Bio

BORN
Okinawa, Japan 1967

EDUCATION
BFA in Illustration with distinction Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California 1996
BFA in Painting, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 1992
Honolulu Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii Associates in Science 1989

AWARDS
1993-1996 On scholarship Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

EXIHIBITIONS
2011 ‘Uncelebrated Spaces’, 2-person show, Bend, Oregon
2010 Solo Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2010 3-person show, BICA Gallery, Bend, Oregon
2010 Summer Solstice Event Group Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2009 Holiday Group Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2009 Summer Solstice Event Group Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2009 A Day in May, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2009 One Grand Exhibition Artwork $1000 and Less, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2008 Holiday Group Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2008 17th Annual Oil Painter’s of America Show, Dana Gallery, Missoula, Montana
2007 Holiday Group Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2007 Summer Solstice Event Group Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2006 Holiday Group Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2005 Holiday Group Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2004 Holiday Group Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2002 Industrial Evolution (two-person show) MJW Fine Art, Balboa Island, CA
2001 Annual Balboa Island Show (group show) MJW Fine Art, Balboa Island, CA
2001 Inside/Outside (group show) MJW Fine Art, Balboa Island, CA

REPRESENTATION
‘A’ Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah since 2004
Stewart Gallery, Boise Idaho since 2008
BICA Gallery, Bend Oregon 2009-2010
High Desert Gallery, Bend Oregon since 2010

COLLECTIONS
Utah Museum of Fine Arts Salt Lake City, UT
partial listing William Benton Museum of Art Mansfield, CT
private collectors California, Utah.

ASSOCIATIONS
International Guild of Realism
Oil Painters of America

PUBLICATIONS
High Desert Journal (cover) 2010
International Artist Magazine, May 2008
Southwest Art Magazine, Collector’s Choice 2006