Profile

  • 1978

    Born in Tokyo, Japan

  • 2001

    Diploma at Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Cork

  • 2005

    BA in Fine Art, National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Dublin

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2024

    While I am touching the sleeping cat, I feel as if I know you were there” MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY

  • 2023

    Here I am” mother’s tankstation, Dublin
      Things Will Carry Us Through” Tanya Leighton, Berlin

  • 2022

    your memorabilia floats in the air” mother’s tankstation, London

  • 2021

    “It always comes; a solace in the cat.” MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY

  • 2020

    “Melancholy with vegetables surrounded by miracles” mother’s tankstation, Dublin

  • 2018

    The Search For Languorous Magic” MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY, Tokyo

  • 2015

    I am here with you” Jack Hanley Gallery, New York

  • 2013

    happily skipping backwards(2013-1978)” mother’s tankstation, Dublin

  • 2010

    Rest with us in peace” mother’s tankstation, Dublin.

    Project Room” Artists Residency Programme, Irish Museum of Modern Art,

  • 2009

    Why can we keep going forward? Because we forget the problem of yesterday” Galeria LEME, São Paulo, Brazil

  • 2008

    I want to give love to socially neglected parts of you, that is my mission” Butler Gallery, Kilkenny

  • 2007

    Bunny’s Darkness and Other Stories” mother’s tankstation, Dublin

Group Exhibitions

  • 2023

    Homestories” Galerie Haas, Zurich
    Cathartic Creatures” Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco

  • 2022

    Under Current: The New Future of Japanese Contemporary Art” Powerlong Art Musuem, Shanghai
    SUMMER SHOW” MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY
    GUIDES” The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, co. Mayo, Ireland

  • 2021

    All Creatures Great and Small, Office of Public Works, Ireland” Touring Exhibition in partnership with Belfast Department of Finance, various venues

  • 2020

    TOKYO 2X2X” MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY

  • 2017

    The Way Things Go” The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland

    It just happens to be” Pallas Projects, Dublin

  • 2015

    Friends Of Devil” Jack Hanley Gallery, New York

  • 2014

    SED TANTUM DIC VERBO (JUST SAY THE WORD).” Blain | Southern, Berlin

  • 2012

    I love those paintings (art, natural and social science)” mother’s tankstation, Dublin

    One and Many” Location One, New York

  • 2011

    Astatic” Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery, MassArt, Boston

  • 2008

    Winter Salon” Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

  • 2007

    Timelines” Mermaid Centre, Wicklow, Ireland

    Visual Fictions” Fenton Gallery, Cork, Ireland (Curated by Cliodhna Shaffrey)

  • 2006

    The Square Root of Drawing” Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

    Getting on Mother’s Nerves” Mother’s Tankstation, Dublin

  • 2005

    A Moment in Time” Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

Performance

  • 2012

    “Nerd Bag Project at Miami Basel” Miami
    Death, Void and Sometimes My Mother” Location One, New York

    Nerd Bag Project in New York” Location One, New York

  • 2010

    Nerd bag Project in Dublin” IMMA, Dublin

Awards

  • 2020

    Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland

  • 2016

    Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland

  • 2013

    Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland

  • 2012

    Project Studio Award, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin

  • 2011

    Travel Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland

    Mont Blanc Young Artist World Patronage Award

  • 2010

    Project Studio Award, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin

    Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland

  • 2009

    Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland

    Cultural Ireland’s grant

  • 2007

    Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland

Residency Programs

  • 2021

    Steep Rock Arts Residency, Steep Rock Arts Association, Washington, Connecticut

  • 2019

    Tony O’Malley Residency, Callan, Kilkenny, Ireland

  • 2012

    Location One, New York: Awarded by The Arts Council of Ireland 2011-12

  • 2011

    International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York

  • 2010

    Irish Museum of Modern Art, Artist’s Residency Program, Dublin

    Galerie Eduardo Leme, São Paolo

  • 2009

    The Fountainhead Residency, Miami, Florida

  • 2006

    International Studio, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin