SUNAE Artist Naoshi　砂絵アーティスト　ナオ氏


					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!

This is short movie of "How To Make SUNAE(Sand Art)" by Red Cap Cards!!!




◆Solo exhibition・Two-Four person exhibition

・2016　Solo exhibition『Swing Ride』…treehaus (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・2016　Solo exhibition『Rainbow Rain』…Creative Studio OOO (Kyoto, Japan) 　　・2015　Four person 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 punch(Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2012　Three person 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 person exhibition 『Kin Shiotani+Naoshi『Alphabet Zoo』…Gallery KUU (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2008　Solo exhibition『Naocity』…Musasino garo (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2008　Solo exhibition『TWINS』…OFFICE cafe(Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2007　Two person exhibition 『Yuki Satoi＋Naoshi『Shoes』…Gallery KUU (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2007　Two person exhibition 『Ikumi Nagasawa＋Naoshi『Private』…Refined Nest Gallery (Shanghai, China)

◆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)

◆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』…HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA(Osaka, Japan) 　　・2013　『NEW CITY ART FAIR Emigre collection』…Songshan Cultural Park (Taipei, Taiwan) 　　・2013　『ART OSAKA2013　Gallery KUU』…HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA 26th Floor(Osaka, Japan) 　　・2013　『YOUNG ART TAIPEI　Emigre collection』…SHERATON GRANDE TAIPEI HOTEL(Taipei, Taiwan) 　　・2012　『Daegu art fair from Takeda bijyutsu』…EXCO (Daegu, Korea) 　　・2012　『NEW CITY ART FAIR Emigre collection』…Aoyama SPIRAL (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2012　『ULTRA005 from Gallery KUU Kumiko Numao』…Aoyama SPIRAL (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2012　『ART OSAKA2012　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)

◆Group exhibition


・『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) 　　・『Paws Art Show』…Leanna Lin's Wonderland (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『Renegade Craft Fair』…Fort Mason Center Herbst Pavilion (San Francisco, USA) 　　・『Hello Kitty&99 Friends』…PIQ (New York, USA) 　　・『Hive Gallery 11th Year Anniversary Show』…Hive gallery (Los Angeles, USA)　　　・『The Little Prince Tribute Exhibition』…Gallery Nucleus (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『The Horror of SHIGERU MIZUKI ART Tribute』…Q2 Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『PIXEL HEART』…Gallery 1988 West (Los Angeles, USA)　　　・『HIVE TAROT 7』…Hive gallery (Los Angeles, USA)


・『Designer Con』…Pasadena Convention Center(Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『Where in the World?』…Gallery Nucleus (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『DREAMS』…Leanna Lin's Wonderland (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『Harajuku Halloween in LA Starring Milpom★』…Q2 Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『Window Display Show』…PIQ Design Store in Grand Central Terminal Station r (New York, USA) 　　・『Renegade Craft Fair』…The Brooklyn Expo Center (New York, USA) 　　・『Guillermo Del Toro in Service of monsters』…Gallery1988 (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『Coaster show』…La Luz de Jesus Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『Postcard Show』…MidoriNekoSha (Kumamoto, Japan) 　　・『Postcard Show』…Yamakataya (Miyazaki, Japan) 　　・『Postcard Show』…Coney's Eye (Ishikawa, Japan) 　　・『MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON in LA』…The REEF (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『Doraemon: Fujiko Fujio Tribute Art Show』…Q2 Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『Handmade Korea Fair 2015』…COEX 　　・『DEEPSPAAACE!』…GIANT ROBOT STORE (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『WONDERLAND art for animals』…Leanna Lin's Wonderland (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『Jedi July』…Hive Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『Hatsune Miku Dreams of Electric Sheep』…Gallery Nucleus (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『Like A Vergin』…Sacripante Gallery (Rome, Italy) 　　・『Pop Swap』…The Dream Dactory Gallery (Frankfurt, Germany) 　　・『UNIQUE USA Spring Market』…California Market Center (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『Sound + Vision : Album Cover Show』…Q2 Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・『EMA Show』…hpgrp Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『EMA Show』…Hellion Gallery (Portland, USA)


