Since the 1980s, he has created and presented artworks that mixed painting and photography. In 2003, start a project "Flower-between the eyes" to create a 100-flowers work. Freely go and return between paintings and photographs, and continue to ask questions about "seeing" and "feeling" from various perspectives. 【Major exhibitions, etc.】 1990 Shiga Annual `90 (Shiga Prefectural Museum of Modern Art) 1992 Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Japanese government (University of London Goldsmith College) 1993 Guest Researcher (Oxford University / Oxford Museum of Modern Art) 2003 Bulgaria Contemporary Prints and Japan (Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art) 2017 Development of modern prints (Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art)        Solo exhibition “Rika Syounen no yume” (Kamakura Gallery) 2014, 2011, 2008 【Main Awards】 1989 Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Award) 1991 Wakayama Print Biennale (Grand Prize)        Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition (Hokkaido Modern Art Museum Award) 1994 Shumei Cultural Award (Shumei Cultural Foundation) 1998 Kanagawa International Print Triennale (Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art Award)