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  • BAR. Plain Wood, Red Roundfishes,
  • 2002, Offset Litho photo print, 103 x 145.6 cm (Image)
    2002/2024, Archival pigment print, 45.8 x 67 cm (Image)
wamono art
Biography
2000
Born in Chiba, Japan
2021
BA. Painting, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
Exhibitions:
2022
Musashino Art University Graduation Exhibition, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
The 45th Tokyo Five Art universities Joint Graduation Exhibition, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Changting Gallery Exhibition, Changting Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2023
SICF24 Spiral Independent Creators Festival, Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
HI-Excellent Award Group Exhibition, ACT Art Award, The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo , Japan
The 58th Kanagawa Art Exhibition 2023, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Kanagawa, Japan
Idemitsu Art Award 2023, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
2024
Face 2024, Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1st Anniversary Bunkamura Gallery Selection, Bunkamura Gallery 8, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibition, Landscapes of Sliced things, Gallery Binosha, Tokyo, Japan
Awards:
2022
Laboratory Award, Musashino Art University Graduation Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
2023
Excellent Award, ACT Art Award Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Encouragement Award, Gallery binosha – Selected Student Exhibition 2023, Tokyo, Japan
1985
Born in Hyogo
2012
M.F.A. Painting, Kyoto University of Art & Design
Solo Exhibitions:
2014
KYOTO Izumiya Ryokan x Hayaki Nishigaki, Izumiya Ryokan, Kyoto, Japan
2018
Wonderland Open World, TS4312, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Artist-in-Residence vol.3 Hayaki Nishigaki, AIR KAMONASU, Kyoto, Japan
2021
Umi tomo yama tomo shiranai ga, TS4312, Tokyo, Japan
2023
Drunken Faces, Ee-jana-nai," Shimogamo Saryo, ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2023
Special Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
2023
A Monster of Our Own Making, Ronin Gallery, New York, USA
Group Exhibitions:
2015
STUDIOHAIDENBAN OPEN STUDIO, Studio Haidenban, Kyoto, Japan
2016
Hayaki Nishigaki, Yoshihiro Takeuchi duo exhibition, TS 4312, Tokyo, Japan
2017
JOINT EXHIBITION “yodo studio x STUDIOHAIDENBAN” Studio Haidenban, Kyoto, Japan
2018
Wonder seeds exhibition 2018, Tokyo Arts And Space Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
2021
art bit - Contemporary Art & Indie Game Culture, HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO, Kyoto, Japan 
2022
Goldmember 2022, Shimogamo Saryo, ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2022 Special Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
Dialogie of paper, a group exhibition with Yousef Ahmad, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2024
Higashi Kyoto exhibition, The Echoes of East Kyoto, WHAT CAFÉ, Tokyo, Japan
 
Awards:
2016
Kyoto Exhibition (Kyoten) 2016, Suda Prize
2017
Shibuya Awards 2017, Grand Prize, SNBA Award
2023
2022/23 Ronin | Globus | Onbeat Artist-in-Residence Program Award
Collections:
Universal Music Japan, Tokyo
DMG MORI Co., Ltd., Nara
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., Tokyo
GO inc., Tokyo
Ryobi Holdings Co., Ltd., Okayama
Artist-in-Residences:
2020
Artist-in-Residence KAMONASU, Kyoto, Japan
MOJIKO-ART-WHARF 2020, Fukuoka, Japan
2022
QATAR MUSEUMS, Doha, Qatar
2023
RONIN, GLOBUS, ONBEAT ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM, New York, USA

Seiju Toda (Masatoshi Toda) was born in Fukui Prefecture in 1948. Since the 1980s, he is known as one of Japan's leading art directors in the advertisement with his works for Suntory, Parco, Isetan, etc.
When he was in high school, he was influenced by his teacher and artist at the same time, Tadahiro Ono*1, and decided to pursue art. His career as an artist began at the age of 17 when he gave a performance dedicated to John Cage. When he was 18 years old and a high school student, he participated in the Contemporary Art Festival (Sakai Independent Exhibition)*2 held in Osaka.
In the 1970s, he held solo exhibitions of two-dimensional works using resin and other materials at Tokiwa Gallery, Muramatsu Gallery, Shirota Gallery and Fuma Gallery in Tokyo. In 1981, he was invited to participate in Hara Annual ll organized by the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art along with Shigeo Toya and Kenjiro Okazaki. Around this time, he began working in the commercial world, but also continued to create his own works. In 1983, he created a piece using cypress which is connected to the HEIAN series. In 1986, he created works using X-ray. In 2016, he created "jewelry" works that were digitally expressed in three dimensions using a computer.
His solo exhibitions are held at the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in 1995 and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum in 2005. In 2008, HEIAN'works were exhibited at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Japan. His works are in the collection of approx 30 museums around world, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Hamburg Museum of Art, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the Fukui Prefectural Museum of Art, the Toyama prefectural Museum of Art, and the Mie Prefectural Museum of Art. His major publications include X=t The Art of X-Ray Photography (Hudson Hills Press, USA), Seiju Toda Design World (Guangxi Fine Arts Publisher, China), and HEIAN (Hudson Hills Press, USA).

*1 Tadahiro Ono – A Japanese artist who is selected along with Marcel Duchamp as one of LIFE magazine's "Seven People in the World of Junk Art" in 1995.
*2 Contemporary Art Festival (Sakai independent Exhibition) - Ond of independent exhibition which was organized by a group of volunteer artists after the Yomiuri Independent Exhibition was cancelled due to radicalization of expression before the last exhibition in 1963. This exhibition produced many avant-garde artists including Shusaku Arakawa, On Kawara, Ushio Shinohara, etc.

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戸田正寿1948年出生於福井縣。自1980年代以來,他因為三得利, Parco ,伊勢丹等品牌設計的廣告作品被稱為日本頂尖的廣告藝術總監之一。
高中時,他受到當時的老師兼藝術家小野忠弘*1 的影響,決定追求藝術。他的藝術家生涯始於 17 歲,當時他為約翰凱奇獻上了一場表演。18歲高中生時參加了在大阪舉行的「當代藝術節」(堺獨立展) *2
1970年代,他在 Tokiwa Gallery、村松畫廊、白田畫廊、Fuma Gallery 舉辦了使用樹脂等材料的平面作品個展。1981年,他受邀與戸谷成雄和岡崎乾二郎一起參加原美術館舉辦的Hara Annual II。大約在這個時候,他開始在商業世界工作,但同時也繼續自己的創作。1983年,他用柏樹創作了一件與「平安」系列相關的作品。 1986年,他利用X光創作作品。他2016年創作的作品,利用了電腦立體方式來表達「珠寶」。
1995年在 芝加哥文藝協會 之建築與設計博物館 和2005年在東京寫真美術館舉辦過個展。以及在2008年,「平安」的作品也在G8北海道洞爺湖高峰會展出。他的作品被全球30個博物館收藏,當中包括 紐約現代藝術博物館,漢堡美術館、東京國立近代美術館、福井縣美術館、 富山縣美術館、 三重縣美術館等等。他的主要出出版物品包括《X=t X光攝影藝術》(美國哈德遜山出版社) 、《戸田正寿設計世界》(中國廣西美術出版社)和《平安》(美國哈德遜山出版社)。

