EDUCATION
2001 New York Academy of Art, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Graduate studies in Figurative Painting
1989 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan
Master of Fine Arts
1987 Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
Recipient of a Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbusho) to research traditional and contemporary Japanese
woodblock techniques.
1983 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 Artesmagazine, June 2020 https://artesmagazine.com/?p=23861#more-23861-2-2-2-3-2-2/
2018 Trebuchet Art Magazine, May 4, 2018 http://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/47589-2/
2018 Gulf News, The Migration of Symbols, May 9, 2018 https://gulfnews.com/culture/arts/the-migration-of-symbols-1.2218876
2015 Selections Art Journal, October 19, 2015 http://www.selectionsthemagazine.com/2015/10/colour-studies/
2015 Hand/Eye Magazine, November 11, 2015 http://handeyemagazine.com/content/optical-wonder
2015 Artforum http://artforum.com/guide/country=AE&place=Dubai&filter=2
2015 The National Arts & Lifestyle http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/art/your-guide-to-the-uaes-art-season-2015#1
2015 Gulf News, September 2015 http://gulfnews.com/culture/arts/an-interplay-of-colours-culture-and-light-1.1588902
2014 Artitute, In conversation with Colleen Quigley for Curiouser & Curiouser at XVA Gallery, Geraldine Lee, Feb. 2,
2014 Six Pillars to Persia, Curiouser & Curiouser Marvellous Miniatures, Feb. 6, 2014
2014 Buro 24/7, Curiouser & Curiouser, an eclectic mix of miniature art pieces, Jan. 28, 2014,
http://www.buro247.com/me/culture/arts/xva-gallery-curiouser-and-curiouser.html
2014 The Art Blog, The National, Sneak Peek: XVA’s Curiouser & Curiouser, Anna Seaman, Feb. 5, 2014,
http://www.thenational.ae/blogs/the-art-blog/sneak-peek-xvas-curiouser-curiouser
2013 Al Bayan, Desert Pop Exhibition, http://www.albayan.ae/five-senses/east-and-west/2013-12-07-1.2015755
2013 The National, Five things to do in the UAE today, Ellen Fortini, April 1,
2013 The National, Sikka Art Fair is relaxed and creative, Anna Seaman, March 20, 2013
2012 The National, It’s now easier than ever to collect regional art, Christopher Lord, November 26, 2012
2009 The National, Summer of Culture, Gemma Champ, July 20, 2009
2009 The National, Art, beats and the Bard in the mix, June 14, 2009
2009 Brownbook, #14, March/April 09, pg 106
2008 The National, “Urban Building Block”s, Sarah Wolff, December 29\
- Society Dubai, #54 December 2008, pg 18
- Dubai Time Out , “In Situ”, December 11, 2008, pg 80
- Spiky Penguin, December 11, 2008
2007 Dubai Time Out, “The Mighty Rtoosh”, Arsalan Mohammad, Vol. 7.
2006 Dubai Time Out, “Subjects”, March 2006
PUBLICATIONS
2015 Sustaining Identity, ISBN 978-9948-18-117-0
2014 Islamic Law, State and Society in Global Perspective, Artwork for cover of Encounters, ISBN 978-9948-18-550-5
2014 The Ruins, Artwork for cover of novel by Rafael Reyes-Ruiz ISBN 978-1-891270-26-0-51800
2012 Religious Networks Asia and Beyond, Artwork for Cover of Encounters, ISBN 978-9948-16-399-2
2011 As the Saying Goes, ISBN 978-9948-16-018-2
2010 Portrait of a Generation, ISBN 978-9948-15-618-5
2009 Silent Conversations, ISBN 978-9948-15-078-7
- ARTEAST (www.arteeast.org), ArteNews: At the Crossroads, Reflections, December 1, 2008
Minus Reality, ISBN 978-9948-03-468-1
2008 Vibrations Within, ISBN 978-9948-03-669-2
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Mesa Art Museum, SRP Gallery, Upcoming Solo Exhibition (April 21-August 6, 2023) Mesa, AZ, USA
2018 XVA Gallery, Solo Exhibition, The Remarkable Resilience of Symbols, Dubai, UAE
2015 XVA Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Searching for Optical Wonder, Dubai, UAE
2007 MORE Subjects 2, Dubai, UAE
2006 MORE, Subjects, Dubai, UAE,
1995 CLAY GALLERY, Objects of Desire, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
BRENDA HALL GALLERY, East Meets West, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.
