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1962
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Born in Kyoto, Japan
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1989
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Moved to Venice, Italy
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1996
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Started working with glass, collaborating with Murano master glass blowers Livio Serena and Andrea Zilio (coldwork is carried out by Giacomo Barbini)
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2001
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Received Giorgio Armani prize for Best Artist at Sotheby's Contemporary Decorative Arts Exhibition, London
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2007 |
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particelle silenziose, vangi museum, shizuoka, japan (solo) |
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2006 |
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earth, fire & water, katie jones gallery, london |
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2006 |
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galerie elisabetta bresciani, salò, italy |
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2006 |
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from west and east, shugoarts, tokyo |
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2005 |
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natuurfragmenten, with dorian hiethaar, brutto gusto, rotterdam (solo) |
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2005 |
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life: objects of water and light, hedge gallery, san francisco (solo) |
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2005 |
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stream of light on pollen, sakuranoki gallery, tokyo (solo) |
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2005 |
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ijskoud, brutto gusto, rotterdam |
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2004 |
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stream of light on en-gawa, shugoarts tokyo (solo) |
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2004 |
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installation with vincenzo castella, le case d’arte, milan (solo) |
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2004 |
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cool, brutto gusto, rotterdam |
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2004 |
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imagining prometheus, palazzo della ragione, milan |
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2003 |
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snow garden, shizuoka international garden and horticulture exhibition, pacific flora, main pavilion, hamamatsu, japan |
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2003 |
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special guest at spring flower exhibition, frans hals museum, haarlem, holland |
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2003 |
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glashard, brutto gusto, rotterdam |
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2003 |
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fruits of desire, kroller-muller museum, otterlo, holland (solo) |
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2003 |
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fruits of fire, brutto gusto, rotterdam (solo) |
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2003 |
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vetri. nel mondo. oggi, istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, palazzo franchetti, venice |
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2003 |
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la puissance du verre, international exhibition of contemporary glass, troyes, france |
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2002 |
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kirarirola, vetrina bassani, galleria blanchaert, milan (solo) |
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2002 |
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mishima intuizioni, sputnik pad, tokyo (solo) |
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2002 |
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kirarirola, kobo + space tomo gallery, tokyo (solo) |
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2002 |
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katie jones gallery, london |
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2002 |
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contemporary decorative arts, sotheby's, london |
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2001 |
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glassway, archaeology museum, valle d'aosta, italy |
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2001 |
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geile glazen, brutto gusto, rotterdam |
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2001 |
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contemporary decorative arts, sotheby's, london |
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2001 |
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risonanze, san sisto chapel, basilica of san lorenzo, milan (solo) |
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2000 |
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gibigiana, vivaio riva greenhouse, milan (solo) |
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2000 |
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katie jones gallery, london |
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1999 |
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fusion, palazzo dell'arengario, milan |
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1999 |
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glass & ceramics, galleria blanchaert, milan |
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1999 |
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giardino dell'anima, renzi & reale studio, milan (solo) |
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Public Collections
boijmans van beuningen, rotterdam, holland
alter hof herding, coesfeld, germany
frans hals museum, haarlem, holland
museum jan van der togt, amstelveen, holland |
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