| Date of birth | 22.05.1978 |
| Place of birth | Fukuoka, Japan |
| Education |
| 2008 | Goldsmith |
| 2004 - 2008 | Apprenticeship to Per Suntum / Copenhagen Technical College |
| 2003 | Trainee at the studio of the Danish Jewellery artist Per Suntum |
| 2002 | Jewellery line, The Art High School of Bornholm, Denmark |
| 1997 - 2002 | Sophia University, the Department of Hispanic Philology, Tokyo |
| Collections | RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA |
| Collections | The Dallas Museum of Art, USA |
| Designmuseum Danmark | |
| Koldinghus Museum, Denmark | |
| Bornholm Art Museum, Denmark | |
| The Danish Arts Foundation | |
| The Cominelli Foundation, Italy | |
| The Art Association of the 14th of August, Denmark | |
| Barbara Waldman Jewelry Collection, San Francisco | |
| The Karen and Michael Rotenberg Collection, Boston | |
| Collection Jamie Bennett, New York | |
| Valeria Napoleone Collection New York | |
| Professional Experiences | Expert Committee for THE LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2024 |
| Judge - The JMGA National Jewellery Award Exhibition, ‘reflect | refract’, Australia | |
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| Teaching |
| 2024 | 2024 Enamelist Society Conference (Alchemy 7), Speaker + Pre- and Post Conference Workshop, The University of Arkansas, Little Rock |
| 2024 | The 19th JMGA National Pre- and Post Conference Workshop, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth |
| 2024 | Workshop at Bilk Gallery, Manuka, Australia |
| 2024 | Virtual Passport Workshop with Kaori Juzu for Snag & Pocosin Arts: Unique Expression with Enamel – Colour and Shape |
| 2024 | Virtual Passport Lecture with Kaori Juzu and Eighteen Yuan for Snag & Pocosin Arts |
| 2022 | Online Workshop, JJDA, Japan |
| 2021 | Cité scolaire Raymond Loewy, La Souterraine, France |
| 2019 | Penland School of Crafts, USA / SHAPE & COLOR: NARRATIVE JEWELRY |
| 2019-2020, 2009-2010 | The Art High School of Bornholm, Denmark |
| Curation | KUNSTHÅNDVÆRK - Contemporary Danish Crafts from Bornholm, Tokyo, HOTEL K5 DesignArt Tokyo 2023, supported by The Royal Danish Embassy in Japan |
| Residency |
| 2023 | The 19th ERFURTER SCHMUCKSYMPOSIUM, Germany |
| 2018 | 3 months crafts residency - Danish Crafts and Design Project in Japan by The Danish Arts Foundation |
| 2016 | Artist in Residence: SHARED CONCERNS - Penland Jewellery Retreat 2016 at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, USA |
| 2014, 2016 | Enamel residency at the Künstlerwerkstätten in Erfurt, Germany |
| Membership | Danish Crafts & Design Association (DKoD) |
| Arts and Craft Association Bornholm / World Craft Region Bornholm | |
| Holkahesten | |
| Sponsorship | Glad to be able to support CJST (Contemporary Jewellery Symposium Tokyo) in 2022, 2023 and 2025 for the future of contemporary jewellery in Japan |
| Awards and grants |
| 2025 | Påskønnelseslegat (Recognition Grant) from Danmarks Nationalbank's Anniversary Foundation of 1968) |
| 2025 | The Legnica Silver Festival Award at Romanian Jewelery Week 2025 |
| 2025-'18, '16-'09 | Work Grants from The Danish Arts Foundation |
| 2024-'22, '20-'18, '15-'13 | Work Grants from Denmark’s National Bank’s Jubilee Foundation of 1968 |
| 2023 | LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2023, Finalist |
| 2023, '19, '17, '14 | Work Grant from Grosserer L.F. Foght's Foundation, Denmark |
| 2023, '19, '17, '14 | Work Grant from Grosserer L.F. Foght's Foundation, Denmark |
| 2022, '20, '17, '15 | Grant for Danish Crafts and Design Abroad from The Danish Arts Foundation |
| 2022, '17 | Travel Grant from Brødrene E., S. & A. Larsens Legat, Denmark |
| 2017 | Grant for Danish Crafts and Design Project in Japan from The Danish Arts Foundation |
| 2016 | Grant from Peter, Ingrid og Ralph Hernöe's Almennyttige Fond, Denmark |
