Born in 1979 in Hyogo, Japan, Samejima completed his masterˇs degree, specializing in Oil Painting at the Tama Art University in Japan. He was awarded First Prize for ¨Tokyo Wonder Wall 2002〃 held by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo. His solo exhibitions include ¨Walk in Cube〃(2003, Tokyo); ¨Beautiful World〃 (2005, Tokyo); ¨Ev- eryday Journey〃 (2006, Osaka, Japan); and he has participated in group exhibitions like ¨Cow Parade Tokyo in Marunouchi 2003〃 (2003, Tokyo); ¨Ongo- ing Vol.02~Vol.05〃 (2003-2006, Yokohama, Japan); the ¨9th Taro Okamoto Memorial Fine Arts Award〃 (2006, Kawasaki, Japan); ¨Art Beijing 2008〃; ¨Shanghai Art Fair 2008〃.