Akira Okada>Flower Bud
- Flower Bud, 2016Sold
- Bamboo (Madake), rattan
H 34 x 52 x 52 cm Flower Bud was made right before Okada set off as an independent artist and left his mentor, Jin Morigami. The work exemplifies his mind at that time as though a flower petal is blooming. Flower Bud was awarded the Oita prefectural governor prize at Lifestyle with Bamboo Art Crafts Exhibition, 2016.
Akira Okada
Biography
- 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