Education
2009 - 2011 BA (Hons), First Class, Jewellery & Silversmithing, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
2000 - 2004 Bachelor of Economics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Selected Exhibition
2022
TODO LO QUE BRILLA NO ES ORO (All that glitters is not gold): THE STORY OF STONES, Mobilia Gallery, Massachusetts, USA
Portable Works of Art: Earrings, Mobilia Gallery, Massachusetts, USA
MONOZUKURI, Die Herstellung von Dingen, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich, Germany
2021
Pure | Japanese Collective, Thereza Pedrosa Gallery, Asolo, Italy
Natsukashii by Mariko Sumioka and Vershali Jain, Virtual exhibition during New York Jewelry Week
GO into the PUBLIC, Mobile gallery by Masaya Sawada + Japanese artists from far east, het Labo atrium, Tokyo, Japan
Sayuri Oka x Mariko Sumioka Jewellery Exhibition, Gallery Nishikawa, Kyoto, Japan
2020
Jewelry from Architecture, Mobilia Gallery, Massachusetts, USA
19th Silver Triennial International 2019, DIVA, Antwerp Home of Diamonds, Antwerp, Belgium
Mariko Sumioka x Koichi Io Exhibition, MIN jewelry & crafts, Tokyo, Japan
2019
2019 Itami International Craft Exhibition "Jewellery", The Museum of Arts & Crafts - ITAMI, Japan
19th Silver Triennial International 2019, Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
2019 Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Park, Beijing, China
'House' exhibition, Gallery ahwon, Seoul, South Korea
The 28th International Jewellery Competition 'Silver', The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland
2018
Gallery at New Jewelry, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
The Ima-kara Mame-sara metalworks exhibition, Seikado, Kyoto, Japan
2017
Solo Exhibition, Gallery Nishikawa, Kyoto, Japan
2017 Itami International Craft Exhibition "Jewellery", The Museum of Arts & Crafts - ITAMI, Japan
2016
Joined Exhibition of Mia Kwon and Mariko Sumioka, ubi gallery, Beijing, China
Introducing, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Eastern Aesthetics, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK
Not Too Precious, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
2015
Not Too Precious, Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales, UK
Re-inventing Tradition: Japanese Fashion and Design, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK (-2017)
‘Objection’ with Zoe Arnold, SCHRAM&SANDHU, Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany
2014
30th Anniversary Exhibition, 30 Years in the Making, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, UK
On Display, in partnership with London Design Festival, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, UK
Cross Currents, contemporary jewelry from 20 international artists, Curated by Charon Kransen Arts,
Vaudeville Gallery, Texas, USA
To Be with You: AIVA Contemporary 2014: International Exhibition of Contemporary Jewellery, Star Space, Shanghai, China
Melting Pot, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2013
WEAR/AWARA, MANO, Taipei, Taiwan
Only One, MOKSPACE, London, UK
Stroud International Textiles, Presented by Contemporary Applied Arts, Stroud, UK
Hit Home, Ubi Gallery, Beijing, China
2012
Root of Silence, Duo show with Heejoo Kim, Hammer Gallery, Hong Kong
New Talent, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, UK
Cominelli Foundation Awards 2012 for Contemporary Jewellery, invited as Edinburgh College of Art, Lake Garda, Italy
Japanese Style: Sustaining Design, Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales, UK
2011
Marzee International Graduation Show, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
Selected Fairs
2022
ARTEFACT, Represented by Katie Jones Gallery, Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, London
2021
Dazzle Exhibitions (2020-18, 2015-2011)
ARTEFACT, Represented by Katie Jones Gallery, Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, London
2020
COLLECT, Represented by Katie Jones Gallery, London, UK (2019 - 2017, 2015 - 2013)
2017
TRESOR contemporary craft, Represented by Katie Jones Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
MADE London, One Marylebone, London, UK (2016, 2014)
2016
PAD London, Represented by Katie Jones Gallery, Barkeley Square, London, UK (2015)
Masterpiece London, Represented by Katie Jones, London, UK
2015
SOFA Chicago, Represented by Charon Kransen Arts, Chicago, USA (2014, 2013)
Goldsmiths' Fair, The Goldsmiths' Hall, London, UK (2014, 2013)
Art and Design of the 20th and 21st Centuries,Represented by Charon Kransen Arts, Boston, USA
Art Palm Beach, Represented by Charon Kransen Arts, Florida, USA (2013)
Inhorgenta, Munich, Germany (2014, 2012)
2014
SIERAAD International Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2012)
2012
Red Dot Miami, Represented by Charon Kransen Arts, USA
SOFA New York, Represented by Charon Kransen Arts, USA
Awards
2015 Winner of Jewellery of the Year, Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2014 Second prize of Best New Design at Goldsmiths’Fair, Goldsmiths’Hall, London, UK