Bio
Born in Osaka, Japan, and based in Brooklyn, NY, she creates abstract mixed media works with a strong fiber art sensibility.
She grew up in her parents’ women’s clothing store in Japan, surrounded by fabrics, threads, and sewing tools. The shop mainly sold ready-made garments, but also offered custom orders and alterations—a tactile environment that shaped her sensitivity to materials from an early age.
Her creative process begins with inner chaos and evolves through spontaneous dialogue with what unfolds in front of her—each piece feels like something that hatched from within and came alive on its own.
After backpacking solo through 13 countries—from China, Russia, and across Europe—she arrived in New York on New Year’s Day in 1994. What was meant to be a one-year stay turned into a life. Today, she continues to walk through art and life as one continuous journey—unmapped, guided by instinct, curiosity, and serendipity.
With a background in fashion editing, graphic design, and content creation, she now runs an online vintage jewelry shop and an independent publishing studio. For her, both art and life are a journey—one led by curiosity, serendipity, and self-discovery. She has taken numerous continuing education courses at art institutions and universities in New York City, exploring fiber art, mixed media, and photography as visual storytelling.
Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2017 “The Fall in the Lake”, Rabbit House, New York, NY
2016 ”Flowers: Listening to the Sprit, Painting with Light and Time II”, Salon Musa, New York, NY
2016 ”Flowers: Listening to the Sprit, Painting with Light and Time I”, Rabbit House, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
Mar-May 2019 “Our Botanical World”, Big Screen Plaza, New York, NY
Mar-May 2019 “Our Botanical World”, Matted LIC, Long Island City, NY
Feb 2019 “Glimpses of Our World”, Salmagundi Art Club, New York, NY
Jul 2018 “Shofuten”, Art Gallery Blanche, Osaka, Japan
May-Aug 2018 “Our Botanical World”, Queens Botanical Garden, Queens, NY
Jul 2017 B&H Portfolio Development, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Feb 2016 “Vision of Nature”, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY
Education:
- B.A. In Human Behavioral Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
Continuing Education:
- Drawing, Painting, Color, Design with Ronnie Landfield| Art Student League, NY | 2022
- Abstract Painting with Peter Bonner | Art Student League, NY | 2022
- Print Making without Press with Sylvie Covey | Art Student League, NY | 2021
- Still Life Painting with Karen O’Neil | Art Student League, NY | 2021
- Artist’s History of Collage Painting | Cooper Union, NY |2/2021
- Abstract Watercolor Painting | Cooper Union, NY | 10/2018 – 12/2018
- Chef Training Program | Natural Gourmet Institute, NY | 5/2003 – 3/2004
- Food Styling Workshop | New School, NY | 3/2003
- Photo Essay Course | International Center of Photography, NY | 4/1996 – 6/1996
- Documentary Photography | Cooper Union, NY | 2/1996 – 4/1996