Education:

2016 –

Tallinn University
Doctoral candidate at graduate school of humanities, studies of cultures

2006 – 2010

Musashino Art University
Doctoral candidate at graduate school of art and design, design and configuration

2006

Prize for the best student of the faculty of imaging arts and sciences

2004 – 2006

Musashino Art University
Master of Arts, graduate school of art and design, faculty of imaging arts and sciences

2001 – 2002

Ecole française d’enseignement technique
Faculty of photography

1997 – 2001

Dokkyo University
Bachelor of Arts, faculty of foreign languages, department of German

Professional experiences:

2020

Tallinn University
Junior fellow in the centre of excellence in intercultural studies

2017 – 2021

Estonian Academy of Arts
Lecturer in the department of photography and the department of graphic art, faculty of fine arts

2010 – 2011

Ecole supérieure des beaux-arts de Nantes Métropole
Artist-researcher

2009 – 2010, 2015

Ochanomizu Art College
Lecturer

2009

Pallas University of Applied Sciences
Member of diploma committee, department of photography

Supervision:

2017

Anna-Maria Vaskovskaja, BA
Pallas University of Applied Sciences, department of photography

2009

Katrin Sarapuu, BA
Pallas University of Applied Sciences, department of photography

Grants:

2018

Cultural Endowment of Estonia

2010

French government scholarships

Exhibitions:

2018. 11

“Textur(ǝ)ality” 008 Galerii, Tallinn

2018. 08

“Kõik on kadunud. Kõik meelde tuli.” Pictorico Shop & Gallery Omotesando, Tokyo

2018. 05

“Nõmmegraphy” Museum of Photography, Tallinn

2017. 04

“Nõmmegraphy” Vabalava, Tallinn

2017. 04

“Partage” Galerie Planète Rouge, Paris

2016. 06

“Transition” Galerie Fluide au Château de Chémery, Chémery, France

2016. 05

“Time Capsule” Akabane Gakki, Gumma, Japan

2015. 12

“We Came from Water” No.12 Gallery, Tokyo

2015. 05

“The Camera Knows Everything” (series from We were here) Talion Gallery, Tokyo

2015. 01

“Desiderium” Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga

2014. 12

“Hirohisa Koike & Becca Voelcker” No.12 Gallery, Tokyo

2014. 08

“Desiderium” Art Kurabiraki Fujiyoshida 2014, Fujiyoshida, Japan

2014. 01

“Fragments/Scene 001” Rundum, Tallinn

2013. 05

“Point et Ligne sur Plan” Shintaro Akatsu Gallery, Tokyo

2012. 04

“UNSOLVED REMAINS” No.12 Gallery, Tokyo

2011. 10

“Departures” Maison des chercheurs étrangers, Nantes, France

2011. 06

“Welcome on board” (series from DTI) Halle 6, Alstom, Nantes, France

2011. 05

“Retardance” Ecole supérieure des beaux-arts de Nantes Métropole, Nantes, France

2011. 05

“Yes Where” Ecole supérieure des beaux-arts de Nantes Métropole, Nantes, France

2010. 10

“it happens” (series from minimissing, Retardance) Ecole nationale supérieure d’architecture de Nantes, Nantes, France

2010. 09

“1ère classe” (series from Retardance) Cosmopolis, Nantes, France

2010. 07

“Retardance” Tsumuji, Nakanojo, Japan

2010. 05

“minimissing” ARKA Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2010. 04

“chambre rouge” gFAL, Musashino art university, Tokyo

2010. 03

“Double Vision” (series from minimissing) Galerie de l’ESBANM, Nantes, France

2010. 02

“Double Vision” (series from Retardance) Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo

2009. 12

“minimissing” Shinjuku Ganka Garou, Tokyo

2009. 12

“exceeds it” (series from minimissing) Shinjuku Ganka Garou, Tokyo

2008. 11

“Suspended Melodies” Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo

2008. 10

“A/R” Shinjuku Ganka Garou, Tokyo

2008. 03

“sans toi” Shinjuku Ganka Garou, Tokyo

2007. 04

“Untitled” Musashino art university, Tokyo

2006. 12

“Door Opens Both Ways” Roof, Tokyo

2006. 04

“Color Photographs” Musashino art university, Tokyo

2006. 01

“Color Photographs” Musashino art university, Tokyo

2005. 12

“Color Photographs” Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo