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1968 Born in Stuttgart, Germany

1987 - 1994 Studies of Sculpture, Stage Design at National Art University Stuttgart, Germany

1994 - 1997 Research fellow (Kenkyu-in) at Musashino Art University Tokyo, Japan

2000 - 2002 Teacher (Hijokin Koshi) at Sculpture Department of the Musashino Art University

2002 - 2005 Assistant-Professor for Media Art and Sculpture at CSULB California, USA

2008 - 2011 Teacher (Hijokin Koshi) at Sculpture Department of the Tama Art University, Japan

Lives in Japan and Germany

Solo Exhibitions

1991 Gallery Kinter (Geradstetten /Germany)

1994 Museum Murrhardt (Murrhardt /Germany)

1998 Inax Gallery Ginza (Tokyo /Japan)

2000 'Feierlich und sehr langsam' Röntgen Kunstraum (Tokyo /Japan)

2001 'Sinfonia Antarctica' Röntgen Kunstraum (Tokyo /Japan)

2001 'Generations' Röntgen Kunstraum (Tokyo /Japan)

2001 'Solaris' Artium (Fukuoka /Japan)

2002 'Recent Excavations' Röntgen Kunstraum (Tokyo /Japan)

2006 'Solaris - Second Chamber' Weißfeld (Tokyo /Japan)

2007 'The Micro-cosmos of Florian Claar' Museum of Art (Aomori /Japan)

2008 'The Vessel-Project Part I - The Flying Dutchman' (Yokohama /Japan)

2008 'The Vessel-Project Part III - Nostromo' G-Fal Gallery (Kodaira /Japan)

2009 'Hermes Space Project' Hermes Ginza (Tokyo /Japan)

2010 'Frankenstein and Mahler' OAG (Tokyo /Japan)

2011 'Behind the Stage' Daan Art Gallery (Taipei /Taiwan)

2013 '3 Short Operas' Iriya Gallery (Tokyo /Japan)

2014 'The Wanderers Cinema' Iriya Gallery (Tokyo /Japan)

2018 'Waldmärchen' Nizayama Forest Art Museum (Toyama /Japan)

2019 'On First Sight' Double Square Gallery (Taipei /Taiwan)

2023 'Sweet Dreams / Silent Music' Double Square Gallery (Taipei /Taiwan)

Group Exhibitions

1989 'Kunst im Hagenbucher' (Heilbronn /Germany)

1989 Gallery Kinter (Geradstetten /Germany)

1990 'Kunst im Freien' Museum Kirchheim (Germany)

1991 'Stuttgart-Düsseldorf' Stadtmuseum (Düsseldorf/ Germany)

1994 Arakawa River Art Project (Tokyo/Japan)

1995 Shinobazu Art Festival (Ueno/Japan)

1996 Odawara Art Forum 1996 (Odawara/Japan)

1997 Concrete Art Museum (Nagoya/Japan)

1997 5th. Japan Art Exhibition at Spiral Garden (Tokyo/Japan)

1998 5th. Kajima Sculpture Competition (Tokyo/Japan)

1998 6th. Exhibition of Tokyo Outdoor Contemporary Sculpture (Setagaya/Japan)

1999 Tachikawa International Art Festival (Tokyo/Japan)

1999 'G9' Spiral Garden (Aoyama/Japan)

1999 'Tanagokoro 5' Röntgen Kunstraum (Tokyo /Japan)

2000 Nagoya Contemporary Art Fair (Nagoya, Japan)

2000 Pusan Yong-du-san Art Festival (Pusan /Korea)

2000 Gyeongnam International Sculpture Symposium (Changwon /Korea)

2000 'Grosse Kunstausstellung' Haus der Kunst (Munich /Germany)

2001 'Tanagokoro 6' Röntgen Kunstraum (Tokyo /Japan)

2001 'Techno Landscape' ICC Intercommunications Center (Tokyo /Japan)

2001 Yokohama Triennial (Yokohama /Japan)

2001 Bio-Shuffle Photographers Gallery (Saskatoon /Canada)

2002 Werby Gallery CSULB (Long Beach /USA)

2002 Cypress Fine Arts Gallery (Los Angeles /USA)

2003 'Un-scenery' Raid-Projects (Los Angeles /USA)

2004 South-Station Public Art Exhibition (Shanghai /China)

2006 'Freeing the Mind' Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto /Japan)

2007 Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale 2007 (Toyamura /Japan)

2007 Kobe Biennale 2007 (Kobe /Japan)

2007 Tamagawa Art Line Project (Tokyo /Japan)

2008 'The Vessel-Project Part II - Fafnir' (Tokyo /Japan)

2009 'Postcard from Eden' Tama University Sculpture Gallery (Tokyo /Japan)

2010 'Places 9/16' Tama University Sculpture Gallery (Tokyo /Japan)

2011 'The Vessel-Project Part IV - Molly Aida' (Hualien /Taiwan)

2011 'Ima mono gataru' Sagamihara Exhibition Hall (Kanagawa /Japan)

2014 'The Mirror' Ginza (Tokyo /Japan)

2014 'Luminosity' Kamloops Art Gallery (Kamloops /Canada)

2015 'Shibuya Egg' Shibuya City Hall (Tokyo /Japan)

2016 'Alloy & Peace' Spiral Garden (Tokyo /Japan)

2017 'Horizon 2017' Arts Nature en Sancy” (Le Mont-Dore /France)

2020 Taipei Dangdai 2020 (Taipei /Taiwan)

2020 'Tableaux 2020' Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst (Hörstel /Germany)

2022 Taipei Dangdai 2022 (Taipei /Taiwan)

Public Art

1991 Kindergarden Killesberg (Stuttgart /Germany)

1996 Towa House Kokubunji (Tokyo /Japan)

2000 Minami-Yukigaya Plaza (Tokyo /Japan)

2001 Gyeongnam Art Museum (Changwon /Korea)

2002 Bunri University Kawagoe Campus (Saitama /Japan)

2003 Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall Lobby (Kawasaki /Japan)

2004 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art (Kanazawa /Japan)

2005 AIINA Community center (Morioka /Japan)

2006 Tokyo Midtown (Tokyo /Japan)

2007 Benesse Headquarters Tama (Tokyo /Japan)

2008 Nagoya Mode Gakuen (Nagoya /Japan)

2009 Novotel Taoyuan International Airport Hotel (Taoyuan /Taiwan)

2010 Daan District Administration Center (Taipei /Taiwan)

2011 Hangzhou Grand Canal Residential Complex (Hangzhou /China)

2014 ISF Sculpture Garden (Chengdu /China)

2015 MRT Station Taoyuan International Airport (Taoyuan /Taiwan)

2015 Taichung International Airport Lobby (Taichung /Taiwan)

2017 Wei Wu Ying Center for the Arts (Kaohsiung /Taiwan)

2025 Ube City New City Hall Square (Ube /Japan)

Prizes

1994 Arakawa River Art Contest

1995 Shinobazu Art Festival (1st. Prize)

1997 5th. Japan Art Scholarship Competition

1997 Concrete Art Museum Nagoya (3rd. Prize)

1998 5th. Kajima Sculpture Competition (1st. Prize)

1998 6th. Tokyo Open Air Contemporary Sculpture (1st. Prize)

2005 50th Anniversary Benesse Sculpture Competition (1st. Prize)