Born Tokyo, 1978
Lives and works in Dublin


EDUCATION

2005      BA in Fine Art Painting, National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Dublin
2001      Diploma at Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Cork
1997      Tama Art Institute, Tokyo

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010
mother's tankstation, Dublin. (Solo)
Kantor Art, L.A. (Solo)
Artists Residency Programme, Irish Museum of Modern Art, January-July.
2009
Why can we keep going forward? Because we forget the problem of yesterday
Residency & Project exhibition, Galeria LEME, São Paulo - SP / Brazil
The Fountainhead Residency, Miami, Florida. October - December 2009
2008
I want to give love to socially neglected parts of you, that is my mission, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2007
Bunny’s Darkness and Other Stories, mother’s tankstation, Dublin

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
Timelines, Mermaid Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Visual Fictions, Fenton Gallery, Cork. Curated by Cliodhna Shaffrey
2006
The Square Root of Drawing, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
Getting on Mother’s Nerves, Mother’s Tankstation, Dublin
Utopias, Eigse Carlow 2006 (selected by Ann O’Sullivan), Carlow
2005
A Moment in Time, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008
Super Funny Animals. The Sunday Times. Gerry McCarthy. 4 August 2008
All eyes on the Marble City. The Irish Times. Aidan Dunne. August 15
2007
Art Review, pp. 134, ‘Bunny’s Darkness and Other Stories’, Luke Clancy
Mother’s Annual 2007, ‘Irrevocable Consequences’, Chris Fite-Wassilak
The Irish Times, ‘The Arts’, Aidan Dunne, 30 May
Magill, pp. 36–37, ‘Bunny’s Dystopia’, Jacqui McIntosh
2006
 Mother’s Annual 2006, ‘Bad behaviour: What’s gotten into mom?’, Sarah Pierce
2005
 The Irish Times,  ‘The Arts’, Aidan Dunne, 13 June
Emerging Artists 2005, Ashford Gallery

AWARDS

2007
Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
2006
International Studio, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin