Kei Hasegawa>Manifestation
- Manifestation, 2017Sold
- Bamboo (Madake)
H 60 x 45 x 30cm Artist statement: I got the inspiration for this work when I saw a thick fog rising, as if it was a life form, from the mountain after dawn and early rain. I was trying to express the moment when the energy of nature is shaping a form, and show its flexibility and divine strength.
Kei Hasegawa
Biography
- 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
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Missouri, USA
Taketa City Board of Education, Oita, Japan
Beppu City, Oita, Japan - Publications
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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