Born in Niigata City in 1966. Graduated from Tama Art University Art Studies. After working at Loft Museum of Contemporary Art, Curator of Niigata City Art Museum since 1994. Award for Distinguished Service of Museum in 2017 (Japan Museum Association). Served as Director, Niitsu Art Museum, Niigata City from 2020 to 2024. Part-time lecturer (Museum Management Theory) at Nagaoka Institute of Design from 2021.
Specializes in Japanese modern and contemporary paintings, but interdisciplinary research and introductions centered on artists from Niigata.
Selected curatorial projects: “FUMIO SAKAMOTO Retrospective”（2004）, “SHIGEO GOCHO Retrospective”（2004）, “KUNIO MAYEKAWA Retrospective”（2006）, “SUNOUCHI TORU and GENDAI Gallery”(2014, 30th Ehime Prefecture Publishing Culture Award), “Gift from KIHACHI KIMURA” (2017), “NOBUYA ABE 1913-1971: Insatiable Quest beyond Borders” (2018, Birenkyo Grand Prize Excellent Catalog Award), “140th Anniversary of Birth : MAURICE UTRILLO”（2023, Supervised）.
Selected books: “SIGEO GOCHO 1946-1983” (Kyodo News, 2004) co-edited and co-authored,
“THE WORK OF KUNIO MAYEKAWA” (Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 2006) co-edited and co-authored.
“The Spirit of Avant-Garde Photography Transforming ‘Nothing Much’” (Akaaka Art Publishing, 2023) co-edited and co-authored.