Education
| 1964 | Born in Osaka, Japan |
| 1997 | BFA in Photography - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 1998 |
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Photography Department |
| 2000 |
MFA in Photography - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 2003 |
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2018 | Unison - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2017 | Unison - Bolt Project Space, Chicago Artists Collation, Chicago, IL |
| 2014 |
Latent Heat - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2010 |
Æther - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2009 |
Ex Post Facto - Witzenhausen Gallery Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2008 |
Ex Post Facto - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2006 |
My Idol - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2005 |
Poo-Chi - Cornelius Pleser Galerie, Munich, Germany |
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Poo-Chi - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2018 | Pink Noise: Works by the Stella Collective - The Mary-Frances and Bill Veeck Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2017 | Wa-Jin - Japan Information Center, Chicago, IL |
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Seeing Through the Garden - Sensyu-Izutsuyashiki, Higashikagawa, Takamatsu, Japan |
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| 2016 |
Preview 6 : We’ve Met Before - Bolt Residency, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL |
| 2014 |
Stella: The Nature of a Collective - Ukraine Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL |
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Nocturnal Labyrinth - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 2012 |
Great Refusal: Taking on New Queer Aesthetics - Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2011 |
Till All Is Green - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY |
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Staged Photography - Paci Contemporary, Brescia, Italy |
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| 2009 |
The Shasin-ka Slide Show,NAKANAKA: Japanese Arts and Culture Series - Drom, New York, NY |
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Womanliness - Galleria PaciArte, Brescia, Italy |
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| 2008 |
Focus: Midwest - Midwest Museum of Contemporary Art, Carmel, IN |
| 2007 |
Thinking the Multiple - Hampshire College, Amherst, MA |
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PHOTOARTE, Brescia, Italy |
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| Free Rein/Full Play – New Chicago Photographer - Ellen Curlee Gallery, St. Louis, MO | |
| Bangkok International Art Festival, Bangkok, Thailand | |
| 2006 | A Travel on the Contemporary Photography - Galleria PaciArte, Brescia, Italy (Catalog) |
| The Distant Mirror - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Festival of Love: Video Series - Asia Society, New York, NY | |
| Director’s Lounge - Berlin, Germany | |
| 2004 | She-Snap - Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| FOTOAMERICA 2004, Santiago, Chile (Catalog) | |
| Re:Source - Art In General, New York , NY | |
| Relating to Photography - Fotographie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| 2002 | No Live Girls - Lance Fung Gallery, New York, New York |
| 2001 | Media Impossible - Ssamzie Space, Soul, Korea (Catalog) |
| 2000 | Uncut Special Edition - Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England |
Selected Awards and Residencies
| 2017 | Individual Artist Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, Chicago, IL |
| 2017, 2013, 2007 | Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of The Art institute of Chicago |
| 2016-2017 |
Bolt Residency, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL |
| 2014 |
Catslair Residency, Catwalk Institute, Catskill, NY |
| 2013, 2007 |
Catwalk Art Residency, Catwalk Institute, Catskill, NY |
| 2009 |
AIR Artist-in-Residence Krems, Krems, Austria |
| 2005 |
Roger Brown House Residency, New Buffalo, Michigan, School of The Art institute of Chicago |
| 2003 |
Skowhegan Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture |
| 2002 |
Photo-Eye Awards “Best Figure Study and Nude Book” for monograph Poo-Chi, Nazraeli Press |
| 2001 |
Artists Fellowship Grant, Illinois Art Council |
| 2000 |
Bruce Goodman Memorial Fellowship, School of The Art institute of Chicago |
Publications
| 2009 | Ex Post Facto (hardcover), One Picture Book #55, Nazraeli Press |
| 2002 | Poo-Chi (hardcover), essay by Joanna Frueh, Nazraeli Press |
Collections
Randolfo Rocha Collection, Belo Horizonte, M.G. Brazil