I'm an artist based in Los Angeles, USA. Using shiny colorful sand(It's called Sunae in Japan), I make art portraying surreal people living in a real world with various everyday thoughts and emotions, such as joy, happiness, sorrow, and anxiety. When I make Sunae, I'm always inspired to live life brightly each day just like the sparkly shiny sand that gracefully slips through my hands and fingers. It is a very unique and meaningful material for me to work with, and I enjoy it very much. I began making Sunae in 2004. Since 2007, I've been participating in a wide range of art projects/exhibits outside of Japan, including United States, Italy, France, Switzerland, Korea etc. My ultimate goal is to familiarize people with Sunae around the world! |
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◆Solo exhibition・Two-Four person exhibition | |||||
・2017 Solo exhibition 『Life is a circus!』…Pygmy Hippo Shoppe&Pygmy Big Top (Los Angeles, USA) ・2017 Four artists exhibition 『HEAD IN THE CLOUDS』…FOLD Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) ・2016 Solo exhibition 『Swing Ride』…treehaus (Los Angeles, USA) ・2016 Solo exhibition 『Rainbow Rain』…Creative Studio OOO (Kyoto, Japan) ・2015 Four artists exhibition 『So Youn Lee+ Justine Lin+ Mayuko Nakamura+ Naoshi』…La Luz de Jesus Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) ・2014 Solo exhibition 『Life of Paper Plane』…arty punchi (Tokyo, Japan) ・2012 Three artists exhibition 『Hanae Sasaoka・Miki Fuseya・Naoshi "Hito・Hito・Hito"』…Gallery KUU (Tokyo, Japan) ・2012 Solo exhibition 『Little fighters』…Gallery Ashitano Hako(Osaka, Japan) ・2009 Two artists exhibition 『Kin Shiotani+Naoshi "Alphabet Zoo"』…Gallery KUU (Tokyo, Japan) ・2008 Solo exhibition 『Naocity』…Musashino garo (Tokyo, Japan) ・2008 Solo exhibition 『TWINS』…OFFICE (Tokyo, Japan) ・2007 Two artists exhibition 『Yuki Satoi+Naoshi『Shoes』…Gallery KUU (Tokyo, Japan) ・2007 Two arsists exhibition 『Ikumi Nagasawa+Naoshi『Private』…Refined Nest Gallery (Shanghai, China) |
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◆Museum | |||||
・2016 『Hey! Ho! Let's Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk』… Queens Museum (New York, USA) ・2009 『URBAN SUPERSTAR Show』…Museo Madre (Napoli, Italy) |
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◆Art fair | |||||
・2016 『ART KAOHSIUNG from Emigre collection』…City Suite Kaohsiung Hotel (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
・2016 『ART TAICHUNG from Emigre collection』…Millennium Hotel Taichung (Taichung, Taiwan) ・2014 『ART OSAKA 2014 from Gallery KUU』…HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA(Osaka, Japan) ・2013 『NEW CITY ART FAIR from Emigre collection』…Songshan Cultural Park (Taipei, Taiwan) ・2013 『ART OSAKA2013 from Gallery KUU』…HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA 26th Floor(Osaka, Japan) ・2013 『YOUNG ART TAIPEI from Emigre collection』…SHERATON GRANDE TAIPEI HOTEL(Taipei, Taiwan) ・2012 『Daegu art fair from Takeda bijyutsu』…EXCO (Daegu, Korea) ・2012 『NEW CITY ART FAIR from Emigre collection』…Aoyama SPIRAL (Tokyo, Japan) ・2012 『ULTRA005 from Gallery KUU Kumiko Numao』…Aoyama SPIRAL (Tokyo, Japan) ・2012 『ART OSAKA2012 from Gallery KUU 』…HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA 26th Floor(Osaka, Japan) ・2009 『Step09 from MondoPOP gallery』…STUDIO09 (Milano, Italy) ・2009 『ULTRA002 from Gallery KUU Kumiko Numao』…Aoyama SPIRAL (Tokyo, Japan) ・2009 『Kunstart09 from Shonandai Gallery』…Messe Bozen (Bolzano, Italy) ・2007 『Art Shanghai 2007 from OFFICE339』…Shanghai Mart 4F (Shanghai, China) |
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◆Group exhibition | |||||
【2018】 | |||||
・『Guillermo Del Toro tribute group show "In the name of the monster,
The Robot, and The Bleeding Ghost"』… Gallery Nucleus (Los Angeles, USA) |
