Education
1999 – 2002 California State University, Fullerton: Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture
1993 – 1999 West Virginia University: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Graphic Design (double major)
Professional Experience
2016 – Present Professor of Art (Sculpture and Metals) at Midwestern State University (MSU Texas), Wichita Falls, Texas
2009 – 2016 Associate Professor of Art at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
2003 – 2009 Assistant Professor of Art at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
Solo Exhibitions
2023
"Beckoning Neko and Bowing Birdman" Redbud Arts Center, Houston, TX
2019
“Keshin of Metals” Gallery 193, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX
2013
“Behind the Sign” Sakuragi Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
“The Oil States and Pachinko Islands” Metal Art Museum Hikarinotani, Chiba, Japan
2011
“Suguru Hiraide Solo Exhibition” LA Artcore Galley at Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2009
“Still Pachinko” Red Bud Gallery, Houston, TX
2007
“Pachinko Finale” LA Artcore Gallery at Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
“Pachinko Prelude” Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX
2006
“epitome, OK” (solo) Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK
2005
“Mix! Series” (solo) The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2004
“epitome–tx” (solo) Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts Gallery, Midwestern State University, TX
“epitome II” (solo) LA Artcore gallery in the Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2002
“epitome” (solo) West Gallery, California State University, Fullerton (solo)
Selected Group Exhibitions
(Two-person, and outdoor shows marked by asterisk)
2024
"Metamorphose", HOKUBU Memorial Picture Museum, Sapporo （Hokkaido, Japan）
2023
"Metamorphose", Contemporary Art Gallery, Hankyu MEN'S OSAKA （Osaka, Japan）
"CROSSCURRENT Yokohama-Texas Exchange show 2023", Wichita Falls Museum of Fine Arts（Wichita Falls, Texas）
"Metamorphose", GALLERY NAO （Tokyo, Japan）
“The Sleep of Reason" The Fragmented Figure, SITE Gallery at the Silos at Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX
* "Metamorphose", GALLERY NAO, Tokyo, Japan
"CHAOS 9!", Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
"Yokohama-Houston Exchange Show", Redbud Arts Center, Houston, TX
2022
"2022-2023 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition", Knoxville, Tennessee
*The sculpture is exhibited at McGhee Tyson (Knoxville) Airport
"True North Public Sculpture Project" Houston, Texas
2021
“Altamira” SITE Gallery at the Silos at Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX
“VISIBLE: Asian and AAPI Artists in America” Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas TX
“State of Sculpture: 10th Anniversary All-Member TSG Exhibition” San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX
* “17th Annual Sculpture Garden Juried Exhibition” Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX Received 1st Place Prize
“On the Bayou” Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX
2020
“Present” Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
“2020” Invitational group exhibition at RO2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
2019
“The 1st Cross Current Yokohama-Texas 2019” Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama city Kanagawa, Japan
“Terra Splendora” Splendora Gardens, Cleveland, TX
“2019 Cross Current International Exchange Show U.S. –Japan” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,Tokyo, Japan
2018
"International Sculpture Center’s Chapter Member Exhibition” at Zona Maco International Sculpture Center, Mexico (Juried)
2017
“Profusion in the Void” at Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX (Juried)
“Suguru Hiraide, Toko Tokunaga, Yasuyo Maruyama, Sachiko Miki” at LA Artcore Gallery at the Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
2016
“Crosscurrent International Exchange Show US–Japan” Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
“Texas Atomic Iron Commission Exhibition at University of Science and Arts at Oklahoma” The Nesbitt Gallery, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, OK
2015
“The Association of Asian Contemporary Sculptors Exchange Exhibition 2015” Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
“Patent Pending Show” curated by Jon Whitfill, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX
“The 3rd Cross Current International Exchange Show U.S. –Japan” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo Japan
2014–2015
* "Art on the Green Sculpture Invitational” (one year outdoor exhibition) Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX.
2014
“The Exhibition of Art Works by the Association of Asian Contemporary” The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung Taiwan
“ASEAN International Art Festival and Workshop” at Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin Wang Klai Kangwon Campus, Huahin, Thailand
“Three–person Exhibition” at LA Artcore Gallery at the Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
“International Art X change 2014” Naresuan University Art Museum, Phitsanulok, Thailand
“The 18th Guangzhou International Art Fair” Guangzhou, China;
2013–2014
“Texas Sculpture Invitational” Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Mdwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
2012
* “East Meets West” (two-person) Meadows Gallery, University of Texas, Tyler, TX
“Japan-U.S. International Art Exchange Show 2012” Fukuoka City Art Museum, Japan
“Combinations: TWU Faculty with Guests” East /West Gallery, Texas Woman’s University, Denton TX
2011
“Texas Sculpture Network Symposium” Meadows Gallery, University of Texas, Tyler, TX
* “Steel Sculpture:Fun with Guns and Pachinko” (two-person) Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2010
“ZENTICA: A Costa Rica and Japan Cultural Exchange Arts Exhibition” The House of the Mint at the Center for Arts and Technology LA Aduana, San Jose, Costa Rica
“Freiraum 18 in Futtsu” Makii Stainless Inc. Chiba, Japan
2009
“Freiraum 17 in Asakusabashi” Makii Masaru Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
“Cross Current: The 2nd. International Exchange Exhibition US- Japan” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
“Yokoso!” Makii Masaru Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
“Small Work Exhibition 2009” (three locations) Gallery An-Sei, Ukiha, Japan. Creator’s Ark Gallery, Munakata, Japan. Craftstory, Pusan, Korea
2008
“Japanese and U.S Artists International Exchange Exhibition” Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
“3rd Annual 125-Mile Visual Arts Exhibition” The West Gallery at Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX (Honorable Mention)
“4th International Art Festival/ Workshop” Poh-Chang Academy of Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Rattankosin, Bangkok, Thailand (two gallery locations)
2007
“True to Form” Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX, Juried by Clint Willour, Director of Galveston Arts Center
“Kyomei: Resonance: Japanese Contemporary Artists” Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX.
“Play and Replay” University Texas San Antonio Satellite Space at Blue Star Arts Complex, TX
2006
“Metal Arts” Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, TX (Received award for Best of the Show)
“As We Glow Forward” Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA
“Regional Exchange Show” California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield CA
2005
“The 5th American & Japanese Artists Exchange Show” Kitakyusyu Municipal Museum of Art,Kitakyusyu, Japan
“re–ACTION” Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2003
“Toys, Art That Works” Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2002
“Art in Motion” East Village Arts (EVA) Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Selected Visiting Artist Lectures / Workshops
2019
Powerpoint presentation during sculpture symposium at Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX.
2014
Lectures and workshops duringASEAN International Art Festival and Workshop at Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin Wang Klai Kangwon Campus, Huahin,Thailand.
2014
Lectures and workshops during “International Art X change 2014” in Thailand
*I was one of thirteen invited artists from the U.S.A. I gave power point and movie presentations at Naresuan University in Phitsanulok and Thaksin University in Songkhla, I also created a steel wire sculpture during the workshop at Sud Mongkol Room in Krabi Municipality, Thailand
2012
Visiting artist lecture “14 hours difference: A Japanese artist in the USA” during Global Connection Awareness Month at Texas Woman’s University
2010
Visiting artist workshop titled “Low Tech Kinetics” at University of North Texas
2010
Visiting artist lecture for Visual Art Society of Texas at Denton
2008
Guest artist /speaker for “4th International Art Festival/ Workshop” at Poh-Chang Academy of Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Rattankosin, Bangkok, Thailand
2007
Guest artist speaker for the panel discussion titled “Japanese Contemporary Art and Culture” at Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX
*Mari Omori, associate professor of art at Kingwood College, organized the panel discussion and invited me along with Mineko Glimmer, a Los Angeles‑based artist; Martha Blackwelder, Director of the Asian Society in Texas; and Vivian Lee, curatorial assistant at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
2006
Life casting and mold making workshop and lecture at California State University, Bakersfield
Selected Exhibitions Juried/ Curated
2019
“The 1st Cross Current Yokohama-Texas 2019” Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama city Kanagawa Japan
2015
“The 3rd Crosscurrent, International Exchange Show: U.S.–Japan 2015” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
*Nakagomi Yasunari, director of the Association of International Exchange, and I curated the exhibition. I invited thirteen artists from Texas and one from California. Nakagomi selected eight artists in Japan. The exhibition was a great success. Over twenty five hundred visitors came to see the exhibition over a span of eight days.
2013–2014
“Art on the Green: Outdoor Invitational Sculpture Exhibit” Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX
* I selected nine sculptures including two from Japan.
2008
“Wichita Falls Art Association Exhibition” Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX
2005
“Art Affair on the Kemp Square” Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX
“Art for All” Lawton, OK
“2005 Annual Students Exhibition” North Harris College, Houston, TX
Membership
1998 – present International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
2004 – present Texas Sculpture Network
2004 – present Texas Association of College Teachers, Austin, TX
2012 – present Texas Sculpture Group, Austin, TX
2001 – 2020 College Art Association, New York, NY
2005 – 2010 Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX
Private and permanent collection
2020 Ms. Yoshimoto (private) Los Angeles, California
2019 Private collection, Houston Texas
2014 Mr. Tucker (private) Texas
2014 Krabi Art Museum, Krabi, Thailand (Public)
2011 Ms. & Mr. Meyer (private) California
2011 Ms. Foley (private) California
2011 Ms. Nakamura (private) California
2009 M s. Lydia Takeshita (private) California
2007 Mr. and Mrs. Tucker (private) Texas
2006 Kyosei no Sato Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (Public)
2002 Ms. Veronica Chiang (private) California