Short Biography
Born in Aichi, Japan. Graduated from faculty technology in University of Tokyo. He moved to France in 1983. His inclination toward painting dates his childhood, he engages seriously in artistic research since 1986, after leaving the carrier as engineer.
His creation covers a various fields, from expressive painting to Land Art. One of his project work was recompensed by Miro Foundation in Majorca in 1998. In 2004, He participated in Sculpture Workshop at Accra in Ghana financed by J.P.Blanchère Foundation, then he had an honor to be a member of the Jury of UNESCO Prize for Contemporary African Art.
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-ONE MAN SHOWS-
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1986 |
Installation of series of printings "Baigneuse" on the beach in Deauville (France) |
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1987 |
"Ma Baigneuse et Ses Amis", Crocodile Gallery, Honfleur (Normandy,France) |
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1989 |
Cimaises Ventadour, Paris |
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1990 |
"Expo fantome", Crocodile Gallery, Honfleur |
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1992 |
"Homo-Animal", Galeria El Manantial, Barcelona (Spain) |
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1993 |
"Die Wiederkehr des Kong", Galerie 7550 Design, Rastatt (Germany) |
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1995 |
"Burn-Out", Ob-Art Galerie, Karlsruhe (Germany) |
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1996 |
"Homo-Animal", Galerie blanche, Paris |
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1999 |
"Aburidashi Drawing", Love Collection Gallery, Nagoya (Japan) |
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"Aburidashi", La Maison du Buto Blanc, Le Perche (France) |
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"Kisses of France, Kisses of Japan", Kunang Kunang Gallery , Nagoya (Japan) |
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2000 |
Kunang Kunang Gallery , Nagoya (Japan) |
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2001 |
"Univers Divers", Centre Culturel Franco-Japonais, Espace Bertin POIREE, Paris |
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2002 |
Le Garage + La Serre, Lorgues (Var) |
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2004 |
"Rain of Paris" Kunang Kunang Gallery , Nagoya (Japan) |
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"With the Nature" Santo city museum, Shiga-ken (Japan) |
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2006 | |
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2007 |
"Song of Rain, Dream of Fruits", L-Gallery, Nagoya (Japan) |
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"Water of the Butte aux Cailles", La Vitrine, Paris |
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2008 |
"Rain Painting" (Evening Show) LAHUNE Gallery, Paris |
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2010 |
"Un reposoir à la caresse des ombres" Galerie LA HUNE-BRENNER , Paris |
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2012 |
"Drawing" Galerie Kamila Regent, Saignon de Lubéron |
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"Année Sabattique" L-Gallery, Nagoya (Japan) |
-RECENT EVENT WORKS-
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2002 |
"Serre de Brouillard", featuring Masaki Iwana, Buto dancer, Lorgues * |
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2003 |
"Water Bar" at Butte aux Caille Pool, Paris |
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"Collecte de Baisers" (NUIT BLANCHE) Montparnasse Museum , Paris |
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"Enigme du Baiser" (LIRE EN FETE) City Hall Paris-19 |
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2007 |
"Kiss of Saint Valentain" , Bastille, Paris |
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-RECENT GROUP SHOWS-
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2000 |
Galerie Aricchi (Paris) |
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2002 |
Nature Art Project, GeumGang , Korea |
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"Alice, l'ivre des Merveilles" , La Tour Jean Sans Peur, Paris |
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2003 |
"Art'mosphere", City Hall of Gentilly (Paris district) |
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"Pas de Quartier pour Rever", City Hall of Paris-19 |
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"Les Eaux", La Mairie de Paris, City Hall of Paris-13 |
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"l'Eau & le Feu" , Maison des Arts, Carces (Var) |
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2004 |
"no-made", Villa Roc Fleuri, Cap d'Ail (Cote d'Azur) |
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"KPEHE Art In Action", Dubois centre, Accra (Ghana) |
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"Alice a la Folie", Hotel Salomon de Rothschild, Paris |
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2005 |
"Chantier d'Art", Cunlhat (Puy-de-Dome) |
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"Heartland Drawing Biennale", Wakita Museum, Karuizawa, Japon |
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"Alice et les tentations scellees ", Pavillon de l'Ermitage, Paris |