*1 小野忠弘 – 1995年與馬塞爾·杜尚一起被《LIFE》雜誌選為「Seven People in the World of Junk Art」之一的日本藝術家。
*2「當代藝術節」 (堺獨立展) - 1963年 讀賣獨立展 因一次展覽前的激進表達方式而被取消後,由一群志願藝術家組織的獨立展覽之一。這個展覽誕生了荒川修作、河原温、篠原有司男等眾多前衛青年藝術家。



戸田正寿 は、1948年福井県生まれ。80年代以降 サントリー、Parco, 伊勢丹、他、日本の広告の世界で 一世風靡したアートディレクターとして知られていますが、高校時代、当時の教師でありアーティストでもあった小野忠弘*1 に影響を受け"アート”を志し、17才自身が通う高校で、ジョンケージに捧げるパフォーマンスを行ったのが始まりです。まだ高校生であった 18才大阪で行われた”現代美術の祭典”(堺アンデパンダン展)*2に参加。70年代は、樹脂などを使用した平面作品でときわ画廊、村松画廊、シロタ画廊、Fuma Galleryで個展を行う。1981年原美術館主催の"ハラアニュアル II"に戸谷成雄、岡崎乾二郎らとともに招待参加。この頃からコマーシャルの世界でも活躍しますが、自身の作品制作も続けており今回のHEIANシリーズに繋がるヒノキを使用した作品を1983年、1986年にはX-ray作品を制作。2016年コンピューターの上での"宝石"作品を制作しています。
1995年シカゴアセニアム美術館、2005年東京都写真美術館にて個展。2008年 G8 北海道洞爺湖サミット会場でHEIAN作品を展示。作品は、ニューヨーク近代美術館、ハンブルク美術館、東京国立近代美術館、福井県立美術館、富山県立美術館、三重県立美術館など世界 30の美術館に収蔵されています。主な出版物に X=t The Art of X-Ray Photography(Hudson Hills Press、米国), 戸田正寿设计世界(广西美术出版社,中国), HEIAN (Hudson Hills Press, 米国)がある。

*1小野忠弘 - 1995年LIFE誌の「ジャンクアートの世界の7人」にマルセルデュシャンとともに選ばれる。
*2 "現代美術の祭典"(堺アンデパンダン展)ー荒川修作、河原温、篠原有司男なども参加し多くの前衛的若手作家を輩出した読売アンデパンダン展が、過激な展示で1963年が最後の開催となる。その後作家有志グループの自主的な地方アンデパンダン展が開催されその一つ。

Yuki Onodera was born in Tokyo (1962). In 1993, she established a studio in Paris and began to work internationally. Onodera’s experimental work, which does not fit within schemas of “photography,” often poses two questions: what is photography, and what can be done through it? She uses any possible method to realise her works, whether this means taking photographs with a marble inside her camera, or creating a story out of a legend and travelling to the ends of the earth to shoot it. Onodera is known for making two-metre-high prints in the darkroom, or 8m size of collages, and for other original hands-on methods. Her works are presented in the “Elles@contrepompidou” (2009) an important exhibition at Centre Pompidou from the collection. She won the prestigious awards Kimura Ihei Prize (2003, Japan) and Niépce Prize (2006, France). Her work is held in collections of 30 institutions around the world, including those of Centre Georges Pompidou, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Shanghai Art Museum, and The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Among other locations, her solo exhibitions have been held at The National Museum of Art, Osaka (2005), Shanghai Art Museum (2006), Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (2010), The Museum of Photography, Seoul (2010), Musée Nicéphore Niépce, France (2011), Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris (2015), and Centre de la Photographie de Mougins (2022).

