1964　　　Born in Wakayama prefecture, JAPAN

◆ Education and Career

1998-present　Established own studio [ Chiba, Japan ]
1995-97 Teaching Assistant at Toyama City Institute of Glass Art
1991-94 Studied Sculpture and Glass at California College of the Arts [ Oakland, CA, U.S.A. ]
1989-90 Worked at Kagami Crystal CO.LTD. [ Tokyo ]
1988 Graduated from Hoshi University of Pharmacy [ Tokyo ]
1986 Studied Chinese Literature, Northwest University, Xi’an, China

◆ Awards (Selected)

2021 Circular Energy Prize, Circular Award, Japan
2020 GOLD AWARD, WORLD MEDIA FESTIVALS, Hamburg, Germany
2013 GRAPHIC AWARD, CREATIVE HACK AWARD 2013, Japan
1997 GRAND PRIZE, The1st Contemporary Glass Exhibition in Satsuma, Kagoshima, Japan

◆ Public Collections (Selected)

Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Ashmolean Museum in the University Oxford, UK
Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
CERNUSCHI Museum, Paris
Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
HONEN-IN Temple, Kyoto, Japan

◆ Exhibitions (Selected)

2025　TEFAF Maastricht 2025, Netherland
2024　ORIGIN of SIMPLICITY. 20 Visions of Japanese Design, ADI Design Museum, Milan
　　　Treasure House Fair, London　
2023 Visionaries, Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
2020 COLLECT, Somerset House, London
　　　Masterpiece London (Also in 2019,2018,2016)
2019 LIVING KOGEI, Hong Kong University Museum
2018 Japan–Japonismes. 1867-2018, Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris
1999 2000 Years of Japanese Glass,Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo

◆ Featured TV Program (Selected)

2023 Trailblazers Glass Artist Nishinaka Yukito, Reflecting the wabi-sabi aesthetic in glass,
NHK WORLD JAPAN

2021 CORE KYOTO, Conversations: A Landscape Gardener and a Glass Artist,
NHK WORLD JAPAN

2020 CORE KYOTO, Kyoto Glasswork: The Elegant Sparkle of Craftsmanship,
NHK WORLD JAPAN