paris, France
«Writings at Anne Fontaine»

GALERIA DOS PRAZERES, Madeira, Portugal
“Paintings. Self-portraits”

2009

NEW YORK PHOTO FESTIVAL 09, New York, NY, USA
“Eyemazing”

MODEMUSEUM HASSELT (MMH), Hasselt, Belgique :
“Monumental Mao” (100 m2)

COMPAGNIES DU MONDE, Paris, France
“Femmes du monde”

2008

GUY PIETERS GALLERY, Knokke, Belgium
“Sacred Mirror”

XIN DONG CHENG SPACE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Beijing, China
“The Brides of the World”

MUSEO MOLINOS DEL RIO SEGURA, Murcia, Spain
“Espejo consagrado”

SAVARIN, Oostende, Belgium
“Met Kunst aan Tafel”

2007

CENTRO DAS ARTES. CASA DAS MUDAS, Madeira, Portugal
“Tudo o que não seja eu”

GALERIE ALBERT BENAMOU at
RESIDENZ PALAST, Salzburg, Austria
“Salzburg World Art Fair”

FOTOESPAÑA 2007, Madrid, Spain
“Todo lo que no soy”

GRAND-PALAIS, Paris, France
Galerie Albert Benamou
« Art-Paris »

IMAGINART GALLERY, Barcelona, Spain
“Todo lo que no soy me interasa”

GALERIA D’ARTE VENEZIA, Venice, Italy
“Ma mort n’en saura rien”

2006

THE ISRAEL MUSEUM, Jerusalem, Israel
“All That’s Not Me…”

COLLÉGIALE SAINT-LAZARE, Avallon, France
“Tombeau”

GRAND-PALAIS, Paris, France
Galerie Albert Benamou
« Art-Paris »

RUARTS GALLERY, Moscow, Russia
“Marry Me ! Self-portraits”

SEPTEMBRE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE 2006, Lyon, France
“Raison de mort”

PARCOURS SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÈS,
Paris, France
“Sakura at Arthus-Bertrand”

THE HEDER CONTEMPORARY ART,
Tel-Aviv, Israel
“Self-portraits with a Comma”

HÔTEL DE VILLE, Angers, France
“Triptyque Festival”

2005

TRANSPHOTOGRAPHIQUES
BROEL MUSEUM, Kortrijk, Belgium
“Birth of a Geisha”

ELLEN CURLEE GALLERY, Saint-Louis, USA
“Birth of a Geisha”

FLATFILE GALLERIES, Chicago, USA
“Birth of a Geisha”

TRIBECA ISSEY MIYAKE, New York, USA
“Incarnations”

INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS,
New York, USA
1st Price, category “Self-portrait”

2004

35^es RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES
DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, Arles, France
“Marry Me !”

19^e BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE
POUR LA CRÉATIVITÉ DANS L’HABITAT
INTÉRIEUR 04, Kortrijk, Belgium
“Silver Pavillon”

FIFTY ONE FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY,
Antwerpen, Belgium
“Who Is Afraid of Kimiko ?”

AOYAMA BOOK CENTER, Tokyo, Japan
“Marry Me !”

ROCKET GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
“Monochrome Self-portraits”

2003

MAISON DES ARTS, Malakoff, France
«Marry Me !»

2002

CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE, Paris, France
«Paris-Photo»

PARCOURS SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS,
Paris, France
«Cherry Blossom at Shu Uemura»

L’ÉCURIE, Brussels, Belgium
«Being in the Light»

LIGHT WORKS GALLERY, Yokohama, Japan
«Princess Bamboo»

2001

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE,
Paris, France
«Tokyo, vite !»

2000

MUSEUM OF ART, Herzylia, Israël
«Jérusalem, Tokyo, Venise, vite !»

