Born: 1964 in Saitama, Japan

BIOGRAPHY

2009
Pola Art Foundation grant (in support of art-related international exchange)
Freeman Fellowship grant for Vermont Studio Center residency for Artists

2008
Residency, International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York

2007-08
Granted a fellowship to study in the US for a period of one year, Japanese Government Overseas Study Programme for Artists

2004
Studied in Japan under ‘Arts Internship’ by Agency for Cultural Affairs


1988
Graduated from Tama Art University, majored in Japanese Painting (BFA)


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
"Viewing Light", M.Y. Art Prospects, New York

2008
"Individual Studio Visits", ISCP, Gallery space and Studio 305, New York
"Takako Azami 'New Paintings'", Project Room, M.Y. Art Prospects, New York

2007
“Viewing Light,” Art Front Gallery, Tokyo

2006
“Viewing Light,” Art Interactive Tokyo, Tokyo

2005
Gertsev Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Citizens Gallery of Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo

2004
Gallery Nagai, Tokyo
Shibata Etsuko Gallery, Tokyo (also in ’02 and ’00)

2002
Galleria Chimera, Tokyo
Ai Gallery, Tokyo (also in ’97, ’96, ’94 and ’92)

2001
“Power of Rebirth,” M.Y. Art Prospects, New York

2000
“Power of Rebirth,” Exhibition Space, Tokyo International Forum

1999
Gallery Futaba, Tokyo

1998
Ono Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery Jin, Tokyo

1997
Gallery Tonichi Shinjuku, Tokyo

1996
Joraku-an, Saitama

1995
Gallery Kohchi, Tokyo

1993
G Art Gallery, Tokyo

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
“Suibokuga Today 2009,” The Suiboku Museum, Toyama and Nerima Art Museum, Tokyo

2008
“Kaleidoscope: Abstraction in 10 Ways,” New Jersey City University, Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery, Jersey City. Curated by Midori Yoshimoto
“ISCP Open Studio ‘ISCP Grand Opening East Williamsburg,’” International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York

2007
“Purchase of Outstanding Works of Art Exhibition,” Organized by Agency for Cultural Affairs, The Japan Art Academy, Tokyo
“26th Outstanding Rising Artists Exhibition in 2007,” Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo

2006
“The Vision of ‘Nihonga’: Between the Inside and the Outside,” The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
“The Tenth International Art Fair ‘ART MOSCOW’,” Moscow City Hall Cultural Committee, Russia


2005
“Chiba Art Flash ’05,” Chiba Citizens Gallery Inage, Chiba

2004
“The 2nd Kaii Higashiyama Memorial NIKKEI Grand Prize on Japanese Painting,” New Otani Art Museum, Tokyo
“Bookmark Exhibition 2004,” Ai Gallery, Tokyo
“VOCA 2004: The Vision of Contemporary Art,” The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
“Post Nihongaism: It was Once Called Nihonga,” Nerima Art Museum, Tokyo
“Suibokuga Today 2004,” The Suiboku Museum, Toyama

2003
“Nihonga Today - And the Venturing Artists,” Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi
“Twinkling Touch: Japanese and Western Pointillism,” Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka

2002
“Collection,” Nerima Art Museum, Tokyo “Special Exhibition BOKUGI,” The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama “Collections,” EXHIBITION SPACE, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo

2001
"Bright Ideas", New York Design Center, NYC
"New Photography", Arena @ Feed, Brooklyn, NY
"Nostalgia", Metropolitan Building, Queens, NY

2000
“Green, Nature and Longing for Woods,” Nagano Prefectural Ina Culture Hall, Nagano

1997
"Small Print", Workshop Print Gallery, Chicago, IL
"of nothing in particular, and everything" Master’s Thesis
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1996
"CPC at Mars", Mars Gallery, Chicago, IL
"New Work; Melora Kuhn, Marc Lepson, Joel Lewitsky, Roslyn Savage and Paco Rodriguez" Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY

1995
"This Day in History", Center For Book Arts, New York, NY
"American Nomads" Circa Gallery, Chicago, IL

1994
"Anne Karsten and Marc Lepson, Prints Using Photographic Processes" Workshop Print Gallery, Chicago, IL

1993
"Artists Book Works, A Decade in Illinois" Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Art at the Plaza" Prudential Plaza, Chicago, IL

1990
"Nothing New Under the Sun" Gallery 313, Albany, NY


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2009
The Toyosu Tower

2007
The Peninsula Tokyo
Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan

2005
Conrad Tokyo

2004
Okazaki Mindscape Museum of Art
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art