My work is inspired by traces from the past: fossils, ruins and relics. By collecting fragments, categorizing pieces and imagining missing parts, my works explore the woven history of the earth.
I was born and grew up in Tokyo. I was always interested in how all life started. Curiosity about the beginning of life led me to study chemistry at university. Since then I moved to Cambridge and started developing my career as an artist.
During my time at the Royal College of Art I won the Linklaters Printmaking Award. I also won the Galleries Magazine Award and the London Print Studio Award at the National Print Exhibition. My works have been shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Bankside Gallery, and Jerwood Space, London
I am a member of the Royal Watercolour Society and the Society of Graphic Fine Art.
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Education:
2001/03 MA Fine Art Printmaking, Royal College of Art, London
1997/01 BA Fine Art Printmaking, Cambridge School of Art(ARU), Cambridge
1990/92 MIB(International Business), École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris
1980/84 BEng Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo
Exhibitions:
2022 Winners: Awards Winning Artist, Mall Galleries, London
2022 Bankside Gallery Winter Mini Show, Bankside Gallery, London
2022 RWS Autumn Exhibition “Art in the times of Corona”, Bankside Gallery, London
2022 Bankside Gallery Summer Exhibition 2022, Bankside Gallery, London
2022 London Lives, Bankside Gallery, London
2022 SGFA Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2022 RWS Spring Exhibition “Less is more”, Bankside Gallery, London
2022 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 210th Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2021 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2021 RWS Autumn Exhibition “Now and Then”, Bankside Gallery, London
2021 SGFA Members Exhibition at Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich
2021 Bankside Gallery Summer Exhibition 2021, Bankside Gallery, London
2021 SGFA Centenary Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2021 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 209th Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2021 RWS Spring Exhibition “They Can’t Cancel Spring…”, Bankside Gallery, London
2020 RWS Autumn Exhibition “Art in the times of Corona”, Bankside Gallery, London
2020 Bankside Gallery Summer Exhibition 2020, Bankside Gallery, London
2020 SGFA Exhibition at Barbican Centre Library, London
2019 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2019 The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2019, Mall Galleries, London
2019 Bankside Gallery Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
2019 Society of Graphic Fine Art DRAW 19, Menier Gallery, London
2019 RWS Spring Exhibition “In the Studio”, Bankside Gallery, London
2019 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 207th Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2019 RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside Gallery, London
2018 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2018 RBSA Print Prize 2018, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
2018 Society of Graphic Fine Art DRAW 18, Menier Gallery, London
2018 RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside Gallery, London
2018 50 years…A Celebration, The Old Fire Engine Gallery, Ely
2017 Society of Graphic Fine Art DRAW 17, Menier Gallery, London
2017 The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2017, Mall Galleries, London
2017 RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside Gallery, London
2017 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 205th Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2016 Society of Graphic Fine Art DRAW 16, Menier Gallery, London
2016 As Happy As The Birds In Spring, The Old Fire Engine Gallery, Ely
2014 ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2013 Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013, Jerwood Space, London
2012 Recent Paintings, Primavera Magdalene Gallery, Cambridge
2011 Christmas Exhibition, Cambridge Contemporary Art Gallery, Cambridge
2011 Recent Works, The Old Fire Engine House Gallery, Ely, Cambridgeshire
2010 Very Small Works, The Old Fire Engine House Gallery, Ely, Cambridgeshire
2009 Red and Gold, Angela Mellor Gallery, Ely, Cambridgeshire
2009 Christmas Exhibition, Gallerytop, Matlock, Derbyshire
2009 Land and Sea, Angela Mellor Gallery, Ely, Cambridgeshire
2009 Dappled Things, The Old Fire Engine House Gallery, Ely, Cambridgeshire
2008 Paintings and Sculpture by Rika Newcombe and Carol Sinclair, The Kaetsu Centre, New Hall, Cambridge
2008 CAMBA Exhibition: Six Days, The Shop, Jesus Lane, Cambridge
2007 Threshold 6×4, The Front Room Studio, Bridport, Dorset
2007 By the river, Broughton House Gallery, Cambridge
2003 Recent Graduates, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
2003 Christmas Collection, Broughton House Gallery, Cambridge
2003 Portrait of Robert Hooke, The Royal Society, London
2003 The Show 2003, Royal College of Art, London
2003 Blueprint, The Study Gallery, Poole
2002 Christmas Collection, Broughton House Gallery, Cambridge
2002 Interim Show, Royal College of Art, London
2001 Christmas Mixture, Broughton House Gallery, Cambridge
2001 Platform 2, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Bury St Edmunds
2001 National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2001 Cambridge Young Printmakers 2001, Broughton House Gallery, Cambridge
Designs:
2011/15 Images for 15 books published by Frontinus, Ltd
2006 Images for The Knowledge Partnership Ltd website
Awards:
2022 Elected a full member of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS)
2021 Winsor & Newton Product Prize at RI 209th Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London
2019 Elected an associate member of the Royal Watercolour Society (ARWS)
2019 Shortlisted for The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
2018 Shortlisted for RBSA Print Prize
2017 Elected an associate member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art (ASGFA in 2017, SGFA in 2019)
2017 Shortlisted for The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
2013 Shortlisted for Jerwood Drawing Prize
2002 Linklaters Printmaking Award, Royal College of Art
2001 Galleries Magazine Award, National Print Exhibition
2001 London Print Studio Award, National Print Exhibition
Articles:
2010 Pavilion(Lent 2010, Issue 17), βluesci, The Cambridge University science magazine from VARSITY
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