1960

Born in Nagoya, Japan

1984

Musashino Art University, Tokyo

1997

Kunstakademie Münster, Münster, Germany

[ Artist's Site ]

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009

"What if someone finds out?!", ARATANIURANO, Tokyo

2007

"Studio Exhibition", Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima

"Tatzu Nishi", Blum & Poe, Los Angeles

MAM Project, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

2006

"Cheri in the Sky", Maison Hermes, Tokyo

2005

"Moon Rider", Den Haag, Netherlands

"Cabinet 3", Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belguim

2004

"Garage", Cologne, Germany

"heute mir morgen dir", Luis Campana, Cologne, Germany

"Cafe in the sky - Moon Rider", Dublin, Ireland

2002

"Engel", Littmann Kulturprojekte, Basel, Switzerland

2001

"Der Neunsitzer", Junge Kunst e.V., Wolfsburg, Germany

"Interventionen 24", Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

2000

artothek, Cologne, Germany

1999

"Das habe ich gar zu gern", Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

1998

"Mir ist seltsam zumute", Bremen, Germany

1997

"obdach", Cologne, Germany

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009

Estuaire 2009, Nantes/Saint-Nazaire, France

2008

"Art Flower 08", Akasaka Sacas, Tokyo

"Scape 2008 Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public Space", Christchurch, New Zealand

2007

"Estuaire 2007", Nantes/Saint-Nazaire, France

"Tatort", Paderborn, Germany

"Köln Skulptur 4", Skulpturen Park Koeln, Cologne, Germany

"MDE07", International Encounter Medellin 07/Contemporary Art Practices, Medellin, Colombia

2006

"Enjoyable House", Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan

"Okkupation", Berlin

2005

"Ecstasy", The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA

"Projekt Migration", Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

Yokohama 2005 : International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Kanagawa,Japan

Skulptur-Biennale Muensterland 2005, Kreis Borken, Germany

2004

1st International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

2003

Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, USA

"At Least Begin to Make an End", W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2002

"Licht Routen", Lüdenscheid, Germany

Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK

"Verzauberung durch Irritation", Ahlen, Germany

"hell-gruen", Düsseldorf, Germany

"Beautiful Life?", Art Tower Mito, Ibaragi, Japan

2001

"Uni Kunst Tage", Münster, Germany

"Poeziezome", Watou, Belgium

"direttissima", Münster, Germany

2000

"Kunstbaden", Wiesbaden, Germany

"Continental Shift", Ludwig Forum für internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany

1999

"b-l-i-k-o-p-e-n-e-r", Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht, Netherlands

1998

"Lieblingsort:Köln", Cologne, Germany

"East International", Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK

Hotel am Rhein, Cologne, Germany

"Villa cheminée", 2009, Nantes, France

"Engel", Littmann Kulturprojekte, Basel, Switzerland

"Life's Little Worries in Yokohama", 2009, h.155.8 x w.104 cm　C print