・『Giant Mango Selection』…Wrong Gallery (Taipei, Taiwan) 　　・『C/STORE Exhibition』…Yurindo Terrase mall Shonandai Do Life!(Kanagawa, Japan) 　　・『HAND MADE KOREA FAIR 2014』…COEX(Seoul, Korea) 　　・『Looks』…Tokyu Department Store/Tama Plaza （Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『La Piccola Bellezza』…Hangar Tattoo Studio (Rome, Italy) 　　・『evening』…arty punch gallery （Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Cat』…Contenart （Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『afternoon』…The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum museum shop （Tokyo, Japan)

・『CONTENART Opening exhibition"Nice to meet you!"』…CONTENART(Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『C/STORE』…Shibuya Hikarie 8F COURT (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Art Marche2』…TV asahi1F・UMU (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『C/STORE』…GARDEN GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『IVVA Art Night』…STUDIO and SPACE IVVA (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『HELLO DESIGN MY ! GIANT MANGO』…Pier-2 Art Center（Kaohsiung, Taiwan) 　　・『Pre-Y.A.T. Exhibition』…@DESIGNBURG's showroom （Taipei, Taiwan)　　　　　・『YOUNG ART TAIPEI 2013 Preview Tour』…Da Xiang Art Space （Taichung, Taiwan)　　　　　・『Art Marche』…TV asahi1F・UMU (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Urban Superstar Festival 2013』…Galleria d’Arte Provinciale Santa Chiara (Cosenza, Italy)

・『POSTCARD LABORATORY』…Hikarie 8/COURT(Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Putit Art』…Gallery KUU(Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Metro Art』…Sankei building Brick gallery B2F(Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Art Stamp show』…Setagaya Museum gallery (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Sweet Hot Mess show』…Cult Status Gallery（USA）　　・『Art no Hatake』…Isetan Shinjyuku B2F （Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Visualog』…Roppongi Hills Museum Store (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Chips』…Daikanyama hillside forum (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Taste FESTIVAL 2012』…Direktorenhaus Belin (Berlin, Germany) 　　・『Creema』…Isetan Shinjyuku B2F （Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『A close-up on Pop Surrealism and Urban Art』…Miomao gallery (Perugia, Italy) 　　・『COLORS』… Daikanyama hillside forum (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『C/STORE』…Shinagawa ecute gallery (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『ONIRIC』…MondoPOP International Gallery(Rome, Italy) 　　・『C/STORE』…C/STORE SHOP（Kanagawa, Japan)

・『Chrismas exhibition』…Gallery KUU(Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『URBAN POP SURREALISMO』…MondoPOP International Gallery(Rome, Italy) 　　・『Homeroom』…Subtext Gallery(San Diego, USA) 　　・ISSUE IMMEDIATE…Galerie Medamothi(Switzerland) 　　・Emigre…SHIBUYA PARCO　B1(Tokyo, Japan) 　　・YUKAI HANDS NIGHT…Asagaya Loft A(Tokyo, Japan)【Live paint】　　・HANDMADE KOREA FAIR2011…COEX(Seoul, Korea) 　　・『ZINE』…Gallery Ahitano Hako(Osaka, Japan) 　　・『Art for Lifeline』…Gallery KUU(Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『NEZUMI-KO』…RED CUBE project room (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Universal Love』…MondoPOP International Gallery(Rome, Italy) 　　・『Japanese Trend-setting Female Creators』…Meguro CLASKA The 8th gallery (Tokyo, Japan)

・『2D characters from the new curernts in contemporary art』…MondoPOP International 　　 Gallery(Rome, Italy) 　　・『TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR』…3331ARTS Chiyoda (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Manga Girls Inspiration』…Junie Moon Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『SHINI'N』…Marunouchi Building4F CARD TERIA (Tokyo, Japan)

・『YUKAI HANDS』…Shinjyuku ganka garo (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『CWC CHANCE』…Shinjyuku Marui one・Gallery Next Door (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・ART SHOW『Birth2』…Omotesando hills B3F (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Contemporary ART FAIR Step09』…STUDIO09 (Milano, Italy) 　　・Greeting care Exhibition『Red Cap Cards』…Gallery KUU (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『Strange Bedfellows』…COMPOUND gallery (Portland, USA) 　　・『URBAN SUPERSTAR Show』…Museo Madre (Napoli, Italy)

・『ILLUSTRATIVE08』…Messehallen Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland) 　　・『festival della creativita』…Fortezza da Basso (Firenze, Italy) 　　・『SWEET JAM MUSEUM』…Shinjyuku takashimaya (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・ART SHOW『Birth』…Super deluxe (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・『PINK ATTITUDE ITALY TOUR』…Becool Gallery(Rome)・GIGLIO(Parermo)・JSIGN(Napoli) 　　・『MONEY LISA』…MondoPOP International Gallery(Rome, Italy)