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2013

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, Ahmedabad, India
TASVEER ARTS, Bangalore, India
“Hikari. Contemporary Photography from Japan”

2012

ASU ART MUSEUM, Tempe, Arizona
“Performing for the Camera”

STATE MUSEUM & EXHIBITION CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY ROSPHOTO, Saint Petersburg, Russia
“The Face: Evolution of Portrait in Photography”

PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France
“Blanche est la couleur”

THE PAGODA PARIS, Paris, France
“L’Asie en vogue”

GALERIE DA-END, Paris, France
“Nippon-ismes”

LILI-UBEL GALLERY, Paris, France
“Souffrir par toi n’est pas souffir”

LONDON PRINT STUDIO, London, England
“Grafik Apparel. Interweaving Art & Fashion”

MUSÉE DE LA TAPISSERIE, Angers, France
“Sacré Blanc !”

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART, Mumbai, India
SEAGULL ARTS & MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER, Kolkatta, India
GALLERY ART MOTIF, New Delhi, India
“Japanese Contemporary Photography”

2011

KUNSTHAL, Rotterdam, Netherlands
“I Promise I Love You - Caldic Collection”

STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM-SIBERIAN CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Novossibirsk, Russia
KRASNOYARSK MUSEUM CENTER, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
ROBA ART GALLERY, Omsk, Russia
STATE MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY-METENKOV HOUSE, Ekaterinburg, Russia
CHELYABINSK MUSEUM OF ARTS, Chelyabinsk, Russia
“The Face: Evolution of Portrait in Photography”

MILLESGÅRDEN MUSEUM, Stockholm, Sweden
“Glasstress Stockholm”

2010

MUSÉE MAILLOL, Paris, France
“C’est la vie !”

VILLA EMPAIN-BOGHOSSIAN FOUNDATION, Brussels, Belgium
“Itinéraires de l’élégance entre l’Orient et l’Occident”

Galerie TANIT, Munich, Germany
“One Minute Beauty”

ESPAÇO PÚBLICO, Madeira, Portugal
“Lonarte 10″

2009

LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, PALAZZO CAVALLI FRANCHETTI, Venice, Italy
“Glasstress”

HELLENIC CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, Athens, Greece
“Athens Photo Festival 09″

PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM, Thessaloniki, Greece
“2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art”

PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS DE LILLE, Lille, France
“Miroirs d’Orients”

MUSÉE LOUIS VOULAND, Avignon, France
“Jeux de miroirs”

THEMES & VARIATIONS, London, Great Britain
“Maverick”

ARTCURIAL, Paris, France
“Femmes artistes du livre”

MUSEO D’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA BERENGO, Murano Venice, Italy
“Venice Projects”

GALERIE PIERRE-ALAIN CHALLIER, Paris, France
“Elles aussi”

I LOVE MY JOB, Paris, France
“Un Salon particulier”

2008

SMAK, STEDELIJK MUSEUM VOOR ACTUELE KUNST, Gent, Belgium
“The Hands of Art”
A project by Ronny Van de Velde

PRIMO PIANO LIVINGALLERY, Lecce, Italy
“Lumiere. Rassegna Internazionale di Arte Video”

L’ABBAYE, Annecy-le-Vieux, France
“MÉTAmorphose”
A project by Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine & Jean-Marc Salomon

CASTELLO CARLO V ARAGONESE, Lecce, Italy
“Venere Vincitrice”

SIMON GALLERIA, Bangkok, Thailand
“International Photography Month”

CASA PARK, Brasilia, Brazil
LYNCH LOUNGE, Assomption, Paraguay
GALERIE DE L’ALLIANCE FRANçAISE, Monterrey, Mexico
MUSEO DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO, Mexico
HISTORICAL MUSEUM KARVASLA, Tbilissi, Georgia
HYATT REGENCY, Kiev, Ukraina
FRENCH INSTITUTE, Zagreb, Croatia
“Essences insensées. Art & Perfume”

2007

MAISON GUERLAIN, Paris, France
“Miroir, mon beau miroir”