| 2015 | Artist Merit Award from The Silversmith Ausa Regitze Tillys Foundation, Denmark |
| 2015 | Artist Merit Award from The Art Association of the 14th of August, Denmark |
| 2014 | Nominee to Mari Funaki Award For Contemporary Jewellery, Australia |
| 2014 | Nominee to Arts & Crafts Design Award 2014, Croatia |
| 2014, '10, '09 | Travel Grant from The Art Council of Bornholm |
| 2013 | Artist Merit Award from Ole Haslund Foundation, Denmark |
| 2011 | Nominee to The Biennial Prize, Denmark |
| 2011 | Grant from THE TOYOTA FOUNDATION |
| 2011 | Travel Grant from Denmark’s National Bank’s Jubilee Foundation of 1968 |
| 2010 | The Danish Craftsman Prize with Travel Grant (The Hetsch Medal of 1879) |
| 2009 | Travel Grant from The Cultural Foundation for Denmark and Finland |
| 2007 | II International Biennial of Enamel Art Vilnius, Lithuania - Vilnius Municipality Silver Medal |
| Exhibitions, selection |
| 2025 | SCHMUCK 2025, MJW, Munich |
| INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL FOR CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY, House of Arts, Veszprém | |
| Mirjam Hiller, Silke Trekel and Kaori Juzu, Galerie Slavik, Vienna | |
| Romanian Jewelery Week - represented by Plus One Collective | |
| 2024 | MAESTRIA: THE EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR APPLIED ARTS, Les Anciens Abattoirs, Mons |
| POWER BROOCH, Bilk Gallery, Manuka, Australia | |
| BRIGHTEN UP! - Contemporary Enamels, RISD Museum, Rhode Island | |
| WHITE, Gudhjem Museum, Bornholm | |
| POP UP SOLO, Bilk Gallery, Manuka, Australia | |
| DESIGN MEETS ART - KOGEI-, Isetan Shinjuku 5F Center Part / The Stage #5, Tokyo | |
| HEJ SKYER!, curated by Bess Kristoffersen, Dyrehavehuset | |
| FRAME 2024 - represented by Galerie Rosemarie Jäger - Munich Jewellery Week | |
| 2023 | LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2023, The Noguchi Museum, New York - selected as a finalist |
| FOUNTAIN OF TIME, solo exhibition, Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo | |
| KUNSTHÅNDVÆRK - Contemporary Danish Crafts from Bornholm, Tokyo, HOTEL K5 - DesignArt Tokyo 2023 | |
| The 19th ERFURTER SCHMUCKSYMPOSIUM, Angermuseum Erfurt, Germany | |
| NYC JEWELRY WEEK - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| #TAROT, Galerie LA Joaillerie par Mazlo, Paris | |
| 25 ANOS / REVERSO, Galeria Reverso, Lisabon | |
| BROOCH - SMYKKERNES BY 2023, Formverk, Copenhagen | |
| RESONANCE/DUO SHOW, SCHMUCKE Galerie-Werkstatt, Berlin - with Jiun You Ou | |
| LEGNICA SILVER FESTIVAL, The Gallery of Art in Legnica | |
| SCHMUCKE MORGENGABE, Galerie Slavik, Vienna | |
| FRAME 2023 - represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h - Munich Jewellery Week | |
| PENDANT EXHIBITION, Atelier, Blutenburgstr. 84, 80636 Munich - Munich Jewellery Week |
| 2022 | METALLOphone: MEMORY OF A PLACE - Contemporary Metal Art Biennial, The Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Vilnius |
| PERFUME, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon | |
| WHAT COLOUR IS METAL?, The Winchester Gallery - Winchester School of Art University of Southhampton, Hampshire | |
| NYC JEWELRY WEEK - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| VIELSAM, schmuck galerie hannah rembeck, Regensburg, Germany | |
| CONTEMPLATION-BIJOUX CONTEMPORAINSD’ARTISTES JAPONAIS, Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h, Montréal | |
| RAFFAELE COMINELLI FOUNDATION PERMANENT COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORERY JEWELLERY EXHIBITION, LeoGalleries, Monza, Italy | |
| WHAT COLOUR IS METAL?, National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny | |
| COPENHAGEN ReARRANGED, ATTA gallery, Bangkok |
| 2021 | FEMALE JEWELLERY ARTIST: KAORI JUZU, MORI ART MUSEUM SHOP, Tokyo As part of a collaborative project for "ANOTHER ENERGY: POWER TO CONTINUE CHALLENGING - 16 women artists from the world" at Mori Art Museum |
