Education
2025: Graduate School of Fine Arts, MFA in Global Art Practice
Tokyo University of the Arts
2023-2024: Exchange program, MFA in Medium-, and Material Based Art,
Art and Craft department, Oslo National Academy of the Arts,
Master of Fine Art, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
2022-2023: Guest Student, Master of Cultural & Social History
Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland)
2018: BFA in Medium-, and Material Based Art
Art and Craft department, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
Grant
2025 The Scandinavia – Japan Sasakawa Foundation, Research Grant
2025 Nomura Foundation, Research Grant
2023 National Institute of Polar Research, Japan, Research Grant
2023. Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts, Travel Grant
2023 The Scandinavia – Japan Sasakawa Foundation, Research Grant
2019 Arts Council Norway, Work grant for younger and newly established
artists
Award
2025 The 73rd Graduation Exhibition, Purchase prize (Student Award)
Tokyo University of the Arts
2018 FKDS Prize BFA Art and Craft Degree show (Student Award)
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
Skill
2012 Goldsmith Craft Certificate, Denmark
Workshop
2023 Underwater Cables: Practices in Telematic Performances
Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
Exhibition
2025 Degree show, Tokyo University of the Arts
2024 «Nobuyuki Fujiwara Retirement Commemorative Exhibition»
Tokyo University of the Arts
2024 «The World Is A Knot in Motion» Degree show
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2024 «Utkast»MFA group show, Galleri Blank (Trondheim, Norway)
2023 «KHiO Displaced» Legnica Silver week (Legnica, Poland)
2023 «KHiO Displaced» Melting Point Jewelry Festival (Valencia Spain)
2023 «The sound of a seed» MA1 group show
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2023 «COVEN – three jewellery artists of a new generation»
Kunstbanken Center for Contemporary Art (Hamar, Norway)
2023 «KHiO Displaced» Munich Jewelry Week (Munich)
2022 «I met you, Shippo!» OGU MAG+ (Tokyo)
2022 «Dumpling» Nakacho House (Tokyo)
2022 «Geidai Art Plaza 16th Awards» Tokyo University of the Arts
2021 «Juleutstillingen» Kunstnerforbundet (Oslo, Norway)
2021 «Between the Dynamics and Stillness» Buoy Art Center (Tokyo)
2019 «N1.47 and Guests / Vol. 02» Kulturzimmer (Düsseldorf, Germany)
2018 «N1.47 and Guests / Vol. 01» Gallery Neumannka (Prachatice, CZE)
2018 «Inter» with Hayan Kim, 1984 Gallery (Seoul, South Korea)
2018 «The 32nd Marzee International Graduate Show» Galerie Marzee (NL)
2018 «Debutante» selected graduated students show (Son, Norway)
2018 «Avgang 2018» Degree show, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2018 «WIP» Melting Point (Valencia, Spain)
2018 «I» Cupola Contemporary Art (Sheffield, England)
2018 «Something Called Home» King Street Studios (Lancaster, England)
2018 «Fe/Male» AIR Gallery (Altrincham, England)
2018 «Disparate Harmony» Kulturhuset (Oslo, Norway)
2018 «Persona» Galleri Format (Oslo, Norway)
2017 «Open Call vol.3» Galleri Seilduken (Oslo, Norway)
2017 «MMM» Galleri Seilduken (Oslo, Norway)
2017 «Fetus» Lofthus (Oslo, Norway)
2017 «Place» Galleri Format (Oslo, Norway)
2015 «Ich lebe noch!» Kultur der Wissenschaft (Düsseldorf, Germany)
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