Education:
- BA in 3-D Design at Tama Art University, Tokyo Japan
- PG Diploma in Sculpture at West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham, UK
- MA in Sculpture at Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
Computer skills:
Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office Suite
Languages:
Japanese (native); English (proficiency); French (Intermediate)
Working Experience:
>art<
2015–
Intervals Collective, an art collective comprised of artists and cultural professionals based in Montreal (Canada) intervalscollective.com
2011–2016
M-KOS, contemporary art online magazine, managing editor, m-kos.net
2010
Chelsea Future Space, London (UK)
, exhibition coordinator for Naoko Yogo “GRANADA”
2009
Zoo Art Fair, London (UK)
, gallery assistant, David Risley Gallery (Copenhagen)
2002–2006
Courier-art, an artists collective based in London (UK)
2001
Two persons exhibition “Tsunami” at 198 Gallery, London (UK)
1998
Public art for the pub "Green Man”, commissioned by London Artforms, London (UK)
1997
Group exhibition and community art workshop for “Off-centre” at Swiss Cottage Library Gallery, London (UK) during Women in Focus festival
1996
Art direction for multimedia music performance “Tarot Suite”
at Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London (UK)
Community art workshop
for the exhibition "Inside the Visible" at Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (UK)
Group Exhibition “Madame Lillie Quarter Century Show”
in Stoke Newington, London, (UK)
1995
Group exhibition “Feel Good Factor”
at London Artforms, London (UK)
1994–1996
Madame Lillie, alternative art space, London (UK)
, co-founder, curator, gallery administrator
1994
Solo Exhibition “New Colours Revisited”
at Madame Lillie, London (UK)
Film screening “As seen at the cinema”
at Camden Plaza, London (UK)
Group exhibition “Domestics”
at Stoke Newington Library, London (UK)
1992
Group Exhibition “Whitechapel Open”, London (UK)
1991
Group Exhibition “Whitechapel Open”, London (UK)
>design<
2000–present
Freelance graphic designer
>language<
Multilingual DTP specialist
2010–Present
Freelance
1998–2010
World Accent, London (UK)
• Page layout design, formatting, typesetting and graphic editing in various languages in the print and digital media, such as brochures, catalogues, magazines, annual reports, books and Power Point presentation, website etc.
• Prepare IDML file for the MemoQ, translation memory
Localization quality assurance tester
2015–2018
Keywords Studios, Montreal (Canada)
• Verify linguistic accuracy in the Japanese version of the in-game text.
• Verify the correct implementation and the contextual consistency of the localized text.
• Identify, isolate, and document bugs in a bug database.
• Translate English bug reports into Japanese.
Translation/Transcription/Proofreading/Interpreting
Freelance translator (English to Japanese / Japanese to English)
2000–Present
• Specialized field: Arts and Culture; Marketing
• Clients include British Council (translation); British Museum (proofreading); BBC World Service (transcription) etc
• Studied literature and business translations (distant learning) at Fellow Academy (Japan).