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2006 |
"Chantier d'Art,- Eau de Cunlhat "( Puy-de-Dome) |
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"LINART" (Contempory Art Fair in Gent, Belgium) |
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"Caravansarai", Heartgallery, Paris |
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2007 |
"Paysage minuscule", APACC, Montreuil |
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"Catalunya, Vent de l'Est", Galeria Marge-U, Cadaques (Espagne) |
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"Bonjour Montparnase", Biennale de Tachkent (Ouzbekistan) |
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" Histoires d'Eaux, Histoires d'Art - Eau miraculeuse", Gréoux (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) |
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2008 |
" LEXIBITION ", L-gallery. Nagoya, Japan |
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" Histoires d'Eaux, Histoires d'Art - Histoire des éscargots", Gréoux (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) |
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" Art au Vert - Où est le bonheur? ", Strosswihr, Valley of Munster (Alsace, France) |
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" Couleur(s) d'Automne - Observatoire", Annemasse (Haute-Savoie, France) |
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" TASHKENTALE -Jardin de Sable", Tashkent and Bukhara (Uzbekistan) |
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2009 |
" LEXIBITION ", L-gallery. Nagoya, Japan |
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" Parcours des Fées - Jardin des fées" (Hautes-Alpes,France) |
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" Chemin d'Art - Vache qui ne rit plus" Saint-Flour (Cantal, France) |
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" I-Park Environnemental Art Festival - Looking for Algonquian " (Connecticut, USA) |
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"ALICE CHEZ LES CHANOT" (Au centre d'Arts Plastiques Albert Chanot, surround of Paris) |
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2010 |
"Symmetry" L-Gallery's Group Show, Nagoya |
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"Out of Space - Volcan in Netherland " Nature Reserve DeRottige Meente (Netherlands) |
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"Erzurum Painting Symposium" (Turkey) |
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"L'Art en passant, de la Souterraine à Bridiers - Chevalier" La Souterraine (Creuse) |
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"Parcours Croisés - Robe de mariée" Roque-Baignard (Normandy) |
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"GeumGang Nature Art Biennale - Waterbufallo" Gongju, Korea |
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"jacobeoinprogress"(Hito Project organaized by "Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes" ) |
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2011 |
"Si le printemps revenait - Nid d'hirondelle" at University of Nice Sophia-Antipolice |
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"Hito Residence Program at Casa de Los Titeres" Aragon, Espagne) |
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"Matières à dire - Sanglier ailé" Val-André, Bretagne |
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2012 |
"La Rose Bleue" Deauville |
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"PAYSAGES AVEC FIGURES ABSENTES" Barjols, Vars |
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-AWARD & COMMISSION-
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1989 |
Prize for lino-cut at the competition for ex-libris of the Taylor Foundation(France) |
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1991 |
Printmaking for "The Hope and Optimism Portfolio" (project for Art-Center in Namibia) |
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1993 |
"UNESCO Art Prize". Selectioned among the 37 artists |
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Poster for the City festival "Correfoc" at Montorenes del Valles (Catalonia, Spain) |
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1998 |
Grant of Japan Foundation in Paris |
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Award to a creative project from Miro Foundation in Mallorca (Catalonia, Spain) |
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2002 |
Grant of Japan Foundation in Paris |
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2008 |
Grant of Japan Foundation and Pola Art Foundation in Tokyo |
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-OTHER ARTISTIC WORK EXPERIENCES-
Artist Residence at the Art Center "La Rectoria" in Catalonia, regularly between 1990-1995
Teaching experience at the printing-atelier of ADAC(Paris' City Workshop) in the autumn 1994
Artist Residence at the Graphic Art Center "Frans Masereel" (Belgium) ,1995
Artist Residence at the Foundation "Valparaiso" in Andalousia (Spain) ,1996
Artist Residence at the Association "Zone Inondable" in Provence (France) ,1999 & 2000
Artist Residence at "Chambre avec vue..." in Provence (France) - 2001 &2003
Sculpture Workshop at Accra in Ghana organized by Foundation J.P. BLACHERE, 2004
A member of Jury "Unesco Prize for Africain Art", Bamako (Mali), 2004