Born in California, USA, raised in Tokyo. Completed the Level II Photography Program at Tokyo Visual Arts vocational school. Is a contracted contributor to Amana Images. Works in advertising and other fields, while doing freelance photography on the side.
Exhibitions, achievements and awards
- Posted photos in the “Nice to Meet You” guide to young photographers in Japan published by Einstein Studio
- 2014Silver Medal, Photography Category, ACT Art Awards
- 201415th Hikoma Ueno Award, Kyushu Sangyo University Photo Contest
- 2015“Midnight Walks” Solo Exhibition
- 2015Gold Medal, Photography Category, ACT Art Awards
- 2016“Short Stories” Solo Exhibition
- 2016Showed at the “Nico” Photo Exhibition in France
- 2018“Midnight Walks” Solo Exhibition, Kurum’Art Contemporary
- 2019Finalist, 2nd Shines, Canon Ginza
- 2022“Beginnings” Solo Exhibition, Kurum’Art Contemporary
Sudden gaps in reality that shake the ordinary
I imagine this happens to other people, too, but I get flashbacks all the time. They just pop up out of nowhere.
In my case, they come as mirages I have been seeing since I was a kid, scenes I recall from my past or bits and pieces from reoccurring dreams. They are for the most part fragmented and very faint at best, but I can’t help feeling that they are somehow an important part of who I am.
For this exhibition, I have juxtaposed photos that recreate those fragmented images with actual landscapes and backdrops to delineate the oddities and boundaries between the real world and the surreal, between what is perceived as normal and what is out of the ordinary and ponder what all of that means.