GALLERY MIHARAYA, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1989 GALLERY ARIES, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1988 TAMURA GALLERY, Kanda, Tokyo, Japan
1987 GALLERY BENI, Kyoto, Japan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 A Tribute to Clay, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Tucson, AZ, USA
2022 Unmasked, XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2021 Yun Gee Park Gallery, Stage(s)(ing), Tucson, AZ, USA
2021 XVA Gallery, A Summer Solstice, Dubai, UAE
2021 FOUND:RE Contemporary Gallery, XSCAPE, Landscapes, Cityscapes, Mindscapes, Phoenix, AZ, USA
2020 Yun Gee Park Gallery, Transparent Translucent Reflective Refractive Exhiition, Tucson, AZ, USA
2020 Mesa Contemporary Art Museum 41st Annual Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Mesa, AZ, USA
2020 Tohono Chul Gallery, On the Desert: The Discovery and Invention of Color, Tucson, AZ, USA
2019 Tohono Chul Gallery, 10 x 10, Tucson, AZ, USA
2019 Tohono Chul Gallery, Dia de los Muertos, Tucson, AZ, USA
2019 Tohono Chul Gallery, Pollen Path, Tucson, AZ, USA
2018 XVA Gallery - Reframed, Dubai, UAE
2018 Al Fonoun Gallery, Zayed University, A Place to Be, A Place to See, A Place to Spend the Day, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2017 Benetton Art Project, Imago Mundi, Salo, Italy
2017 Sikka Art Fair, Here, There, and Everywhere, Al Fahidi District, Dubai, UAE
2016 ShowCACE, Al Fonoun Gallery, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
2016 RCA Secret, Art Dubai and Al Serkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
2015 Zayed University Tower, Innovation Exhibition, Dubai, UAE
2015 Tashkeel, Sustaining Identity, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, UAE
2015 Sikka Art Fair, Engaged Territories, Al Fahidi District, Dubai, UAE
2015 RCA Secret, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2014 ISEA 2014, Nomadic Doll Exhibition, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
2014 ISEA 2014, Tables of Curiosities, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
2014 Cuadro Gallery, The Earth Electric, ISEA 2014, Dubai, UAE
2014 XVA Gallery – Curiouser and Curiouser, Dubai, UAE
2013 Al Fonoun Gallery, Zayed University, Desert Pop, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2013 XVA Gallery, The Infusion of Impossible Things, (Three person Exhibition) Dubai, UAE
2012 FN Gallery, Crossing the Emirates II, Dubai, UAE
2012 XVA, To the Moon, Sikka Art Fair, Dubai, UAE
2011 JAMJAR, Muqtanayati II– One Hundred Treasures, Dubai, UAE
2011 INDEX 2011, JAM JAR, Dubai, UAE
2011 TASHKEEL, Made in Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE
2011 ZAYED UNIVERSITY ATRIUM – Crossing the Emirates, Dubai, UAE
2011 TASHKEEL, As the Saying Goes, Dubai, UAE
2010 JAMJAR, Muqtanayati – One Hundred Treasures, Dubai, UAE
2010 XVA Summer Collection, Dubai, UAE
2010 TASHKEEL, Portrait of a Generation, Dubai, UAE
2010 BASTAKIYA ART FAIR, Nishan, Dubai, UAE
2010 BASTAKIYA ART FAIR, Plush Doll curatorial project
2009 XVA Summer Show, Dubai, UAE
2009 Emerge – Ways of Worldmaking, San Servolo Palazzina 11, Isola di San Servolo, Venice, Italy
2009 BASTAKIYA ART FAIR, Dubai, UAE
2009 TASHKEEL, Silent Conversations, Dubai, UAE
2008 JAM JAR, In Situ, Dubai, U.A.E.
XVA Creek Art Fair, In the Mix, Dubai, U.A.E.
JAM JAR, Creek Art Fair, Constructing the Constructor, Dubai, U.A.E.
2008 TASHKEEL, Vibrations Within, Dubai, U.A.E.
2007 ART ATTACK, Minus-Reality, Dubai, U.A.E.
2007 MEEM GALLERY, Rtoosh, Dubai, U.A.E.
2003 THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER ART MUSEUM, Ebert Art Center, Wooster, Ohio
2000 NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, New York, New York
New York Academy of Art Group Show,LITHUANIA ARTISTS PALACE, Vilnius, Lithuania.
“Women Step East to West” – Traveling exhibition featuring women’s art in Japan,
sponsored by the Japan Foundation in coordination with Gallery Lunami, Tokyo, Japan
SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN’S ART GALLERY, San Francisco, Ca., U.S.A. Summer Group Exhibition
1989 TOKYO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS & MUSIC GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan. Foreign Artists Exhibition
1988 MACHIDA MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan. Geidai Printmaking Show.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
FOUR SEASONS HOTEL, Abu Dhabi, UAE
LA SERRE BISTRO, VIDA HOTEL, Downtown Dubai, UAE
XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
TASHKEEL, Dubai, UAE
MORE CAFÉ, Dubai, UAE
MONSANTO CORPORATION, Tokyo, Japan
AOYAMA COSMOS CORPORATION, Tokyo, Japan
I.M.I. CORPORATION, Tokyo, Japan
TOWN JUKU, INC., Tokyo, Japan
URAWA BUDDHIST TEMPLE, Urawa, Tokyo, Japan
WOZEN RESTAURANT, Tokyo, Japan
SAINOHIRA SENBEI, INC., Tokyo, Japan