・『POP INVADERZ』…MondoPOP International Gallery(Rome, Italy) 　　・『SIGG+MOGRA』…Omotesando hills B3F (Tokyo, Japan)　　　・『egotismo』…elaboratorio gallery (Mexico) 　　・『LOVE.LY』…LAB YELLOW gallery (Hong kong)

・『POP'N FLOP'N』…THE REFRESH CENTER (France) 　　・Solo show『Flower girls』…HANJIRO (Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan) 　　・Solo show『Apple and Rabbit』…Theatre cafe (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・Solo show『On the Top』…kawara CAFE and DINING (Tokyo, Japan)



・2016　 treehaus (Los Angeles, USA) 　　・2016　 Leanna Lin's Wonderland(Los Angeles, USA) 　　・2013　 Momiji ichi…Tamagawa river(Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2013　 SUNAE workshop…Thetre Fonte（kanagawa, Japan) 　　・2013　 HELLO DESIGN MY ! GIANT MANGO …Pier-2 Art Center（Kaohsiung, Taiwan) 　　・2013 　International School (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2013 　Art Marche…TV asahi1F・UMU (Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2012　 Etsy Tokyo Craft Party…Fab Cafe（Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2012　 SUNAE workshop…Gallery Ashitano Hako(Osaka, Japan) 　　・2011　 SUNAE workshop…C/STORE（Kanagawa, Japan) 　　・2011　 Momiji ichi…Tamagawa river(Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2011　 SUNAE workshop in Portland…Richmond School(Portland, USA) 　　・2011　 SUNAE workshop…Gallery KUU(Tokyo, Japan) 　　・2011　 HANDMADE KOREA FAIR2011…COEX(Seoul, Korea)



・2010　 AI-AP　AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION29: Chosen 　　・2009　 CWC CHANCE: Finalist



・2016 　T-shirt Design for Popkiller 13th Anniversary, Popkiller(USA) 　　・2016 　Tote bag Design for Leanna Lin's Wonderland 6th Anniversary, Leanna Lin's Wonderland(USA) 　　・2016 　Naoshi's artwork was part of commercials for NRJ radio, number one radio in France, NRJ(France) 　　・2016 　Design for Lucky Dip Club(UK) 　　・2016 　Design for Furishiki(Japan) 　　・2016 　Design for Washi Tape, Shimojima Wrapping Club(Japan) 　　・2016 　T-shirts Design, Popkiller(USA) 　　・2015 　T-shirts Design, Popkiller(USA) 　　・2015 　Greeting card, Red Cap Cards(USA) 　　・2013　 Naoshi's charactor for pjyamas,　Peteralexander（Australia) 　　・2013 　Naoshi's charactor for the Minato Mirai shopping district in Yokohama station and Shibuya station(Japan) 　　・2012 　Book for Nobel Prize, PNJC project 　　・2012 　Cover of Martin Ouellet poem book, MARCHAND DE FEUILLES(Canada) 　　・2012 　Naoshi app from slowtime design(Japan) 　　・2011　 NEW YEAR CARD design,Printboy(Japan) 　　・2010 　ALFA ROMEO Art project Poster, ALFA ROMEO 　　・2009 　Music player&HD『Zune』, Microsoft 　　・2009 　『A Worldwider Tale』　　・2008 　Fake road signs project『PANOS2013』 (The Streets of Lyon, France) 　　・2008 　Manga school 『IRUQA　MBA』 (Japan) 　　・2008 　Callender project 『THE LIEBLINGSEMPIRE』 (Germany) 　　・2007 　T-shirts『＋DECORA!』(Japan)




