born: Kanazawa, Japan 1968
position: independent artist
studio location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Education: State University of New York at Buffalo, B.S. Summa Cum Laude 1995
Department of Medicine, Biophysics.
Experience: Assistant to John Healey 1991~1996
Partner Healey Studio LLC 1997~present
Teaching Assistant-The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass - 1999
Beyond the Basket: Contemporary Work in Fiber, Metal & Wood - del Mano Gallery, California - June/July 2007
Connected: Annual Exhibition of Basketry and Connective Techniques - Cervini Hass Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona - February 2007
Contemporary Baskets 2006 - del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California - June/July 2006
Hot Tea! - del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California - April 2006
“Bend-Twist-Wrap: Contemporary Work in Wire” - Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Connecticut- February 2006
Selected Works - del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California -January 2006
SOFA Chicago 2005 - Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois - October 2005
Contemporary Baskets- del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California -July 2005
SOFA Chicago 2004 - Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois - November 2004
Show&Tel - Zimmer Children’s Museum, Los Angeles, California - June 2004
Contemporary Baskets 2004 - del Mano Gallery, California - June/July 2004
SOFA New York 2004 - Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, New York - June 2004
SOFA Chicago 2001~2003 - Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois - October 2001, 2002, 2003
Glass Weekend ‘01, ‘03 - Wheaton Village, New Jersey - July 2001, June 2003,
500 Baskets - Lark Books - 2006
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot - Magazine of Handweavers Guild of America - Fall 2005
Surface Design Journal - Summer Edition 2005
*Cervini Haas/Gallery Material - Scottsdale, Arizona
*del Mano Gallery - Los Angeles, California
Jane Sauer Thirteen Moons Gallery - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mariposa Gallery - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Museum of Arts and Design, gift store - New York, New York