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Born in 1981 in Kochi, Japan, Wataru Yamakami began painting graffiti on the streets in Tokyo at the age of 16, afterwards he spent four years hitchhiking around Japan, Thailand, India and South America while creating artwork. In India he spent one year studying religion and rituals in different places. During traveling around Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, he became interested in shamanism. Encounters with shamans, indigenous peoples and hippies became his inspiration. He held his first solo exhibition in Cusco, Peru.
He won Special Award, The 12th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art in 2009, and Runner-up Prize and Audience Award, Tokyo Midtown Award in 2013. In 2019, he received a grant from the Agency for Cultural Affairs for Upcoming Artists and stayed in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Heri Dono, an artist representing Indonesia was his host. In 2020 his solo exhibition was held at the space, Studio Karahan established by Heri Dono.
In 2022, he held a solo exhibition “World of the world – Gathering wind, to send off into the sky” at the Nizayama Forest Art Museum, Toyama in Japan which is a former hydroelectric power plant. He presented an installation of 7m x 12m huge painting moved by the wind.
Solo Exhibitions:
2022
World of the World – Gathering wind, to send off into the sky, Nizayama Forest Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
2021
World of the world - Under constellation 2021, SYP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020
World of the world - Under constellation, Studio Kalahan (Founded by Heri Dono), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
World of the world - The world began without human beings and would end without humanity, Japan Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia
2015
Biomorphic form and dot to grow, Yokogawa-souen, Hiroshima, Japan
2014
Drawing Works, Nagne, Tokyo, Japan
2013
NEW WORLD, Masumi-Matsunoma, Nagano, Japan
2011
Eden, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Ushiro no Syomen, 8 Link Studio, Omachi, Nagano, Japan
2001
Solo Show, Casa de Barro, Cusco, Peru
Group Exhibitions:
2021
Overview vol.2, SYP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Overview vol.1, SYP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019
Group show, Pierre-Yves Caër Gallery, Paris, France
2018
Shinbism 2, Maruyama Banka Memorial Museum, Nagano, Japan
2017
Seeds of Memory, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2016
spiritual imagination, LIXIL Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
The Pathos of Things, Kyodo House, Tokyo, Japan
2014
THE MIRROR, Nagoya-Syoukoukaikan, Tokyo, Japan
Riyoo Kim × Wataru Yamakami Exhibitions Magic Real, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
MID TOWN Street Museum, Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo, Japan
Roppongi Art Night, Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo, Japan
metamorphosis 2014, Hachijuni Cultural Foundation Space 82, Nagano, Japan
2013
TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2013, Tokyo Midtown,Tokyo, Japan
2012
ART SYNCHRONICITY, Creative Hub 131, Tokyo, Japan
NAGANO NEW CONSEPTUS, Shiga Kougen Roman Museum, Nagano, Japan
DAN T EA2012 ~ DESIGNTIDE>CHANOYUSIDE ~, Shinjyuku Isetan, Tokyo, Japan
2011
metamorphosis, Hachijuni Cultural Foundation Space 82, Nagano, Japan
2010
Globe show 2009, 8 Link Studio, Nagano, Japan
Japanese Inspired Exhibit, Mendocino Art Center, California, USA
Primitive Sense Art Exhibition of Lakeside, Asagura, Nagano, Japan
2009
The 12th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Exhibition, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Japan
Group show 2009, 8 Link Studio, Omachi, Nagano, Japan
Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Kamaboko Gallery, Matsudai, Niigata, Japan
2008
Group show 2008, 8 Link Studio, Omachi, Nagano, Japan
2001
Two Persons Show, Capilla de San Bernardo, Cusco, Peru
Awards:
2013
Runner-up Prize and Audience Award, Tokyo Midtown Award, Japan
2009
Special Award, The 12th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, Japan
Grants:
2019
Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan. One year stay in Indonesia
Public Collections:
Langgeng Art Foundation, Indonesia
1946
Born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
1966
The 7th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo (Awarded)
1968
Muramatsu Galley, Tokyo
1969
The 4th Preliminary Show of Japan Art Festival, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Award of Excellence)
The 4th Japan Art Festival, Musée Scrnuschi, Paris
Trends in Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
1970
Graduated from Nihon University, College of Arts, Department of Fine Arts, Major in Oil Painting.
1970
The 3rd Apple in Space, Tokyo American Center, Tokyo
1971
The 10th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
1972
Sinkers and Springs, Tokyo American Center, Tokyo
1973
Ten-Ten (Exhibition of points), Taura Port, Kanagawa
The 8th Japan Art Festival, Tokyo Central Museum, Tokyo (Award of Excellence)
The 1st Hakone Open-Air Museum Exhibition, The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa
The 5th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, Tokiwa Park, Yamaguchi
1974
Japan-Tradition and Gegenwart, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
1975
Kyoto Independent, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
EXHIBISM-From Method to Method, Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery, Kanagawa
The 6th Modern Japanese Sculpture Exhibition, Open-Air Sculpture Park, Ube, Yamaguchi
1976
Kyoto Biennale '76, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
1977
Documenta 6, Kassel
10th Biennale de Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
1978
Galerie Alfred Schmela, Düsseldorf
1980
Vision for the 80s, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
1981
Schwarz, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Construction in Process – Art of the 70s, The urban space in Lodz, Poland
Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition, The Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul
1982
A Panorama of Contemporary Art in Japan, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
The 8th Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kobe Suma Rikyu Park, Hyogo
1984
Trends of Contemporary Japanese Art 1970-1984: Universality/Individuality, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
1986
Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
Black and White in Art Today, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
1987
Toyoma Now '87, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
1988
(C) Overt: A Series of Exhibition, P. S. 1, New York
1989
Color and/or Monochrome – A Perspective on Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1995
Matter and Perception 1970, Mono-ha and the Search for Fundamentals, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Fukuoka, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
Japanese Culture: The Fifty Postwar Years, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo, Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukuoka
1997
The 2nd Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju
Gravity-Axis of Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
2001
Solo Exhibition, Haraguchi, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München
2005
Reconsidering Mono-ha, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Where from the FAMILY? (Takase dance performance set design), New National Theatre Tokyo, Tokyo
2007
Das Schwarze Quadrat - Hommage an Malewitsch, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
2008
Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Köln
2011
Retrospective Exhibition, Society and Matter, BankART 1929 Studio NYK, Kanagawa
Noriyuki Haraguchi and Kanji Wakae, Yokosuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa
2012
Water and Land – Niigata Art Festival 2012, Urban area in Niigata city, Niigata
YANAGI X HARAGUCHI, Art Base Momoshima, Hiroshima
Cosmic Travelers – Toward the Unknown, Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo, Tokyo
Requiem for the sun: The Art of Mono-ha, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
2012-13
Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
2015
6th Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2015, Kimitsu Depot Art Museum, Niigata
Noriyuki Haraguchi, Fergus McCaffery, New York
2018
FUKAMI- une plongée dans l’esthétique japonaise, Japonismes 2018 program, Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, Paris
2019
Setouchi Triennale 2019, UNO Seaside Park, Okayama
Migration theater SPIRAL – Oita Art Festival 2019, Urban area in Oita city, Oita
2022
What’s Art Camp Hakushu?, Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Chiba
NORIYUKI HARAGUCHI “How freely I can open up this space and time I am sharing”, wamono art, Hong Kong
Public Collections
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Modern, London
Kröller-Müller Museum, Ottrlo, The Netherlands
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran (Oil Pool permanent exhibition)
Inhotim, Minas Gerais, Brazil
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
Fukuoka City Museum of Art, Fukuoka
Oita City Museum of Art, Oita
Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
Art Base Momoshima, Onomichi, Hiroshima (Oil Pool permanent exhibition)
Kazuaki Honma (b.1930. d.2017 Japan) , born on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, Kazuaki started his apprenticeship in bamboo art in 1952 under Hayashi Shōgetsusai (1911–1986) who specialized in bent bamboo works.

Kazuaki is one of the most ambitious bamboo artists who took the medium of expression in many different forms from more functional floral bamboo baskets and flower vases to much more decorative object forms. He started his career in bamboo art because he was captivated by the beauty of bamboo jewellery and went on to perfect his artistry to the highest level of achievement in the Japanese art scene by receiving Tokusen (Grand Prix) at Nitten (Japan Fine Arts exhibition) twice. The only bamboo artists who received Tokusen twice are Kazuaki Honma and his son Hideaki Honma.  

The characteristic of Kazuaki’s works is how he creates this beautiful form with Nemagari dake (Namagari Bamboo) which is bent by fire. It requires a depth of technique to use flame to bend bamboo, so it is not easy to create a desired form at the end.  

The Nemagari bamboo used in the piece shown “Circle in motion” are also Susudake (smoked bamboo) and so rare that even in the eyes of other bamboo artists, it is hard to believe that such material exists in the modern day. These smoked bamboos were laid above the fireplace in traditional Japanese farmhouses, and thus exposed to, and naturally coloured by, smoke. They are often between 100 to 200 years old.  

Among those smoked bamboos, it is extremely rare to find Nemagari bamboo that are smoked and coloured, and it does not exist in the present day. It is a proof that the smoked bamboos are extremely difficult to be bent by fire as they have been hardened by smoke.  

In his own artist book, Kazuaki said that it gave him great joy and enjoyment to discern each and every different bamboo strip and enhance its properties to produce a work.  

