BIOGRAPHY

【Curriculum vitae】
1973 Born in Tokyo
1996 B.F.A. in the Department of Sculpture, Tama Art University
1998 M.F.A. in Sculpture Course, Graduate School of Tama Art University
2009 Ph.D. in Doctoral Degree Course, Graduate School of Tama Art University
2014 Establishment of KAYANOYA LLC.
【Awards】
1994 Excellence Prize (NIKA exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
1995 Grand Prize of NIKA (NIKA exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
2002 Semi Grand Prize (Exhibition of Asago Art Village Museum Prize / Hyogo)
2003 Best of Associate Member Prize (NIKA exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
2005 Nichido Prize (Showa-kai Exhibition at Gallery Nichido / Tokyo)
Roman Prize (NIKA exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
【Solo Exhibitions】
2002 “Suashi-Kotoba〜Fascination of Legs” (Miyuki Gallery / Tokyo)
2003 “Suashi-Kotoba〜Fascination of Legs” (Miyuki Gallery / Tokyo)
2006 “Yoga” (Gallery Seiho / Tokyo)
2008 “Ikki Miyake -YOGA” aqua art miami (AQUA WYNWOOD / Miami・USA)
2010 “PRANA” ART FAIR TOKYO 2010 (Tokyo International Forum / Tokyo)
“PRANA” (YOKOI FINE ART / Tokyo)
2011 “The Deities Sculpture –INFINITY-” (YOKOI FINE ART / Tokyo)
2014 “The Deities Sculpture & Tableau” (Gallery Seiho / Tokyo)
2015 “Shellfishes sculpture with antique masterpieces”(KOCHUKYO / Tokyo)
2016 “Axis of Life”(TINA KENG GALLERY/Taipei)
【Group Exhibitions】
2002 “Exhibition of Asago Art Village Museum Prize”〈Semi-Grand Prize〉(Asago Art Village Museum / Hyogo)
2005 “40th Showa-Kai Exhibition”〈Nichido Prize〉(Gallery Nichido / Tokyo)
2006 “CHRISTIE’S HONG KONG Asian Contemporary Art” (CHRISTIE’S / Hong Kong)
2007 “LE MONDE DE COCO ~The worlds of COCO by Modern Artists” ( CHANEL NEXUS HALL / Tokyo)
“ART BEIJING 2007” (National Agricultural Exhibition Center / Beijing)
2009 “ART TAIPEI 2009” (Taipei World Trade center / Taipei)
2010 “International Exchange Exhibition of Wood Sculpture between Japan and Taiwan” (Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum / Sanyi)
“ART TAIPEI 2010” (Taipei World Trade center / Taipei)
“Currents in Japanese Contemporary Wood Sculpture”(Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art/ Hokkaido)
2012 “sogno/dream:Sculptor Eiji Nitahara and the Next Generation”(The Sato Museum of Art / Tokyo)
“MIE : a portrait by 35 artists”(FREIGHT+VOLUME gallery / NEW YORK )
“10 years review of the Asago Art Village Museum Award” (Asago Art Village Museum / Hyogo)
“The Power of Japanese Contemporary Sculpture” (AKI Gallery / Taipei)
2013 “2013 International Exchange Exhibition of Wood Sculpture” ( Sanyi WoodSculpture Museum / Sanyi)
“SOTHEBY’S 40th Anniversary Evening Sale” (SOTHEBY’S / Hong Kong)
2014 “Currents; Japanese Contemporary Art” (The James Christie Room / Hong Kong)
“Art of the Body, Art for the Body: Paintings,Sculptures and Chairs”(Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art / Hokkaido)
2015 “Carving Wood” (Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery / Tokyo)
“Grief and Anima” (Kitano-tenmangu Shrine / Kyoto)
“The Coming of Susanoo The Life, Anger and Prayer” (Hokkaido Hakodate Museum of Art / Hokkaido)
2016 “50years memorial exhibition” (Miyuki gallery / Tokyo)
“Selected works in wood Ⅰ” (Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art / Hokkaido)
2017 “Hopin’ Pocketful” (

Tokyo International Forum Lobby Gallery / Tokyo)
“INTROSPECTION & EXPLORATION – Artistic Generation In Asia” (LONGMEN ART PROJECT / HONG KONG)
“microcosmic spirits” (TAKASHIMAYA Art Gallery / Nihonbashi,Kyoto,Osaka,Yokohama)
“Realism Art in Japan” (Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido / Toyohashi City Museum of Art & History / Nara Prefectural Museum of Art)
【Research treatise & Dissertation】
2009 “The Shin,Ghi,Tai of Wood Sculpture – Animism for the Artists”, Doctoral Dissertations Tama Art University No.6
2012 “Animism of Wood Sculpture”, Tama ArtStudies 1,2012
【Public Collections】
Iruma-city Fujisawa Public Hall / Saitama
Asago Art Village Museum / Hyogo
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art / Ibaraki
Tokyo Opera city Art Gallery / Tokyo
Kakamigahara City / Gifu
Asahikawa Museum of Art / Hokkaido