Education
| 1966 | Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Japan |
Selected exhibitions
| 1983~2022 | Solo Exhibitions 67 times in Japan and abroad |
| 1987 | 13th Lausanne International Tapestry Biennial, Switzerland |
| 1987~ | 1st ,2nd,3rd,5th International Textile Competition Kyoto, Japan ,6th juror |
| 1988 | Solo Exhibition at Gallery Gallery Kyoto |
| 1991 | One Person Exhibition at Museum of Modern Art New York |
| 1994~1997 | "Textiles and New Technology 2010",UK and Holand |
| 1995 | "Japanese Fiber Arts", Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK |
| 1997~2005 | "Challenge of Materials" Science Museum London,UK |
| 1998 | 9th International Tapestry Triennial Lodz, Poland ,10th 13th Juror |
| 1999 | Contemporary Art of Linear Construction" Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan |
| 2000 | "1st Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial", Niigata Japan |
| 2001 | TEXTURAL SPACE" ３Venues, UK |
| 2004 | “European Textile and Fiber Art Triennial “ Latvia |
| 2005 | “5th, 2011 7thInternational Tapestry Triennial “ Tournai Belgium “ Common Garden” Krakow & Lodz Poland |
| 2006 | “Jun-ichi Arai, Kyoko Kumai, Takehiko Sanada” Yurinkan Kiryu Gunma Japan |
| 2007,2015,2017 | Cheongju Craft Biennial Cheongju Korea |
| 2009 | 5th TWA Textile Art Biennial Buenos Aires Algentina |
| 2009〜2023 | Textile Art Miniature “Hyakka” |
| 2010 | “New Material World” Sheldon Museum of Art Lincoln Nebraska USA |
| 2010〜2019 | Solo Exhibition at Plutus Art Space Chiyoda-ku Tokyo |
| 2011~2016 | ”Fiber Futures” New York,San Francisco,Finland,Denmark,Spain,Portugal,Sweden,Paris,Holand |
| 2017〜2018 | 11th Mini Textile Triennial” Anger France |
| 2017〜2018 | ”Binding Threads/Expanding Threads” Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art |
| 2018 | Solo Exhibition at Gallery Gallery Kyoto |
| 2018 | 6th Riga International Textile and Fiber Art Triennial Riga Latvia |
| 2018 | Solo Exhibition at Japanese Art and Technology Museum MANGGHA Krakow Poland |
| 2019 | 9tth Sebastopol International Fiber Art Biennial USA |
| 2019 | 11~12 11th International Mini Textile Biennial Arka Art Gallery Vilnius Lithuania tour to Kedainiai |
| 2021 | 10th Sebastopol International Fiber Arts Biennial Califormia USA |
| 2022 | Solo Exhibition “Contemorary Weaving Artist Series VI Kyoko Kumai” Nakahechi Museum of Art Tanabe-shi Wakayama-ken Japan |
| 2023 | COLLECTION EXHIBITION TANABE CITY MUSEUM OF ART |
| 2023 | SEBASTOPOL INTERNATIONAL FIBER ARTS XI |
| 2023 | Japanese Contemporary Craft at Victoria and Albert Museum London |
| 2023 | Awarded the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon from Emperor of japan |
Museum Collection
| 1988 | Savaria Museum Hungary .1992 Montrial Decorative Art Museum, Canada |
| 1993 | Museum of Modern Art New York, USA |
| 1994,1997,2015 | Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Japan |
| 1995 | Victoria and Albert Museum, UK. 1996 Ashikaga City Art Museum, Japan |
| 1996 | Science Museum London, UK |
| 1998 | Lodz Central Museum of Textiles , Poland |
| 1999 | Oita City Art Museum, Japan Gunma Prefectural Museum of Modern Art , Japan Anger City Museum of Textile , France |
| 2000 | Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Japan |
| 2003 | North Dakota Museum of Modern Art , USA |
| 2004 | National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Japan |
| 2008 | National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Japan |
| 2011 | Museum of Modern Art Boston ,USA |
| 2013 | Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan |
| 2016 | Victoria and Albert Museum London UK |
| 2017 | Oita City Art Museum Japan |
| 2018 | Japanese Art and Technology Museum MANGGHA Krakow Poland |
| 2018 | Latvia National Museum of Art, Decorative Art, Design Riga Latvia |
| 2019 | Anger City Museum of Textile France |
| 2019 | Victoria and Albert Museum London UK |
| 2020 | Janina Monkte-Marks Art Museum in Kedainiai Lithuania |
| 2021 | Sebastopol Center of Arts California USA |
| 2022 | Tanabe City Museum of Art Wakayama-ken Japan |
| 2023 | Tanabe City Museum of Art Wakayama-ken Japan |
| 2023 | Sebastopol Center of Arts California USA |
| 2023 | Japanese Contemporary Craft |