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April 2008 Solo show "Extinction" at La Luz De Jesus gallery, LA. Sold out.
October 2007 Pre-Halloween show with Ojimbo. Roq La Lue Gallery, Seattle.
August 2007 "World Wide Enemy" The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco. Solo show, sold out.
March 2007 "Tag Of War" Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington DC. Group exhibition.
February 2007 "Girl Cocktail" M Modern gallery, Palm Springs. A side-by side solo show with Shag - sold out.
December 2006 "We'll make a lover of you" Miami art center/Miami art Basel.
October 2006 Nucleus Gallery. "Bliss Express" group exhibition .
Aug 2006 M Modern Gallery. A group exhibition tribute to Dr.Sues.
July 2006 M Modern Gallery. A group exhibition tribute to 007.
July 2006 La Luz De JEsus gallery "I'm from Japan. My father is Ninja, My mother is Geisha." solo show.
May 2006 The Sooting gallery "Year Of The Dog" show with John John Jesse.
Mar 2006 Juxtapoz group show at OX-OP gallery.
Jan 2006 Chester's Blacksmith Shop - " Young Guns " group show at the Sundance Film Festival.
Nov 2005 Roq La Rue Gallery - " Beast From The East " show with Moira Hahn.
Sep 2005 Nucleus Gallery - a group show " The Girl Show "- sold out.
Apr 2005 DC Gallery - a solo show.
Oct 2004 Fuse Gallery - a group show of Juxtapoz magazine.
Jan 2005 The Shooting Gallery - a show with Wanyu Chou and Lisa Alisa
Nov 2004 Ox-Op Gallery - a show with Oksana Badrak
Oct 2004 M Modern Gallery - a show with Kii Arens - sold out.
May 2004 M Modern Gallery - a group show "I Love Tiki" - sold out.
May 2004 The Shooting Gallery - a group show "Tokyo Monster" - sold out.
Apr 2004 Ox-Op - a group show "XX Chromosome" - sold out.
Apr 2004 Kantor Gallery - a solo show - sold out.
Feb 2004 M Modern Gallery - a group show "Modern Love" - second piece sold on opening night.
Feb 2004 Roq La Rue - show with Kipling West, and Andrew Brandou aka Howdy Pardner.
Dec 2003 The Shooting Gallery - solo show
Oct 2003 CPOP Gallery - solo show - sold out first week.
May 2003 Kantor Gallery - solo show.
Apr 2003 Roq La Rue Gallery - sold out in one day.
Jan 2003 Roq La Rue Gallery - a group show "Gods and Monsters" - sold out.
Sep 2002 Roq La Rue Gallery - sold out opening night.
Aug 2002 Joined the "What Is Art" Collective (membership is by invitation only).
Jul 2002 Cover of "The Stranger".
May 2002 Roq La Rue Gallery - a group show "Draw" - sold out opening night.
Apr 2002 BEMIS group show in Seattle - sold out.
Mar 2002 Roq La Rue Gallery - sold out first week
Jul 2001 Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle - debut show in the U.S.
2001 Shinoro Art Project - placing art in typical life spaces throughout Sapporo.
Sep 2000 Cover of gaming magazine "New Generation".
Mar 1999 Cover of "New Generation".
1989-1997 Illustration and artwork for Sapporo-area rock show promotions.
1995 Illustration work for Rotten Orange Records.
Sep 1991 Manga "Power" featured in "The Marguerite"
1990 Graduation from BISEN Art School, Sapporo Japan. Coveted art exhibition prize-winner.
Mar 1988 Manga "Bonnetto Ni Neko" (a cat on the hood) featured in "The Marguerite".
Apr 1986 Debut Manga "Merry Christmas Children" featured in the very popular MANGA "The Marguerite". Prize as a "a fine, commendable work for a new face". (She was just 16 years old.)


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