Kazuaki’s works have been collected by renowned museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, and the Art Institute of Chicago.  
1974
Born in Osaka, Japan
1999
Graduated from Department of Commercial Science, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
2001
Graduated from Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita Prefectural Technical Institute, Oita, Japan
2002
Graduated from Beppu Advanced Industrial Arts and Technology Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
2002-05
Studied under Shoryu Honda, Bamboo Artist
2003
Oita Governor’s Prize, 38th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Western Division, Fukuoka, Japan
2004
39th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Western Division, Fukuoka, Japan
Contemporary Japanese Crafts exhibition, Japan American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, USA
Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Arts exhibition, Richmond Hand Work Art Center, Richmond, USA
2005
40th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Western Division, Fukuoka, Japan
10h Japan Traditional Craft Arts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
2006
Hin: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Art exhibition, Grinnell Collage and Chicago Cultural Center, USA
Beyond Basketry: Japanese Bamboo Art exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
53rd Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
2007
The Next Generation exhibition, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA
42nd Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Western Division, Fukuoka, Japan
11th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Cape of Good Hope in Design, Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Nagasaki, Japan
2007-08
East Weaves West exhibition, Hove Museum & Art Gallery, UK and National Vlechtmuseum Noordwolde, The Netherlands
New Bamboo: Contemporary Masters exhibition, Japan Society Gallery, New York, USA
2009
Bamboo World exhibition, Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita, Japan
2010
First International Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Salone del Mobile, Milano with Bottega Veneta home collection, Italy
2012-17
Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art exhibition, The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Hanford, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, and Asia Society Texas Center, USA
2013
REVALUE NIPPON PROJECT Charity Gala with Gucci, Organized by Hidetoshi Nakata, Yokohama, Japan
2014
Oita Bamboo Art: From the Modern to the Future exhibition, Beppu City Museum, Oita, Japan
Oita’s Art Moment, Japanese American Cultural Community Center, Los Angeles, USA
2015
Japanese Bamboo and the World Expo: A Century of Discovery exhibition, Japanese Friendship Garden San Diego, San Diego, USA
2016
Discovering Japanese Bamboo Art, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA
2017
BAMBOO TRACES – Contemporary International Bamboo Art & Craft Exhibition, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
Bambu- histórias de um Japão, Japan House, Sao Paulo, Brazil
     The Oriental Bamboo – Art of Living Exhibition on Asian Bamboo, Crafts Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
2018
Taitung Design EXPO 2018 International Arts and Crafts category, Taitung Art Museum, Taitung, Taiwan
2020-21
Mingei Bamboo Prize, Guimet Museum, Paris, France
Public and Private Collections:
Beppu Bamboo Craft Museum, Japan
Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - The Lloyd Cotsen Collection, USA
Hove Museum & Art Gallery, UK
National Taiwan Craft Research Development Institute, Taiwan
Racine Art Museum, USA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
Museum of Art at Indiana University, USA
Ritz Carlton Kyoto, Japan
Ritz Carlton Tokyo, Japan
ANA Intercontinental Beppu Resort & Spa, Japan
Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi, Japan
Publications:
American Craft Dec’04/Jan’05 Vol 64, No 6,” American Craft Council, USA, 2004
Hin: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Bamboo Art, Essay by Robert T. Coffland and Donald Doe, Faulconer Gallery of Grinnel College, USA, 2006
Master of Bamboo, Essay by Melissa M. Rinne, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA, 2007
East Weaves West: Basketry from Japan and Britain, Essay by Collins Gallery of Strathclyde University, UK, 2007
The Shapes of Bamboo Art, Asian Bamboo Cultural Forum Oita, Japan, 2007 – 2017
New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, Essay by Joe Earle, Japan Society, USA, 2008
Love Bamboo, Love Earth, National Taiwan Craft Research Institute, Taiwan, 2009
Modern Twist Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art, Essay by Andreas Marks, 2012
REVALUE NIPPON PROJECT, Panasonic Shiodome Museum, 2016
Design 360° n.70,” Sandu Publishing Co., Ltd., Hong Kong, 2017
BAMBOO TRACES – Contemporary International Bamboo Art & Craft Exhibition, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Taiwan, 2017
Bambu- histórias de um Japão, Japan House, Brazil, 2017
The Oriental Bamboo – Art of Living Exhibition on Asian Bamboo, Crafts Museum of China Academy of Art, China, 2018
Craftland Japan, Essay by Uwe Röttgen, Katharina Zettl, Themes & Hudson, 2020
1955
Born in Oita, Japan
1978
Entered Oita Prefectural Bamboo Technical Training Center, Oita, Japan
1979
Oita Prefecture Assembly Chairman’s Award, Oita Prefecture Industrial Crafts Exhibition, Oita, Japan
1982
Fukuoka Industrial Commerce Director’s Award, Beppu City New Bamboo Craft Art Exhibition, Oita, Japan
1988
The 20th Nitten (Fine Arts Exhibition), Japan
1994
Winner, Kyoto Craft Biennale, Kyoto, Japan
2004
Second Prize, The 3rd Coten Bamboo Prize
2006
Hin: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Art, Grinnell College, IA and Chicago Cultural Center, USA
2007
The Next Generation, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
2008
New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, Japan Society, New York, USA
2011
Beauty in All Things: Japanese Art and Design, Museum of Art & Design, New York, USA
2013
Birds in the Art of Japan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
2018
Febdre L' Air, Musee du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac, Paris, France
2020
Masterpieces of Bamboo Art: Katsushiro Soho and Fujinuma Noboru, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Arts, Tochigi, Japan
Public Collections :
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boson, USA
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
Denver Art Museum, USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
Oita Prefecture Art Hall, Japan
Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Craft Art Museum, Japan
1942
Born in Oita, Japan
1964
Graduated in the sculptural arts at Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Studied under Shounsai Shono, Bamboo Artist
1974
Started as an artist after Shounsai’s death
1979
The 11th Nitten Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (Since then his work is accepted by Nitten Exhibition every year)
1980
The 2nd Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (Since then his work is accepted by Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition every year)
1990
Member Award, The 12th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition , Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1993
Member Special Award, The 15th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition , Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1996
Nippon Breadcasting System Award, The 22nd Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition , Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1998
Tokusen Award, The 30th Nitten Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2001
Shapes Have Nuances - Tokuzo Shono Exhibition, Oita Art Museum, Oita, Japan
2008
New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, Japan Society, New York, USA
2013
Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
2015
Opening Exhibition vol. 1 “Modern: Blossoming Garden – Oita World Museum – Oita & World 200 Masterpieces”, Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita, Japan
