Member
Art Beasties - Japanese Artist Collective. http://artbeasties.com/
Soil Gallery - non-profit artist run gallery. http://soilart.org/
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Monument In Memory: Abstract Alaskan Way, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2016 Summer Ice, Calypte Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015 Masons’ Happy Hour: New Paintings, curated by Jerry Garcia, The Ledge at Olson Kundig Architects, Seattle, WA
2015 On the Stove, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 Formalist's Agony, Prole Drift, Seattle, WA
2013 Maker Leisure Pleasure Seeker, Backspace Gallery, Peoria, IL
2013 Knit N' Paintin', Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 knit_art_history, 4culture, Seattle, WA
2006 Topology of Internal Light, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions
2023 Soft Power: Textiles, Heritage and Activism, curated by Ellen Ito, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2023 and then. Art Beasties 10th Anniversary, EV Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Color, Fresh Mochi Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Extracurricular III: The NSC Art Faculty & Tech Exhibition, North Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021 Admirational Invitational, studio e Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020 Making Better Painting: Thinking Through Practice, Hoffman Gallery, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
2019 Tree, curated by Dawna Holloway / studio e gallery, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA
2019 By and By : Hope for the Future, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Every Movement Reveals Us, Ditch Project, Springfield, OR
2018 Butterfly Flutter / Time Difference vol.3 New York - Seattle - London - Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Stranger Comes to Town, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, a Times Square, NYC, NY
2018 In the Shadow of Olympus, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 F(L)AT, Tiger Strikes Asteroid/ Napoleon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016 American Painting Today, curated by Matthew Offenbacher, V2, Seattle, WA
2016 SOIL at the Satellite Art Show, curated by Alex Paik, Miami Beach, FL
2016 Kitsch: a group show, co-curated by Kelsey Siegert and Maake Magazine, Studio e Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Neddy Award Exhibition, Pivot Art+Culture, Seattle, WA
2016 Out of Sight, King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2016 Boom: Changing Seattle, curated by Susan Surface, Center for Architecture and Design, Seattle, WA
2016 Art Beasties Collective: Time Difference Vol.2, Hyogo Prefectural Art Museum, Kobe, Japan
2016 Northwest Art Now, curated by Rock Hushka and Juan Roselione-Valadez, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2015 Good Neighbor, curated by Amanda Donnan, Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University, Seattle, WA
2015 Color Forms, curated by Laura Lasworth, SPAC Gallery at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
2015 Neddy Award Exhibition, Cornish College of the Arts Main Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015 Bellingham National 2015 Art Exhibition, curated by Scott Lawrimore, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2015 Art Beasties Time Difference: New York/Tokyo/Seattle, Soil Gallery and Prole Drift Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 To Be Alone Together, curated by Shelly Leavens and Emma Levitt, Museum of Northwest Art [MoNA], La Conner, WA
2013 <Tagtics>, Quartair, The Hague, Netherlands
2013 Today, from your yesterday and tomorrow, curated by Jaclyn Blumas, Gallery 918, Toronto, Canada
2012 BAM Biennial 2012: High Fiber Diet, curated by Stefano Catalani, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2012 Four Approaches, curated by Nicholas Nyland, Pulliam Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 Textiles Tieton: Fresh Thread, curated by Ed Marquand, Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, WA
Awards and Honors
2020 Cornish Arts Incubator Grant/Residency, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2017 4Culture Art Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2017 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts CSG Endowment Fellowship
2016 Neddy at Cornish Award in Painting category Finalist, Behnke Foundation, Seattle WA
2016 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson VT
2015 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant Nominee
2015 Neddy at Cornish Award in Painting category Finalist, Behnke Foundation, Seattle WA
2015 4Culture Art Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle WA
2014 2015 Northwest Contemporary Art Award Nominee, Portland Art Museum
2012 Grants for Artist Projects, Artist Trust, Seattle WA
1999 Eleanor Roberts Memorial Scholarship
1999 George Tsutakawa Memorial Scholarship
1997 Fine Art Studio Program Study Abroad Scholarship, University of Washington
Professional Activities
2021 Jury, Mary Olson Farm Artist in Residence, Auburn, WA
2020 Guest Panelist, Making Better Painting: Thinking Through Practice symposium, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
2019 Artist Lecture, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
2018-present, Adjunct faculty, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
2018 Visiting Lecturer, Lewis & Clark College Art Department, Portland, OR
2017 Guest Panelist, Phenomenal: NW5 Painting Colloquium, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2017 Visiting Artist, Creative Fusion Summer Program, University Child Development School, Seattle, WA
2016 Video Art Selection Panelist, e4c at 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2016 Guest Speaker, Neddy Award Finalist Exhibition, Pivot Art + Culture, Seattle, WA
2016 Visiting Artist, Summer Youth Film Camp, Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, WA
2016 Visiting Lecturer, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA
2015 Adjunct faculty, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2015 Guest Speaker, Seattle People of Color Salon August, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2014 Visiting Panelist, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
2013 Visiting Lecturer, Contemporary Art Practice, University of Washington, Bothell, WA
Collections
Meta (Facebook), Bellevue, WA
Microsoft, Redmond, WA
Rijnstate Kunstcollectie, Arnhem, Netherlands
City of Seattle: SPU Portable Works
4Culture and the King County Public Art Collection, Seattle, WA
Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Education
University of Pennsylvania - M.F.A. Painting 2002
University of Washington - B.F.A. Painting 2000
International School of Art, Umbria Italy - Summer 1999
Fine Art Studio Rome Program of the University of Washington - Fall 1997
Languages
Japanese: native language
Italian: intermediate (speaking, reading); basic (writing)
Spanish: intermediate (speaking, reading); basic (writing)