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【2017】 | |||||
・『Renegade Craft Fair』…State Historic Park (Los Angeles, USA) ・『HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE!』…Pygmy Hippo Shoppe&Pygmy Big Top (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Renegade Craft Fair』…Bridgeport Art Center (Chicago, USA) ・『SALUT! II Coaster Art Exhibition』…Nucleus Portland (Portland, USA) ・『Designer Con 2017』…Pasadena Convention Center (Los Angeles, USA) ・『California Love 2』…Leanna Lin's Wonderland (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Neighborhood Girls』…Hive Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) ・『SF ZINE FEST』…Country Fair Building in Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, USA) ・『END OF SUMMER BASH』…ARTISTS REPUBLIC gallery (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Cat Con』…Pasadena Convention Center (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Mermaids & Mermen』…Qpop Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) ・『GO GET' EM TIGER』…Giant Robot Store (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Window Display Show』…Hannah Zakari (Scotland, UK) ・『FRIENDZY』…OC Fair (Orange County, USA) ・『TAROT』…Amaneï Salina (Italy) ・『LA ZINE FEST』…California Market Center (Los Angeles, U.S.A.) ・『Curio Con』…Pasadena Convention Center (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Being a Panda』…Flower Pepper Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Renegade Craft Fair San Francisco』…Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion (San Francisco, USA) ・『C/STORE』…Tokyu Hands Nagoya (Aichi, Japan) ・『Featured Postcard』…Conys Eye (Ishikawa, Japan) ・『Featured Postcard』…Karuizawa New Art Museum (Nagano, Japan) ・『Sweet Pink show』…Qpop Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Valentine's day pop up shop』…Gallery30south (Los Angeles, USA) ・『C/STORE』…Isetan Matsudo 1F (Chiba, Japan) ・『C/STORE』…Tokyu Plaza Ginza (Tokyo, Japan) ・『C/STORE』…readingstyle (Tokyo, Japan) |
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【2016】 | |||||
・『Renegade Craft Fair』…The Grand Park (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Popkiller 13th Anniversary Event』…Popkiller / POP (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Designer Con』…Pasadena Convention Center (Los Angeles, USA) ・『C/STORE』…Shibuya Hikarie8/CUBE gallery (Tokyo, Japan) ・『TEZUKA OSAMU Deput 70th 』…Gallery Nucleus (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Salut! show』…Nucleus Portland (Portland, USA) ・『C/STORE』…Shizuoka Isetan 2F Spicy Market (Shizuoka, Japan) ・『Cartoon Network en Amarillo, Azul y Rojo show 』…Cartoon Network Studio (Portland, USA) ・『Coaster show』…La Luz de Jesus Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) ・The Power Morphicon: Power Ranger Art Show from Qpop…Pasadena Convention Center (Los Angeles, USA) ・『THE MATTEL ARTSHOW 2016』…Gallery 1988 West (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Coaster show』…La Luz de Jesus Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) ・The Power Morphicon: Power Ranger Art Show from Qpop…Pasadena Convention Center (Los Angeles, USA) ・ ICE CREAM WORK Book Signing+Pop-Up@Leanna Lin's Wonderland (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Wonderland Summer Spectacular -Celebrating 6 years of Leanna Lin's Wonderland』…Leanna Lin's Wonderland (Los Angeles, USA) ・『C/STORE』…Tokyu Hands Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan) ・『90's NIQ』…PIQ (New York, USA) ・『Showa Era Vintage Mana Tribute Art Show』…Q2 Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) ・『C/STORE』…HINKA RINA GINZA (Tokyo, Japan) ・『SUPER KAWAII FOOD SHOW』…Japan LA (Los Angeles, USA) ・『Print Show』…SHOP THE FOX (Saannah, USA) ・『【Grobal Green】OTSUTSUMI×Creator Collaboration FUROSHIKI』…Shinjyuku Isetan 7F (Tokyo, Japan) |