My work explores the relationships and tensions between materials, forms, and ideas, shaped by my experiences of observing nature, daily life, and living between cultures. Having lived and worked between Japan and the Netherlands, I am particularly drawn to spaces where seeming opposites meet—nature and culture, structure and freedom, the visible and the invisible. Rather than treating these as contradictions, I see them as interdependent forces that together form a larger whole.

I am drawn to moments where such tensions—between intuition and structure, the visible and invisible, or material and idea—coexist and shape one another. These interests guide my approach to form, space, and process, allowing works to remain open, unfinished, and alive.

Working with sculpture, installation, collage, and textiles, I let colors, shapes, and the inherent nature of materials guide the process. I value intuition, chance, and experimentation, allowing meaning to arise through making rather than through fixed conclusions. Humor often appears naturally in this process, and I welcome its lightness and beauty as an integral character of the work.

My sensitivity to these concerns was shaped by early encounters with a Buddhist monk and his teachings, and later by studies in conceptual art in the Netherlands, which introduced a more logical way of thinking. Living and working between Japan and the Netherlands has further deepened my awareness of balance, energy, and the unseen forces that move through bodies and space, including through practices such as Aikido.

Recurring elements—such as holes, mirrors, words, or exposed structures—function as thresholds that invite shifts in perspective. Through these elements, I seek to create works that continue to live: spaces where tension and harmony coexist, and where viewers are invited to look without preconceptions, feel the unknown, and encounter a quiet sense of vitality and freedom.