2016
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, The 38th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2017-18
Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
2019-20
Japanese Bamboo Art from New York: The Abbey Collection. Gifts to the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oita prefectural Art Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Crafts Gallery, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan
Public Collections :
Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japonskiej Manggha, Poland
Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
Oita Art Museum, Japan
1951
Born in Kagoshima, Japan
1978
Graduated from Oita Prefectural Beppu Advanced Occupational School, Department of Bamboo Craft Art, Oita, Japan
1979
The 14th Japan Traditional Craft Art Exhibition, Western Division
1981
Japan Kogei Association Award, The 16th Japan Traditional Craft Art Exhibition, Western Division
1982
The 17th Japan Traditional Craft Art Exhibition, Western Division
1985
Studied under Nikou Kadota, Bamboo Artist
1986
Governor of Oita Prefecture Award, The 21st Japan Traditional Craft Art Exhibition, Western Division
1988
The 35th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
1989
The 36th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
1990
The 4th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition
2000
Finalist for Cotsen Bamboo Prize 2000
The 32nd Nitten Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (Since then his work was accepted by Nitten Exhibition in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006)
2001
The 40th Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (Since then his work was accepted by Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006)
2002
Finalist for Cotsen Bamboo Prize 2002
2004
Finalist for Cotsen Bamboo Prize 2004
2007
Celebrating the Next Generation of Japanese Bamboo Artists, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
2008
New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, Japan Society, New York, USA
2017
Bamboo Traces - Contemporary International Bamboo Art & Craft Exhibition, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Taipei Branch, Taiwan
2017-18
Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
2019-20
Japanese Bamboo Art from New York: The Abbey Collection. Gifts to the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oita prefectural Art Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Crafts Gallery, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan
Public Collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
Museum of Art and Design, USA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
de Young Museum, USA
Mint Museum, USA
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, USA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, USA
Beppu City Bamboo Craft Center, Japan
1949
Born in Hokkaido, Japan
1972
Studied under Shodo Baba, Bamboo Artist
1973
Kanagawa Prefecture Art Exhibition, Kanagawa, Japan
1992
Encouragement Award, The 15th Japan Traditional Craft Arts, New Work Exhibition
1993
Governor of Tokyo Award, The 40th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
1994
Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs Award, The 6th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition
2002
Finalist for Cotsen Bamboo Prize 2002
2004
Part time instructor, Tokyo University of the Arts
2006
Beyond Basketry, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Joined successor development program for Important Intangible Cultural Property (Bamboo Crafts)
2007-14
Contemporary Japanese Crafts, Organized by Japan Foundation. Mershikov Palace, Russia, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Sweden
The National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, Belarus, Brunei Museum, Brunei, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand
Museum of Decorative Arts, Cuba, National Museum, Georgia, Instituto Giapponese de Cultura, Italy, and 32 more venues
2008
New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, Japan Society, New York, USA
2009
MOA Museum of Art Award, The 49th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Eastern Division
2011
Governor of Tokyo Award, The 58th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
2012
Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon
2013
Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
From Crafts to Kogei in Commemoration of the 60th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
2014
The 19th MOA Okada Mokichi Award Exhibition, MOA Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan
2017
Japan Art Craft Association Award, Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Eastern Division
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, The 16th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition
2017-18
Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
2019
Grand Prize, The 39th Traditional Culture Pola Award
2019-20
Japanese Bamboo Art from New York: The Abbey Collection. Gifts to the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oita prefectural Art Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Crafts Gallery, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan
Public Collections
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
The Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan
The Japan Foundation
MOA Museum of Art, Japan
The Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Japan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
1959
Born in Nigata, Japan
1987
Studied under Kazuaki Honma, Bamboo Artist
1990
Prefecture Exhibition, Niigata, Japan
1991
The 30th Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1992
The 24th Nitten Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (Since then his work is accepted by Nitten Exhibition every year)
Incentive Award, Prefecture Exhibition, Niigata, Japan
1993
Incentive Award, Prefecture Exhibition, Niigata, Japan
1994
Contemporary Arts and Crafts Award, The 33rd Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1996
Prefecture Exhibition Award, Prefecture Exhibition, Niigata, Japan
2007
Celebrating the Next Generation of Japanese Bamboo Artists, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
2008
New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, Japan Society, New York, USA
2010
Honma Hideaki Bamboo Art Exhibition, Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum, Niigata, Japan
2011
Full member Award, The 50th Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Bird in the Art of Japan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
2014
Governor of Tokyo Award, The 53rd Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Tokusen Award, The 1st Reorganized New Nitten Exhibition, The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2017-18
Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
2019-20
Japanese Bamboo Art from New York: The Abbey Collection. Gifts to the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oita prefectural Art Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Crafts Gallery, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan
Public Collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, USA
1978
Born in Hyogo, Japan
2002
Graduated from Department of Arts and Crafts, Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Okayama, Japan
Mayor’s Prize, Amagasaki City Exhibition, Amagasaki Cultural Center, Hyogo, Japan
2003
Mayor’s Prize, Amagasaki City Exhibition, Amagasaki Cultural Center, Hyogo, Japan
2004
Amagasaki Art Association Exhibition, Amashin Museum, Hyogo, Japan
Human Art Exhibition, L-Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Kansai Peace Art Exhibition, Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan
2005
Amagasaki Arts and Cultural Association Exhibition, Amagasaki Cultural Center, Hyogo, Japan
2007
A-21 International Art Exhibition, Gallery CASO, Osaka, Japan
2008
Companionship Exhibition of Japan and Korea Contemporary Art, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
2010