CESAC-IL FILATOIO, Caraglio, Italy
“Il Velo”

THEMES & VARIATIONS, London, UK
“Gold Fever & Silver Rush”

ARSENALE DI VENEZIA - SPAZIO THETIS, Venice, Italy
“Faccia Lei. Portraits in Transition”

SCOTTSDALE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART,
Phœnix, Arizona, USA
“Art Is An Idea: the Moquay Collection”

MAISON EUROPÉENNE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, Paris, France
“Acquisitions 1999-2006″

ESPACE TAJAN, Paris, France
“L’Artiste & ceux qui le soutiennent”

MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Goya”

FUKUOKA ART MUSEUM, Fukuoka, Japan
AYALA MUSEUM, Manila, Philippines
FRENCH INSTITUTE, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
“Essences insensées”

GALERIE ÉTATS D’ART, Paris, France
“Femmes du XX^e siècle”

THAILAND CREATIVE & DESIGN CENTER, Bangkok, Thailand
“The French Cultural Festival”

AKUREYRI ART MUSEUM, Akureyri, Iceland
“Face à Faces”

BIENNALE D’ISSY. MUSÉE DE LA CARTE À JOUER, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
“Une beauté violente à en perdre la raison”

2006

GRAND-PALAIS, Paris, France
“Génération Picasso”

ARTCURIAL, Paris, France
“Mickey Upside Down”

KUNSTHALLE KREMS, Krems-Stein, Austria
“Corpus Christi.
Christusdarstellungen in der Fotografie”

FARMANI GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY,
Los Angeles, USA
“The 2005 Best of Show”

PALM SPRINGS, USA
“First Photo Festival”

NPAK-CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY EXPERIMENTAL ART, Yerevan, Armenia
“Face à Faces”

PILSNER URQUELL BRAND FORUM, Poland
“The 2005 Best of Show”

FOTOGRAFINS HUS, Stockholm, Sweden
“[Self]portraits”

KULTURHUSET, Stockholm, Sweden
“Revelation/Uppenbar(a)t”

KUNSTHALLE, Krems, Austria
“Corpus Christi. Christusdarstellungen in der Fotografie”

CITY ART CENTRE, Edinburgh, Scotland
«Face to Face»

ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE DES BEAUX-ARTS (ENSBA), Paris, France
«Essences insensées»

2005

MUSEO NACIONAL REINA SOFIA, Madrid, Spain
Departmento de Audiovisuales
«We Are the World»

ACADEMY OF ARTS & DESIGN, Tel-Aviv, Israel
«Yona in Bezalel»

THE CHELSEA ART MUSEUM, New York, USA
«The Bogey Man (after Goya)»

THEMES AND VARIATIONS, London, UK
«Whisper»

SUPER !
FIRST TRIENNAL FOR CONTEMPORARY
VISUAL ARTS, FASHION & DESIGN,
Hasselt, Belgium
«Beauty Without Irony»

FESTIVAL VOIES OFF
RIP, Arles, France
«Temps forts»

ESPACE SISLEY, Paris, France
«Artists Mirrors»

COUVENT DES CORDELIERS,
Châteauroux, France
«Meubles d’artistes»

ARTCURIAL, Paris, France
«Face à Faces»

ARNHEM MODE BIËNNALE 2005, Holland
«Design Against Aids»

ELGA WIMMER GALLERY at
DiVA, New York, USA
«Digital & Video Art»

GALERIE NIKKI MARQUARDT, Paris, France
«Portraits de femmes de la Bible»

2004

MOIS DE LA PHOTO PARIS 2004
PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France
«D’une image qui ne serait pas du semblant.
La Photographie écrite 1950-2005»

CHELSEA ART MUSEUM, New York, USA
«We Are the World»

DEICHTORHALLEN-INTERNATIONALES HAUS
DER PHOTOGRAPHIE, Hamburg, Germany
«Corpus Christi»