| WHAT COLOUR IS METAL?, State Apartments, Dublin Castle, Dublin | |
| NEW JEWELRY, Spiral, Tokyo - represented by Gallery Deux Poissons | |
| ADVENTS AUSSTELLUNG, SCHMUCKE Galerie-Werkstatt, Berlin | |
| NYC JEWELRY WEEK - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| THE BIENNALE FOR CRAFT AND DESIGN, Koldinghus | |
| CRAFTS AT ITS BEST - BORNHOLM MEETS SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, Ostholstein Museum, Eutin | |
| SCHMUCK VON WELT, Galerie Slavik, Vienna | |
| 2020 | NORD - DANISH CONTEMPORARY ART JEWELLERY, Galerie La Joaillerie par Mazlo, Paris |
| WALKING TREASURES V, Esh Gallery, Milan | |
| JEWELLERY BOX, Museum Für Angewendte Kunst, Köln | |
| ARTS AND CRAFTS FROM BORNHOLM, Hempel Glasmuseum, Nykøbing | |
| BEIGE, Galerie Mette Saabye, Copenhagen | |
| WERKE UND TAGE, Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich | |
| IN BETWEEN, Windfall, Munich with Mari Ishikawa at MJW 2020 |
| 2019 | MA 間 , Bornholm Art Museum, Denmark, with Per Suntum |
| NYC JEWELRY WEEK - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| RINGS, MoreUpstairs Gallery, Brussels, Belgium | |
| SOFA CHICAGO - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| POP UP SOLO, Grønbechs Gård, Bornholm | |
| 8 JEWELRY DESIGNS, LIVING MOTIF, Tokyo - represented by Gallery Deux Poissons | |
| AS THE DAYS GROW - SOLO SHOW, Formverk, Copenhagen | |
| CRAFTS FROM BORNHOLM, Kunstetagerne Hobro, Denmark | |
| CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY ODYSSEY, Arts & Crafts Museum of Itami, Japan | |
| STATECRAFT: Selection from the jewellery collection of the Danish Arts Foundation, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, USA | |
| FRAME - Represented by Galerie Rosemarie Jäger - MJW (IHM) 2019, Munich | |
| GABI VEIT - JULIA OBERMAIER - KAORI JUZU, Galerie Tal 20, Munich | |
| SIX, Atelier Lothar Götter, Munich | |
| ART FAIR TOKYO, Tokyo International Forum - represented by Gallery Deux Poissons | |
| VOICE OF BORNHOLM – ART FROM A WORLD CRAFT REGION, Officinet, Copenhagen - represented by Køppe Contemporary Objects |
| 2018 | NEW JEWELRY 2018, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo - represented by Gallery Deux Poissons |
| MA - THIS MOMENT BEYOND TIME, Galerie La Joaillerie par Mazlo, Paris, with Per Suntum | |
| JAPAN RETUR, A. Petersen, Copenhagen | |
| WITH OTHER EYES, Ruthin Craft Centre, Swansea | |
| NYC JEWELRY WEEK - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| SOFA CHICAGO - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| ENAMEL PROJECT - Brussels Design September, Gallery Sabine Herman, Brussel | |
| A CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY ODYSSEY, Gallery Ooojh, Seoul | |
| HOLKAHESTEN, Gudhjem Museum, Bornholm | |
| INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENAMEL ART - National Craft Research and Development Institute, Taipei | |
| FURUERU, Gallery Igleg, Yamanashi | |
| FARVE OG FORM, Hinatanote, Tokyo | |
| REVERSO's 20th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION WITH CASTELLO HANSEN, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon | |
| MELTING POINT, Craft in the Bay, Wales | |
| FRAME - Represented by Galerie Rosemarie Jäger - MJW (IHM) 2018, Munich |
| 2017 | BRING IT ON!, Maison du Danemark, Paris |
| PEARLS, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon | |
| SOFA CHICAGO - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| HOLKAHESTEN, guest exhibitor, Gudhjem Museum, Bornholm | |
| JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS, Hjorths Museum, Bornholm | |
| PLATE GLASS, Gallery Arrowmont, Tennessee | |
| SHARED CONCERNS, Bini Gallery / Bilk Gallery, Australia | |
| LOOT: MAD ABOUT JEWELRY 2017, Museum of Arts and Design, New York | |