3rd Kobe Shimbun Prize, The 48th Hyogo Prefectural Exhibition, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo Japan
2011
Osaka Mayor’s Award, The 75th Jiyu Bijutsu Art Exhibition, The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2012
Amagasaki Art Festival, Amagasaki Cultural Center, Hyogo, Japan
Kyoto Prefectural Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2016
New Face Award in Kinki Exhibition, The 55th Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2017
New Face Award of Gendai-Kogei, The 56th Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The 4th Reorganized New Nitten, The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2018
The 57th Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition, The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2019
KOGEI of Amagasaki Exhibition, Amagasaki Cultural Center, Hyogo, Japan
The 8th Kikuchi Biennale, Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan
1964
Born in Wakayama, Japan
1983
Entered faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan
1986
Studied Chinese Literature, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
1988
Graduated faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan
1989-90
Worked at Kagami Crystal Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
1991-94
Studied art of sculpture and glass, California College of the Arts, California, U.S.A.
1994
Art Now Kanazawa: 33rd Hokuriku Chunichi Art Exhibition, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Ishikawa, Japan
1995
Glass in Japan, Museo de Segovia, Segovia, Spain
1995-97
Teaching Assistant, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Toyama, Japan
1997
Grand Prix, 1st Contemporary Glass Exhibition in Satsuma, Satsumacho Glass History Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
Art Now Kanazawa: 36th Hokuriku Chunichi Art Exhibition, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Ishikawa, Japan
1998
Established Yukito Nishinaka Studio, Chiba, Japan
1999
5th Feeling of Beauty- Kogei Exhibition, Takashimaya, Tokyo, Yokoyama, Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
Glass '99 in Japan – Splendor of the Unknown, Odakyu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2000
Japanese Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, Onoda Sunpark, Yamaguchi, Japan
Years of Japanese Glass: From the Yayoi Period to the Present Day, Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan
2001
Beauty of Glass Exhibition, Himeji City Museum of Art, Hyogo, Japan
Second Prize, Wakaura Site Contest, Wakayama City, Wakayama, Japan
1st Japan Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition in Onoda, Onoda City Kirara Koryukan, Yamaguchi, Japan
2005
Nishinaka Yukito Glass Exhibition, Honen-in Temple, Kyoto, Japan
2006
Kinokuni Achievemen Award, Wakayama Culture and Arts Center, Wakayama, Japan
2008
Culture Achievement Award, Wakayama City, Wakayama, Japan
2010
Special Jury Prize, Blamagurankai 8, Sapporo Art Park Craft Hall, Hokkaido, Japan
2011
Okuwa Culture Achievement Award, Okuwa Educational and Cultural Promotion Foundation, Wakayama, Japan
2012
5th The Exhibition of Contemporary Glass Koganezaki 2012, Koganezaki Crystal Park, Shizuoka, Japan
2014
Nishinaka Yukito Exhibition, Tamesaburo Memorial Museum in Furukawa Art Museum, Aichi, Japan
2016
Nishinaka Yukito Exhibition, Daikokuya, Tochigi, Japan
2017
3rd Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Nishinaka Yukito: Eternity Captured in a Moment - Stepping into a Meditative Space of Glass Art, Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo, Japan
Naruto Art Gate Illumination 2017, Naruto City Muyagawa Shinsui Park, Tokushima, Japan
2018 -19
Japon-Japonismes, Objets inspirés 1867-2018, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
2019
Living Kogei: Contemporary Japanese Craft from The Ise Collection, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Permanent installation, a new-age zen garden Eternal Affinity using recycled glass, Honen-in Temple, Kyoto, Japan
2020
Artist in residence project Creators Work-ation 2020; organized by Ise City, Mie, Japan
Public and Private Collections :
Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
Ashmolean Museum Oxford, UK
Fundacion Centro Nacional del Vidrio, Segovia, Spain
Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan
Sapporo Art Park Craft Hall, Japan
Satsuma Glass Museum, Japan
Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Yamaha Music Foundation, Japan
Joryuji Temple, Japan
Daikokuya Collection, Japan
Musée Cernuschi, France
1969
Born in Kyoto, Japan
1994
Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, Department of Crafs, Urushi lacquering, Japan
Hiradate Award, Graduation exhibition, Kyoto City University of Arts
1996
Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, Master’s course, Department of Crafts, Urushi lacquering.
Scholarship Award, Japan Urushi Association
1996-98
Lecturer of Urushi lacquering, Kyoto City University of Arts
1998
First Prize, Kyoto Prefectural Art and Crafts Exhibition, Japan
8th Arts Festival, Kyou Exhibition, Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
2000
2000 Selected New Art exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
2000-
Lecturer of Sculpture course, Kyoto University of Art & Design, Kyoto, Japan
2001
2001 Selected Art and Crafts exhibition, The Museum of Kyoto, Japan
2002
2002 Selected Art and Crafts exhibition, The Museum of Kyoto, Japan
Toki Kenji Exhibition, INAX gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Message of Urushi from Kyoto Exhibition, The Museum of Kyoto, Japan
Research fellow, University of Surrey, UK
2003
Latency – Kenji Toki Japanese Lacquer Works exhibition, The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, UK
2004
The Daiwa Angle-Japanese Foundation Grant, UK
Japan Foundation’s Dispatch Fellowship
2006
DOMANI Tomorrow Exhibition, Sompo Japan Seiji Togo Memorial Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2010
Aizu Urushi Art Festival exhibition, Fukushima Museum, Japan
2012
Shippoumontai kanshitsu touki exhibition, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Nagano, Japan
2013
Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, Doctoral course, Research Fields of Urushi lacquering
Materializing exhibition, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of The Arts, Japan
Materializing exhibition, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of The Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2016
Liquid to Solid Kenji Toki x Mitsuhiro Kanada URUSHI composite structure exhibition, AXIS Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017​
Kanshitsu Exhibition, Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo, Ishikawa, Japan
International Hokuriku Kogei Summit: World Kogei Selection of 100 Exhibition, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan
2018 -19
Japon-Japonismes, Objets inspirés 1867-2018, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
Public Collections :
Kyoto Prefectural Education Center, Japan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA
Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
Canadian Museum of History, Canada
Museo de Arte Moderno La Casa de Japan, Argentina
1976
Born in Kyoto, Japan
1999
Graduated from Doshisha University, Faculty of Theology, Kyoto, Japan
2003
Graduated from Kyoto Saga Art College, Department of Art, Ceramics course, Kyoto, Japan
Kyou Exhibition 2003, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
41st Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Orgainized by Asahi Newspaper
2005
Jury’s special Award, 7th International Ceramic Exhibition, Ceramic Park MINO, Gifu, Japan
2006
New Wave: Selected Artists in Kyoto, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
24th Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Orgainized by Asahi Newspaper
6th Masuko Ceramic Exhibition, Masuko Ceramic Museum, Tochigi, Japan
2008
Excellence Award and Mainichi Newspaper Award. 19th Japan Ceramic Exhibition, Daimaru Museums, Osaka and Tokyo, Japan
Insentive Award, 45th Asahi Ceramic Exhibition, Orgainized by Asahi Newspaper
28th Chozasho Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art and Centrair Gallery, Aichi, Japan