TÊTE À TÊTE ARTS, Paris, France
«Miroirs d’artistes
pour la Fondation Claude Pompidou»

FIFTY ONE FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
Antwerpen, Belgium
«Fifty One Celebrates Four Years»

CRISTINEROSE/JOSÉE BIENVENU GALLERY
New York, USA
«Revisiting History. Self-portrait Photography»

A3 ART
«Foire Saint-Germain», Paris, France

REFLEX NEW ART GALLERY
Amsterdam, Holland
«The Beauty of Darkness»

LE LIEU UNIQUE, Nantes, France
«Où sont les femmes ?»

2003

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE,
Paris, France
«Fictions de l’identité»

THE ISRAEL MUSEUM, Jerusalem, Israel
«Corpus Christi»

GALERIE DES GALERIES LAFAYETTE,
Paris, France
«Avatars»

MUSÉE DE LA MODE, Hasselt, Belgium
«Bagg/ages»

A3 ART
«Foire Saint-Germain», Paris, France

2002

MAISON EUROPÉENNE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE,
Paris, France
«Le Diaphane & l’Obscur»

HÔTEL DE SULLY, Paris, France
«Corpus Christi»

NUIT BLANCHE
Espace Huit Novembre, Paris, France

GALERIE DES GALERIES LAFAYETTE,
Paris, France
«Courant d’air, Courant d’art»

2001

KAWASAKI CITY MUSEUM, Japan
«Inter/Outer»

ABBAYE DU RONCERAY, Angers, France
«Femmes, etc.»

MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Tourcoing, France
«Le Temps des plis »

MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Grenoble, France
«Passions partagées »

GALERIE VALOIS, Paris, France
«Effervescence»

LA PÉRIPHÉRIE, Malakoff, France
«Love Me»

GALERIE BEAUBOURG, Paris, France
«Face à Face»

PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France
«Next Generation»

GALERIE VALÉRIE CUETO, Paris, France
«Girls on Top»

GALERIE VALÉRIE CUETO, Paris, France
«Tempête sous un crâne»

MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Tourcoing, France
«2 000 et 1 tableaux pour le millénaire»

2000

GALERIE VALÉRIE CUETO, Paris, France
«Rouge»

TOIT DU MONDE, Vevey, Switzerland
«Argos Project»

TOKYO METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, Japan
PREFECTORAL MUSEUM, Shizuoka, Japan
PREFECTORAL MUSEUM, Hiroshima, Japan
«Les 100 Sourires de Monna Lisa»

PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France
«Narcisse blessé»

POZNAN MUSEUM, Poland
«Biennale de la photographie»

1999

ICC, Tokyo, Japan
«Digital Bahaus»

1998

PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France
«Fétiches & Fétichismes»

Fine Arts Museum, Houston, USA
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Kawasaki City Museum, Japan
Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris
Caldic Collection, Netherlands
Vehbi Koç Foundation Contemporary Art Collection, Istanbul
Centro de Arte Moderna. Casa das Mudas, Madeira
Bank Neuflize/ABN AMRO, Paris
Lhoist Group, Bruxelles
Price Waterhouse Coopers, Paris
Diane Von Furstenberg, New York
Phoenix Insurances Ltd, Tel-Aviv
Jervis Center, Dublin
Sheika Paula Al-Sabah, Dar Noor, Dubai
Joey Tanenbaum Collection, Toronto
Veuve Clicquot, Reims
Ville d’Angers
Jewellery Arthus-Bertrand, Paris
Fondation Guerlain, Paris
Commission by Centre national de la photographie, Paris

Flammarion IV, Paris
Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerpen
Fondation Claude Pompidou, Paris
Place des Arts, Paris
Manufactura de Tapeçarias de Portalegre, Portugal

International Photography Awards
New York, 2005
Winner of the 1st Place
Category “Self-portraits”