・2016 　『create- zine』, Create zine (UK) 　　・2016 　『super cute paper toys -DIY-』, Monsa (Spain) 　　・2015 　Naoshi First Picture Book『ICE CREAM WORK』, Overcup Press(USA) 　　★ICE CREAM WORK Book Signing Tour 　　　【2015.9.14(Mon) PIQ design store (New York, USA)】　　　【2015.10.3(Sat) Gallery Nucleus (Los Angeles, USA)】　　　【2015.10.18(Sun) WACKO (Los Angeles, USA)】　　　【2015.11.12(Thu) Hellion Gallery (Portland, USA)】　　　【2015.11.14(Sat) KOBO Gallery (Seattle, USA)】　　　　【2015.11.15(Sun) Screaming Sky Gallery (Portland, USA)】　　　【2015.11.15(Sun) Ruby Jewel Ice Cream (Portland, USA)】　　・2015 　『MANGA INSPIRED』, Monsa (Spain) 　　・2015 　『HATSUNE MIKU DREAMS OF ELECTRIC SHEEP』 Gallery Nucleus(USA) 　　・2015 　『MONA LISA REIMAGINED』 Goff Books 　　・2014 　『ILLUSTNOTE No.30』（Japan) 　　・2012 　『THE TALL TREES OF TOKYO』,OVERCUP PRESS (USA) 　　・2012 　『HELLO KITTY HELLO ART!』, Abrams (USA) 　　・2012 　『PICTOPRASMA -THE CHARACTER COMPENDIUM-』,PICTOPRASMA (Germany) 　　・2011 　『1,000 Ideas by 100 Manga Artists』, Rockport Pub (USA) 　　・2011 　『Asian Illustrators…Monsa (Spain) 　　・2011 　『Japanese Healing Artworks…dpi Magazine (Taiwan) 　　・2011 　『Cute illustration』, Monsa (Spain) 　　・2011 　『ILLUST　JULY 2011』, (Korea)　　　・2011 　『The New Wave of Japanese Illustration』, Mao Mao Publications (Spain)　　　・2010 　『The Sorcebook of Contemporary』, Mao Mao Publications (Spain) 　　・2010 　『The New Age of Feminine Drawing』, ALL Rights Reserved (Hong Kong) 　　・2010 　『SWEET ILLUSTRATION』, Monsa (Spain) 　　・2009 　『Balance』,Shinjyuku ganka garo (Japan) 　　・2008 　『ILUSTRACTION』, Monsa (Spain) 　　・2008 　『PINK ATTITUDE (Italy) 　　・2008 　『CUSTOM KICKS』,Laurence King Publishing (The United Lingdom) 　　・2007 　『tatsumaki Vol.08&09』, (Japan) 　　・2007 　『I LOVE BADGES』, Monsa (Spain) 　　・2007 　『ASIAN ART CITY Vol.6』, Gallery Station Co.,LTD (Japan) 　　・2007 　『STIRATO』, STIRATO POSTER MAGAZINE (Italy) 　　・2007 　『Stina』 ,(Iceland) 　　・2006 　『Ikidebir』, (Turkey) 　　・2006 　『PUBLIC』, Public Magazine (USA)



・2015 　『TOFUGU』　　・2015 　『Feathered Nest Studio』　　・2015 　『Haikugirl’s 』　　・2015 　『EMILY LOVES JAPAN』　　・2015 　『Red Cap Cards』　　・2015 　『Strong Amor』　　・2015 　『CBY Book Club』　　・2015 　『Sher A Hart』　　・2015 　『3 partners In Shopping』　　・2015 　『Rainy day Ramblings』　　・2015 　『Where Connor and JT Go』　　・2015 　『Cover 2 Cover Blog』　　・2015 　『Saving in Seconds』　　・2015 　『Mary’s cup of tea』　　・2015 　『Curkng Up With A Good Book』　　・2015 　『Every Free Chance Books』　　・2015 　『BORN bookish』　　・2015 　『BROOKE Blog』　　・2015 　『DJS BOOK CORNER』　　・2015 　『HI FRUCTOSE』　　・2014 　『FRANKIE』, (Australia) 　　・2014 　『PIE MAGAZINE』,（Thailand）　　・2014 　『BLISSTOPIC』（Spain) 　　・2014 　『LIP』（Taiwan) 　　・2013 　『Jackie Magpie』,（UK）　　・2012 　『Origami Living』,（Japan）　　・2011 　『Curvy』,（Australia）　　・2011 　『Etsy』　　・2011 　『VOGUE ITALY』, (Italy) 　　・2011 　『NEWWEBPICK　#33』　　・2010 　『Rojo & Garabato Magazine #10』, (Spain) 　　・2010 　『JUXTAPOZ』, (USA) 　　・2010 　『hellion gallery』, (USA) 　　・2010 　『Rojo & Garabato Magazine #4』, (Spain) 　　・2010 　『UNDERSCORE.BIZ』, (Italy) 　　・2007 　『PARTYKA』, (USA)




・2007 　『Oh!bandesu』, Miyagi TV (Japan)


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