President of Tama Art University, Tokyo; Director of The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama; Director of Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo; Chairman of Japanese Council of Art Museums. 1947 Born in Kyoto; 1972 Graduated from Waseda Universtity, Tokyo; 1976 - 91 Curator, The National Museum of Art, Osaka; 1986 Visiting Research fellow, Whitney Museum, New York; 1990, 93 Japanese Commissioner, Biennale di Venezia; 1991-2005 Professor, Tama Art University; 2001 Artistic Director, Yokohama Triennale; 2002-03 Visiting scholar at Columbia University and UC Berkeley University; 2005-10 Director, The National Museum of Art, Osaka; 2010 Artistic Director, Aich Triennale; 2011 - 15 President, Kyoto City University of Arts; 2015 - President, Tama Art University; 2017 Artistic Director, Culture City of East Asia Project; 2018 Received Memorial Award of 50 years anniversary of Agency for Cultural Affairs.