1st Kobe Biennale contemporary Ceramics, Kobe Meriken Park, Hyogo, Japan
2008
Techniques and Materials of Ceramic Exhibition, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan
2009
2nd Kobe Biennale contemporary Ceramics, Kobe Meriken Park, Hyogo, Japan
New Wave: Selected Artists in Kyoto from the collection of Kyoto Prefecture, Former main hall, Kyoto Prefectural Office Building, Kyoto, Japan
2010-
Lecturer at Kyoto Saga Art College (current Saga Art College), Kyoto, Japan
2010
2010 Kyoto Kougei Biennale, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
La Ceramique Japonaise, Association Culturelle Franco-Japonaise de Tenri, Espace Aulturel Bertin Poiree, Paris, France
2011
History of modern ceramics in Japan - From Kenkichi Tomimoto to Kazuo Yagi and contemporary ceramists-The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan
Moderne Japanische Keramik, Tenri Japanisch-Deutsche Kultur Werkstatt, Germany
Philosophy of Eyes: 40 years of Kyoto Saga Art College, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
2012
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Collection of Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, USA
2015
La Ceramique Japonaise, Association Culturelle Franco-Japonaise de Tenri, Paris, France
Elements in Harmony: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics. Collection of Richard B. McMahon, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
2015
Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition 2015 XXIII, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Japan
Dialogue with materials: Contemporary Japanese Arts and Crafts, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
59 Premio Faenza, The International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy
2016
A Resonance of Clay: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the collection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz, Phoenix Art Museum, USA
2017
Japan Style, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, USA
Special Judge’s Award (Judge: Yoshitomo Nara), International Ceramics Festival ’17 Mino, Gifu, Japan
Special Judges’ Award Selected by Yoshitomo Nara, ​The 11 th International Ceramic Competition Mino, Japan Exhibition, Ceramic Park Mino, Gifu, Japan
2020
Solo exhibition ​Blue, Shells, Urushi - Shinya Tanoue Contemporary Ceramics​, Poly Time Museum, Beijing, China
Public Collections :
The Museum of Kyoto, Japan
The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, USA
Tweed Museum of Art, USA
Phoenix Art Museum, USA
Cincinnati Art Museum, USA
1993
Born in Hokkaido, Japan
2012
Second Prize, 20th All Japan Collegiate Snow Object Competition, Hokkaido, japan
54th All Hokkaido Collegiate Art Exhibition, Hokkaido, Japan
Highest Award in student section and Hokkaido Scientific and Cultural Association Award, 41st Hokkaido Ceramics Exhibition, Hokkaido, Japan
2013
Graduated from Hokkaido College of Art & Design, Specialized in Ceramics.
Award of Excellence, 6th Hokkaido U21 Exhibition, Hokkaido, Japan
Second Prize, 21st All Japan Collegiate Snow Object Competition, Hokkaido, Japan
2013-
Lecturer of ceramics class runs by Maruyama Kobo, Hokkaido, Japan
2014
STV Award, 43rd Hokkaido Ceramics Exhibition, Hokkaido, Japan
2015
Hokkaido Fire Mutual Aid Cooperative Award, 44th Hokkaido Ceramics Exhibition, Hokkaido, Japan
2016
Nakanishi Printing Corporation Award, 45th Hokkaido Ceramics Exhibition, Hokkaido, Japan
1st Japan Ceramics Society, Contemporary Ceramics Incentive Award Hokkaido Exhibition, Hokkaido, Japan
2017​
​International Hokuriku Kogei Summit: World Kogei Selection of 100 Exhibition, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan
2018
Hokkaido Newspaper Award, 47th Hokkaido Ceramics Exhibition, Hokkaido, Japan
1992
Born in Hokkaido, Japan
2014
RE: animal exhibition, Subway Gallery M, Kanagawa, Japan
2015
Diverse expressions in glass exhibition, Nagaike Park Nature Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2016
Graduated from Dept. of Glass work, Faculty of Art and Design, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Joined Azumino Glass Studio, Nagano
Born 1970 in Fukuoka, worked as a cinematographer from the 1990s. Influenced by the humanity of Shiro Kuramata. From a young age, for Inoue the world in the mirror felt like a film with a hole in it, leading him to search for ways to express, unaltered, presences outside the visible world. Since 2004 he has been scrupulously researching when flowers bloom in different locations to collect dandelions and seal them in acrylic. Inoue took part in “Japonismes 2020 by wamono art – Contemporary Interpretation of Japonismes” (HART Hall, Hong Kong) in 2020. His interest lies in those things outside the oversight of conventional values and systems.
1972
Born in Chiba, Japan
1995
Graduated from Chiba University, Faculty of Engineering, Division of Information Engineering, Chiba, Japan
2012
Graduated from Oita Prefectural Technical Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
2013
Graduated from Beppu Advanced Industrial Arts and Technology Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
2014
New Face Award, 19th Japan Bamboo Arts Exhibition, Tochigi, Japan
2014-16
Studied under Jin Morigami, Bamboo Artist
2015
New Wave: Oita Bamboo Art exhibition, Beppu City Museum, Oita, Japan
Japanese Bamboo and the World Expo: A Century of Discovery exhibition, Japanese Friendship Garden San Diego, USA
2016
Oita prefectural governor prize, 52nd Lifestyle with Bamboo Art Crafts Exhibition, Oita, Japan
Traditional Craft Products Industry Promotion Association Award, 2016 Whole Country Officially Designated Traditional Craft Products Open Call for Participants Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
2017
Beppu Chamber of Commerce President Award, 53rd Lifestyle with Bamboo Art Crafts Exhibition, Oita, Japan
2019
Next Generation, Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center, Oita, Japan
1971
Born in Kyoto, Japan
2004
Attended Traditional Arts Super College of Kyoto, Department of Craft Arts, Specialized in Bamboo Arts, Kyoto, Japan
2008
Nantan Mayor’s Award, 12th Graduation Exhibition, Traditional Arts Super College of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Graduated from Traditional Arts Super College of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2011
Participated in Successor Training Program (One of the programs of Beppu Advanced Industrial Arts and Technology Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts), Oita, Japan
2011-14
Studied under Jin Morigami, Bamboo Artist
2013
48th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Western Division, Fukuoka, Japan
2014
49th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Western Division, Fukuoka, Japan
61st Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
2015
New Wave: Oita Bamboo Art exhibition, Beppu City Museum, Oita, Japan
Japanese Bamboo and the World Expo: A Century of Discovery exhibition, Japanese Friendship Garden San Diego, USA
2017-18
Studied under Soho Katsushiro at the Important Intangible Cultural Asset “Bamboo work” Successor Training Workshop
2019
Next Generation, Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center, Oita, Japan
1988
Born in Tottori, Japan
2011
Graduated from Oita Prefectural Technical Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
2012
Graduated from Beppu Advanced Industrial Arts and Technology Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
2012-14
Studied under Hajime Nakatomi, Bamboo Artist
2014
Oita Bamboo Art: From the Modern to the Future exhibition, Beppu City Museum, Oita, Japan
2015
Encouragement Award, 36th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
2017
39th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
​International Hokuriku Kogei Summit: World Kogei Selection of 100 Exhibition, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan
2018
40th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
2019
40th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
​Next Generation, Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center, Oita, Japan
2021
The Hakone Open Air Museum Encouragement Award, 43rd Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1976
