Education
Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 1997
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
2007
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Group Exhibitions
2007
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, Miami, FL
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, New York. NY
2006
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, Miami, FL
Ultrasonic International I, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Self-represented, New York, NY
2005
Geisai-7, Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo, Japan
Party-The Horror Pop Pieces, D&Department Gallery Wall, Tokyo, Japan
Scope Art Fair, New York, NY
2004
Gensai-6, Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo, Japan
Yokono Artworks and the Horror of Daily Life, Ono Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Another Movement 2004, Kanazawa City, Japan
2003
Artists by Artists, Mori Museum, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan
Gensai-4, Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo, Japan
Gensai-Museum, Mori Tower 24F. Tokyo, Japan
2002
Link @ Performing Square, Kanazawa Citizen Art enter, Satoyama no Ie Kanazawa, Japan
Poem, Calling Out of Mind Suisei Club Nuit, Kanazawa, Japan
2001
ART, House, Today, Kanazawa Citizen Art Center, Satoyama no Ie Kanazawa, Japan
Nothing but Art Play, Suisei Club Nuit, Kanazawa, Japan
Shining at Night, Oxydol, Kanazawa, Japan
2000
Y/N Collaboration, Parc Katamati, Kanazawa, Japan
Gen-ten, Ueno Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Working Point 2000, Kanazawa Citizen Art Center Pit5, Kanazawa, Japan
1999
Little Alter 1999, Meromeropotti, Kanazawa, Japan
Poem, Calling Out of Mind, Suisei Club Nuit, Kanazawa, Japan
1998
Yokono Kenichi Solo Exhibition, Parc Katamati, Kanazawa, Japan
1997
Memories of Monochrome, Asanogawa Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan
Awards and Residencies
2005
Artist in Residence at McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
Artist in Residence at ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program), New York, by ACC (Asian Cultural Council) Fellowship, NY
NY Public Art fund director, Tom Eccles Prize
2003
Art Tower Mito, Contemporary Art Center chief director, Eriko Ousaka Prize
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