I am a visual artist who works primarily with mixed media assemblage sculptures. Besides sculptures, I also create works on paper, installation pieces and paintings. I have been working on the theme of "Tree of Life" for nearly 30 years". I am not interested in mythical or religious aspect of this theme, but as means to explore and visualize my assumptions on the nature of man and on destiny of mankind. To be more specific on this subject, I work with number of sub themes; thus each solo show often differs considerably from one another and is reason behind apparent variety of directions in my oeuvre.

Blackfish Gallery is an artist run art gallery with between 25- 30 owner members. It was open in the spring of 1979, and is believed to be either the longest running or one of the longest running co-op gallery in the United States. I was one of the original member at Blackfish, working there from 1979-83. I rejoined Blackfish in the spring of 2009 after returning to US from Japan where I spent nearly twenty years. Besides helping out on running the everyday operation of the gallery, I have held positions within the gallery in charge of new membership and exhibition committees, organizing shows and assist getting grant.

This is an academic organization opened internationally to artists and art educators who has interest in environmental art and design. I have participated in conventions, wrote research articles on my art and presented major exhibition both of my work and those of my sculpture students during the convention.

I held two, one week session in mixed media sculpture for summer art camp held in Menucha, Oregon at the entrance to Columbia Gorge. Run by Creative Arts Community, if they so choose, students can obtain at college credit from Portland University for participating in this summer workshop. Besides instructing students on a variety of mixed media technique, I have also provided evening slide and video presentation of my work to most everyone attending the art camp.

At Dohoto I was a staff member of Department of Design, Faculty of Fine Arts. I held a tenure teaching position where besides my research work which is creating and displaying artwork, I taught classes in creative drawing, modern art history and basic design. I also taught beginning, intermediate and advance sculpture class including instructing/advising senior thesis projects. Besides regular class, as a part of school's service to local community, I've taught community service workshops for senior citizens and high school studentsAlong with teaching, I was asked to assist in recruiting students. For school publicity purpose, I helped to organize school sponsored card art contests aimed at high school and junior college students for few years and for one year, become a guest judge judging school sponsored high school architecture design contest (whose theme was 'sculptor's studio design') . And also for recruiting purpose, I provided numerous short orientation workshop for groups of visiting high school students.

Though doing work organizing thesis exhibition at a huge Sapporo civic gallery is a requirement for the staff of Dohto university's Faculty of Art and Architecture, seminar exhibitions are voluntary. I organized several sculpture student seminars at a large Kitahiroshima cultural center gallery over the span of 2001-8. Holding sculpture seminar students' exhibition is hard, demanding work, but it motivates students greatly, helps undergraduate students concentrate and prepare for future thesis project, and provide positive atmosphere to the entire sculpture studio.

Assist Dohto University staff with their correspondence with sister city universities around the world.

Besides teaching and research work, I was also a member of two research institutes of Dohto University whose main work was to publish 'research' magazines on art and design, "Russel" and on architecture, " Igloo". My primarily job here was to translate some of the Japanese written articles into English. Once in a while, I wrote articles both in English and Japanese on sculpture exhibits and places of interest.

Mostly attending conventions and learning art education methods of Japanese schools.