| Represented by Galerie Rosemarie Jäger's stand at FRAME - MJW (IHM) 2017, Munich | |
| COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London - represented by Galerie Rosemarie Jäger | |
| 2016 | BOILING POT, Goldfingers, Copenhagen |
| SOFA CHICAGO - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| SCHMUCKSTADTGESPRÄCH 25 JAHRE GALERIE SLAVIK, Vienna | |
| SHARED CONCERNS, Penland Gallery, Asheville / Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco | |
| HEAT EXCHANGE 2, Kulturhof Krönbacken, Erfurt / The Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich | |
| CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY PERMANENT COLLECTION, The Cominelli Foundation, Padua | |
| FRAME - Represented by Galerie Rosemarie Jäger - MJW (IHM) 2016, Munich | |
| DANISH ARTS AND CRAFTS, BKV, Munich |
| 2015 | SELECTED SOLO, solo exhibition, Gallery Mjölk, Toronto, Canada |
| SCHMUCK 2015, Munich and Prague | |
| SOFA CHICAGO - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| PRIVATE VIEW, Haus Winkler-Jerabek, Himmelberg, Austria - curated by Manuel Vilhena | |
| EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR APPLIED ARTS, WCC-BF, Mons, Belgiun | |
| HEAT EXCHANGE 2, The Makers Guild in Wales - Craft in the Bay / St. Andrews Museum, Scotland | |
| Special exhibition at Paustian - The Art Association of the 14th of August's 50 years anniversary, Copenhagen | |
| VITREOUS SURFACES, Gallery Viceversa, Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| ALCHEMY 3 - The Enamelist Society Conference, USA | |
| # 153 - Selected Pieces from The Danish Arts Foundation's Jewellery Collection, Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen / Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul / The Danish Cultural Center, Beijing | |
| ART PALM BEACH 2015 - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| FROM THE COOLEST CORNER - Nordic Jewellery, Galerie Handwerk, Munich | |
| LEARNING FROM JAPAN, Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen |
| 2014 | SOFA CHICAGO - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY |
| ÉMAUX AT THIS MOMENT : INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ENAMEL JEWELRY AND OBJECTS, Galerie Noël Guyomarc'h, Montréal - curated by Jamie Bennett | |
| MARI FUNAKI AWARD FOR CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne | |
| EUNIQUE -SPECIAL EXHIBITION HAVET-, Karlsruhe Trade Fair Center, Germany | |
| AD 20/21 FAIR, The Boston Center for The Arts - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| SCHMUCKAKZENTE, Galerie Slavik, Vienna | |
| ART PALM BEACH 2014 - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| FROM THE COOLEST CORNER - Nordic Jewellery, Estonia Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn / The Röhsska Museum for Design, Fashion and Decorative Arts, Gothenburg / Lithuaninan Art Museum, Vilnius | |
| 2013 | ON ORDINARY DAYS..., solo exhibition, goldfingers, Copenhagen |
| EVEN THE TREES ARE DREAMS, 15 Years Galeria Reverso, Lisbon | |
| SOFA CHICAGO - CELEBRATING 20 YEARS - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| VIBRANT DIVERSITY, DeNovo Gallery, Palo Alto California - curated by Charon Kransen | |
| META-MOSAIC: SNAG’s 42nd Annual Conference, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto - represented by Galerie Noël Guyomarc'h | |
| DIALOGUE- INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY, Galerie Noël Guyomarc'h, Montréal | |
| AD 20/21 FAIR, The Boston Center for The Arts - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| FROM THE COOLEST CORNER - Nordic Jewellery, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo / Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen / Designmuseo, Helsinki | |
| ART PALM BEACH2013 - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY |
| 2012 | The Jewelbook-launching exhibition, Gallery Anciens Abattoirs (World Crafts Council-BF), Belgium |
| ART BASEL MIAMI AT RED DOT FAIR - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
| SOFA CHICAGO 2012 - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY | |
 with Kim Buck and Per Suntum, at Kim Buck, Copenhagen |
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| HAVET Jubilee Exhibition (Arts & Crafts Association Bornholm), The Round Tower, Copenhagen | |
| STATEMENTS FROM ANOTHER PLACE, with Castello Hansen and Per Suntum, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon | |
| INTERNATIONALE SCHMUCKKUNST TEMPORÄRE GALERIE, Tübingen, Germany | |
| MINDCRAFT12, Galleria Alessandro De March, Milan, Italy - curated by Cecilie Manz | |
| SCHMUCK – FRÜHLINGSBILDER, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria | |
| ENAMEL - A RENAISSANCE, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany | |
| 2011 | BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, Studio GR.20, Padova, Italy |
| The Cominelli Foundation - The Permanent Collection, Palazzo Munincipale di Saló, Italy | |
| WINTER REISE, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria | |
| SURFACE AND SUBSTANCE: International Contemporary Enamel Jewellery, CAA, London and Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales | |
| Det Danske Kultur Institut, Edinburgh, with Per Suntum and Castello Hansen | |
| THE COMINELLI FOUNDATION AWARD, Palazzo Cominelli, Italy | |
| TOUT CE QUI BRILLE,..., World Crafts Council-BF, Mons, Belgium | |
| THE BIENNIAL FOR CRAFTS AND DESIGN 2011, Koldinghus Museum, Denmark | |
| TUR RETUR : New works and tendencies in Art - Craft - Design, Tinghuset i Ebeltoft, Denmark | |
| CASTELLO HANSEN - KAORI JUZU - PER SUNTUM, goldfingers, Copenhagen | |
| 2010 | 20 YEAR'S GALERIE SLAVIK, Vienna, Austria |
| POWERWORK FROM DENMARK, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria, with Castello Hansen and Per Suntum | |
| RESONANCE, A-galerii, Tallinn, Estonia, with Per Suntum | |
| RIGHT NOW..., Grønbechs Gård, Hasle, Denmark | |
| The Danish Craftsman Prize (THE HETSCH MEDAL OF 1879), Designmuseum Danmark | |
| Ø-DESIGN, The Embassy of Denmark, Berlin, Germany | |
| Jewellery Exhibition, The Art Association of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Denmark | |
| 2009 | KORU3 International Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition, Imatra Art Museum, Finland |
| 2007 | II INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF ENAMEL ART VILNIUS, Lithuania |
| Gallery Huz 16, Denmark, Solo exhibition | |
| 2005 | Gallery 2en, Denmark, exhibition with Per Suntum and Govind |
| 2003 | Graduation show at the Art High School of Bornholm, Denmark |
| Bibliography |
| 2020 | Mastering Contemporary Jewelry Design/ Schiffer Publishing ISBN: 978-0764359194 |
| 2019 | ART AUREA 1-2019 |
| 2018 | REVERSO/ Paula Crespo ISBN: 978-989-20-9063-4 |
| 2016 | SCHMUCK STADTGESPRÄCH 25 YEARS/ Galerie Slavik |
| 2015 | SELECTED SOLO / Kaori Juzu ISBN: 978-87-998496-0-4 |
| 2013 | FROM THE COOLEST CORNER Nordic Jewellery / ARNOLDSCHE ISBN: 978-3-89790-373-9 |
| 2013 | INFLUENCES FROM JAPAN IN DANISH ART AND DESIGN 1870 - 2010 / Mirjam Gelfer - Jørgensen / ARKITEKTENS FORLAG
ISBN: 978-8-77407-414-4 |
| 2012 | JEWELBOOK 12|13 / Stichting Kunstboek Publishers ISBN: 978-90-5856-410-8 |
| 2012 | Kunthåndværk på nethinden / Arts & Crafts Association Bornholm / 2012 |
| 2011 | Surface & Substance - international contemporary enamel jewellery / RUTHIN CRAFT CENTRE ISBN: 978-1-905865-40-6 |
| 2011 | Premio per il gioiello contemporaneo Fondazione Cominelli 2011 |
| 2009 | KORU 3 / Saimaa University of Applied Sciences publications ISBN: 978-952-5714-21-0 |
| 2007 | II international biennale of enamel arts Vilnius 2007 |