Biography
1979 Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

2000 graduated from the Graphic Design Department of Nippon Design College with a major in illustration. Participation at Murakami’s art seminar Geijutsu Dojo

Solo shows

2008 Galerie Alex Daniels – Reflex Amsterdam, «The Fancy Funeral»
2007 Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
2006 March of the Absent Friends, Galerie Alex Daniels – Reflex Amsterdam "GEISAI#9," Tokyo, Japan

Group Exhibitions

2008 “Kiki Artists," Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Japan Foundation, place TBA
2007 "Art Amsterdam," Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands "Art Rotterdam," Cruise Terminal, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
"The Door into Summer: The Age of Micropop," Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
2006 "VOLTAshow02," Basel, Switzerland Agnes Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
2005 "Kaikai Kiki Exhibition," Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan J’en Rêve, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture, Japan Society, New York, NY
2004 Tokyo Girls Bravo New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
2003 GEISAI 4, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan Hope—The Future is in Our Hands, LAFORET Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan GEISAI 3, Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan
2002 Tokyo Girls Bravo 2, NADiff, Tokyo, Japan 2000 Geijutsu Dojo Exhibition, LAFORET Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
Bibliography
2006 March of the Absent Friends, Reflex New Art Gallery, Amsterdam.
2005 Murakami, Takashi. Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture, Japan Society, New York, NY, pp. 74-75
Demir, Anaïd. “« J’en Rêve », le frisson de nos 20 ans,” Le Journal des Arts, July
Matsui, Midori. “Murakami Takashi ga, rekishiteki bunmyaku kara japanÄ«zu poppuāto o hodokiakasu(‘Takashi Murakami analyzes Japanese pop art from a historical context’),” Marie Claire Japan, August, p. 111
Youssi, Yasmine. “Place aux jeunes chez Cartier,” Le Journal du Dimanche, July 3
Asano, Masahiko. “Otaku no teki: Murakami Takashi no meikaku naru henkō(‘An enemy of otaku: The clear transformation of Takashi Murakami’),” Bijutsu Techō, June, p.104-109
Miyamura, Noriko. “Kiseru x Murakami Takashi: Ongaku to āto de yumemiru mirai(‘Kicell and Takashi Murakami: Dreaming of the future with music and art’),” Switch, June 2005, p.96
Matsui, Midori. “Art SV Cut Up,” Studio Voice, June, p.78
Jana, Reena. “Cute d’etat,” Time Out New York, April 28-May 2, p.74-5
Stevens, Mark. “Toxic Cuteness,” New York Magazine, April 18, p.84
Lubow, Arthur. “The Murakami Method,” The New York Times Magazine, April 3, pp.56, 64, 76
Darren, Ressler. “Vision: Murakami,” Big Shot, April 2005, pp.20-3
“Exploring Kawaii,” Fashion Projects, 2005 issue, 20-21
2004 Smith, Roberta. “Tokyo Girls Bravo”, The New York Times, March 25, p.B33
2002 Tokyo Girls Bravo. Takashi Murakami, Kaikai Kiki, Tokyo, Japan, pp.54-65