Born in Oita, Japan
2009
Graduated from Oita Prefectural Technical Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
2009-
Studied under Tokuzo Shono, Bamboo Artist
2010
Encouragement Award, 31st Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
2011
33rd Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
2012
Encouragement Award, 33rd Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Study in Oita and to be brilliant, Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita, Japan
10th Japan Craft Arts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Encouragement Award, 35th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Member's Effort Award, 34th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Emerging Bamboo Exhibition, TAI Gallery, USA
2014
The Hakone Open-air Museum's Encouragement Award, 36th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Saga Newspaper Award, 35th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Oita Bamboo Art: From the Modern to the Future exhibition, Beppu City Museum, Oita, Japan
Oita's Art Moment, Japanese American Cultural Community Center, USA
2015
New Wave: Oita Bamboo Art exhibition, Beppu City Museum, Oita, Japan
Japanese Bamboo and the World Expo: A Century of Discovery exhibition, Japanese Friendship Garden San Diego, USA
2016
38rd Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
2017
The Hakone Open-air Museum Incentive Award, 39th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
​The 4th Reorganized New Nitten, The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2018
Japan New Craft Arts Award, 40th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
2018 -19
Japon-Japonismes, Objets inspirés 1867-2018, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
2019
Next Generation, Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center, Oita, Japan
1981
Born in Tokyo, Japan
2000
Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Kogei High School, Department of Art Crafts, Metal crafts, Tokyo, Japan
2000-01
Studied under Io Kenji, Metal Artist
2003
Graduated from National Takaoka Junior College (present: University of Toyama), Department of Industrial Art and Design, Metal Crafts course, Toyama, Japan
2005-11
Studied under Nobuo Matsuoka, Metal Artist
2011
Established studio, Sa/Hi, Tokyo, Japan
2012
Iron works by Sa/Hi Tanaka Jun exhibition, Yagumosaryo, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Iron and Aluminum works exhibition, Gallery Mitate, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Forest exhibition, Sundries, Tokyo, Japan
Tanaka Jun exhibition, Utsuwa hase, Nagoya, Japan
Commission Works (art works and various building metal materials)
2009-13
Yagumosaryo, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Moriiro, Soba restaurant, Tokyo, Japan
2015
R.Torso.C residence, Tokyo, Japan
Ishi no kura restaurant, Tochigi, Japan
2016
Trellis, Nishiazabu residence, Tokyo, Japan
1976
Born in Saitama, Japan
2010
Graduated from Oita Prefectural Technical Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
2013
Emerging Bamboo Exhibition, TAI Gallery, USA
2014
Oita Bamboo Art: From the Modern to the Future exhibition, Beppu City Museum, Oita, Japan
Oita’s Art Moment, Japanese American Cultural Community Center, Los Angeles, USA
2019
Next Generation, Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center, Oita, Japan
1986
Born in Kanagawa, Japan
2007
Completed Craft Arts (Bamboo Arts) Course, Traditional Arts Super College of Kyoto
2008
Traditional Craft Products Industry Promotion Association Chairman’s Award, 12th Graduation Exhibition, Traditional Arts Super College of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2009
BFA in Bamboo Arts, Advanced Special Study Course, Traditional Arts Super College of Kyoto
2009-11
Technical skill instructor of bamboo craft arts in Venezuela as member of Japan International Cooperation Agency
2013-14
Clerical staff, Japan International Cooperation Agency
2014
Jury’s Special Award, 19th Japan Bamboo Arts Exhibition, Tochigi, Japan
2015
New Wave: Oita Bamboo Art, Beppu City Museum, Oita, Japan
Japanese Bamboo and the World Expo: A Century of Discovery, Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego, USA
20th Anniversary Special Award, 20th Japan Bamboo Arts Exhibition, Tochigi, Japan
2016
38th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan<
37th Kyushu New Craft Arts Exhibition, Fukuoka, Japan
2017
39th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Kumamoto Governor’s Award, 38th Kyushu New Craft Arts Exhibition, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Saga, Japan
Grand Prize, 22nd Japan Bamboo Arts Exhibition, Tochigi, Japan
4th Reorganized New Nitten, The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Oita Bamboo Art – 50 years of history and future prospects, Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center, Oita, Japan
2018
40th Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Oita Governor’s Award, 39th Kyushu New Craft Arts Exhibition, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Saga, Japan
5th Reorganized New Nitten, The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2018-19
Japon-Japonismes, Objets inspirés 1867–2018, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
2019
41st Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Next Generation, Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center, Oita, Japan
2021
Beppu Mayor’s Award, 57th Lifestyle with Bamboo Art Crafts Exhibition, Oita, Japan
43rd Japan New Craft Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
2022
Saga Television Station 's Award, 43rd Kyushu New Craft Arts Exhibition
2023
Oita Governor’s Award, 44th Kyushu New Craft Arts Exhibition
Visionaries: Making Another Perspective, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
2024
Pick Up Artist Exhibition Vol. 13 Chronomorphe, Art Plaza - Oita City Museum Architectural Gallery, Oita, Japan
Adoration of Bamboo -Special Feature of Oita Bamboo Art and History vol.8, Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita, Japan
Reframing – DESIGNART TOKYO 2024 Official Exhibition, World Kita-aoyama Building, Tokyo, Japan
Public Collections
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Missouri, USA
Taketa City Board of Education, Oita, Japan
Beppu City, Oita, Japan
Publications
Japon-Japonismes, Objets inspirés 1867-2018, exhibition booklet, Published by Japan Foundation, 2018
Kei Hasegawa, Essay by Aomi Okabe, Published by wamono art, 2020
Visionaries: Making Another Perspective, exhibition catalogue, Published by Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. / Book editorial dept., Bijutsu Shuppan-sha Co., Ltd., 2023
1983
Born in Fukuoka, Japan
2012
Graduated from Oita Prefectural Technical Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
2013
Graduated from Beppu Advanced Industrial Arts and Technology Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
2014
New Face Award, 19th Japan Bamboo Arts Exhibition, Tochigi, Japan
2015
New Wave: Oita Bamboo Art exhibition, Beppu City Museum, Oita, Japan
Japanese Bamboo and the World Expo: A Century of Discovery exhibition, Japanese Friendship Garden San Diego, USA
2017
​International Hokuriku Kogei Summit: World Kogei Selection of 100 Exhibition, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan
​Judging Committee’s Special Award, ​22nd Japan Bamboo Arts Exhibition​, Tochigi, Japan
2018 -19
Japon-Japonismes, Objets inspirés 1867-2018, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
1969
Born in Oita, Japan
1994
Graduated from Dept. of Design, Specialized in Craft Arts, Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan
2010
Graduated from Oita Prefectural Technical Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
2013-
Technical skill instructor, Oita Prefectural Technical Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
2014
Oita Bamboo Art: From the Modern to the Future exhibition, Beppu City Museum, Oita, Japan
Oita’s Art Moment, Japanese American Cultural Community Center, Los Angeles, USA
2015
New Wave: Oita Bamboo Art exhibition, Beppu City Museum, Oita, Japan

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