Graduated from the Faculty of Law at Kyoto University. Completed a master's degree course at the Special Graduate Course of Fine Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. After working as the chief curator and the artistic director at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, was assigned as the chief of planning office at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo and a special-appointment professor at the Faculty of Art and Design, Tama Art University. Director of CIMAM (International Committee of ICOM for Museums and Collections of Modern Art). Projects many biennales and exhibitions both in Japan and abroad. Recent exhibitions include "Neo Tropicália" , "Space for Your Future" (Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo); "Marlene Dumas - Broken White" (Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo); "New Sensorium" (MIT List Visual Arts Center); "Media City Seoul" (Seoul City Art Museum).