Born in Hokkaido in 1953. Currently resides in France. Major exhibitions and projects include Destroyed Church (1987, documenta, Kassel,
Germany), Working Progress (1996-99, Alkmaar, the Netherlands), Le passage des Chaises (1997, Festival d’Automne, Chapelle Saint-Louis de L’hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris), Tadashi Kawamata: Tokyo in Progress
(2010-2013, Tokyo). He has published Artless:Contemporary Art as a Minority (2001, Film Art, Inc)