Biography

Todo (b. 1969) tells a story of history through sculpture, combining objects such as Tokyo rubble, found rocks, and classic books with laminated glass. Trained in Tokyo and Germany, his distinctly contemporary sculptures parse the passage of time and how structures like mountains—and cities—take shape and then fall to pieces. Glass suspends his creations in the moment, like a frozen memory. 

 

Born in Tokyo in 1969 and raised in Uwajima.
1997    Graduated from Tama Art University Graduate School, Department of Sculpture
1999    Entered the National University of the Arts Düsseldorf (Germany)
2003    Received Meisterschuler from Professor Daniel Buren
2015    "Capital Space - 50 Säulen" Gallery αM (Tokyo)
2017    "Poetic Forest" (Group Exhibition) KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre
2017    "2D Printers" (Group Exhibition), Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art
2017    "Bow/Bow" LOKO GALLERY (Tokyo)
2020    "Chikuho Coal" Art Front Gallery (Tokyo)
2022    "On-site works_KUON" KUON Flagship Store (Tokyo)
2022    "But still, it's small..." Ginza Ippodo
2022    "Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale" (Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture)
2023    "Kiokuhatokika" (Group Exhibition) MA2 Gallery (Tokyo)

Collections
Urawa Art Museum
RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG (Germany)
Palace Hotel Tokyo
The Ritz-Carlton Tianjin
Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
Hoshino and Karuizawa

Works
  • Todo, small work_268008, 2020
    Todo
    small work_268008, 2020
    Glass
  • Todo, Black Mountain, 2017
    Todo
    Black Mountain, 2017
    那智黒石・積層ガラス