born : Kobe, Japan Bachelor of Fine Arts ( Kyoto city University of Art )
Doctor of Humanities Honoris Causa
Anaheim University (formerly Lambert University)

Japanese multi-disciplinary public artist

a environmental sculptor
a painter, performer and poet
a licensed landscape engineer and contractor
a designer of lighting and interior objects
a construction contractor of her original parks, water gardens, and
monumental earthworks

She defies categorization, and has an canny ability to transform communities and the built environment
through her unconventional interactive art practice.

2007
Italy/ Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship

2003
The 21st Kyoto prefecture culture prize merits prize

2002
Spain/ Foundation Valparaiso fellowship

1998
Japan Foundation Fellowship Grant ( Estonia)

1997
DAAD Grant ( Germany )

1996:
Japan Foundation grant for Kobe Roots exhibition and lecture
Japan information center Washington,D.C.

1995
Urban Design Award ( Toyonaka City, Japan )

1995
Urban Art Award ( Mauberge, France )

1984
Copper Prize Award World Print/San Fransisco Museum of Art ( USA )

1992
Delegate "Omame Project" Earth Summit Arts ( Brazil )
Japan Foundation grant for OMAME exhibition

1991
Delegate Survival of The Arts Sundance ( USA )

1988
Guest Professor, Concordia University ( Canada )

1995-98
Professorship at Kobe Women's University

1986
Guest Artist, Banff Art Center ( Canada )

1977
The Italian Good Design Award (Italy)

Musse Cantonale des Beaux Art ( Lausanne, Swiss )
la Fondation Toms Pauli (Lausanne,Swiss )
Museum Bellerive ( Zurich, Swiss )
Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art ( Japan )
Casa de la Cultura ( Michoacan, Mexico )
Nordllylands, Kuntsmuseum (Denmark)
The LongHouse Reserve ( NY, USA)
The Cleveland Museum (Ohio,USA)
Brasilia National Art Museum (Brasil)
Rio de Janeiro National Art Museum (Brasil)

1975-92
The7th,9th,12th,15th International Biennale( Lausanne, Swiss )

1976
International Fiber Works ( Cleveland Museum, USA)
Masterpieces of Contemporary Japanese Crafts
( The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan )

1978
Japanese Women's Exhibition ( A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA )
3rd International Triennial of Tapestry( Poland )
3rd International Miniature textile( London, England )

1980
International Fiber As Art ( Manila National Museum, Philippines )

1981
Art Now 10 Years 1970 - 1980( Hyogo Museum of Art, Japan )
Japanese Contemporary Artist Exhibition ( Den Hagg, Netherlands)
Art Fabric Main Stream ( San Francisco , Minnesota Museum , USA )
Michoacan International Miniature Textile ( Mexico )
K-18 Stoff Wechsel International Exhibition( Kassel, Germany )

1983
Fiber Works Exhibition( Gunma Museum of Art, Japan )
World Print Four( San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art, USA )

1984
Japanese Contemporary Fiber Works( Museum Belleive, Zurich, Swiss )

1985
Sculpture Textile ( Lausanne, Swiss/ Norway/ Sweden )
Sculpture Textile 5 Artists( Nordjylands Museum, Aalborg, Denmark )
Mini Fiber Art Exhibition( NAA Art Gallery, Soul , Korea )

1987
Interlacing Exhibition( American Craft Museum, New York, Washington, USA )
Modern Trends ( Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan )

1993
Sculpture Trail Site Specific Earth Work( North Mayo, Ireland )
Tres Cantos Da Terra ( Musse Ballas Artes, Rio , Brazil )
Nature In Process( Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, USA )
The Fascinate Textile ( Museum Van Bommel, Venelo, Netherlands )

1994
Cosmic Maternal Brazil/USA/Japan( Gallery Nikko Tokyo, Japan )

1996
Desegni Urbani Art Biennale ( Quaratta, Italy )

1997
Inside ( Parallel Documenta, Kassel, Germany )

2000
Contemporary Art Textilel /a Fondation Toms Pauli/Swiss
Art Textile international Lausanne 1960-1990/ Musee de l Hospice Saint Roch France

2004
Art Textile International1960-1990 /a Fondation Toms Pauli/Swiss

2005
Solo exhibition Art space Kan Kyoto Japan
Solo exhibition Kojyu Gallery Kyoto Japan

2009
Solo exhibition Gallery Shimada Japan
Solo installetaion Arles-sur tech church France

2010
Setouchi Art Triennale Ogishima Takamatu Japan

2011
Solo exhibition GalleryA quad Takenaka Tokyo Japan
The 20th century artist /a Fondation Toms Pauli/Latviya

2012
Solo exhibition Pola Museum Annex Tokyo Japan

2014-2017
NAWA Axis for Peace-project 2014 LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton,NY ( USA)

Fujidera City Hall, wall sculpture / Fuijidera city,Japan
Nara City Hall, tapestry / Nara city, Japan
Ashiya City New Town, outdoor furnitures / Ashiya city, Japan
Itami City park, fountain sculpture /Itami city, Japan
Kansai Shinkyu College, Rope chandelier / Osaka, Japan
SEIBU Tukashin center, Fountain stone plaza / Itami city,Japan
Kyoto Trade center, fountain stone plaza / Kyoto city,Japan
Kyoto Seika University, Rope sculpture / Kyoto city, Japan
Senrti Chuoh cente,r Global Rope Plaza / Toyonaka city,Oaska, Japan
Kaizuka Cultural cosmos theater, fountain stone and bronze plaza / Kaizuka city, Osaka, Japan
Killala Bay Park, Intercommunication Parc / Noth Mayo,Ireland
Lacken Bay Earth Work, Nawa cosmoscape / Noth Mayo,Ireland
Museum of National History, Boronze Bell / Tokyo, Japan
Tsuda New Town, Concrete sculpture / Hirakata city Osaka, Japan
Wakasa-cho JOMON Museum Park,Earth sculpture / Fukui city,Japan
Kyoto Education Counseling Center for Children, Earth sculpture garden / Kyoto city, Japan

1992
Nawalogy Performance Earth Summit, Brazil
Nawalogy Performance Shimane Asian Art Forum, Japan

1993
Nawalogy performance Honenin Temple, Sapporo, Japan
Nawalogy performance Killala Community, Ireland
Nawa Re-union Tohoku Art University, Japan

1995
Kobe Roots /500 citizens of Kobe Mikage, Kobe, Japan
Great Hanshin Earthquake Requiem Art Ceremony

1996
Nawa Collaboration 100 citizens of Quaratta, Italy

1997
NAWA LINK / 880 citizens of Kassel,Ashrot Park, Germany

1998
NAWALOGY, Talin University,Estonia
NAWA Eco Link/1000 citizens of Koryoh-cho, Shimane, Japan

1999
NAWA Column/ 2000 citizens of Yonago Totori, Japan
NAWA Link/ 209 Kids, Kagoshima, Japan

2000
NAWA Vital Link2000/ Kyoto,Japan

2004
Andiamo Avanti Tamano Okayama Japan

2009
Arles-sur tech city Hall France

2010
Setouchi Art Triennale Ogishima Takamatu Japan

2011
Passing through a rope forest/GalleryA quad Takenaka Tokyo Japan
NAWA no Wa Earth Fire Harvest/ Funasaka Hyogo Japan

2014
NAWA Axis for Peace-project 2014 LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton,NY ( USA)