Hajime Nakatomi

Frill, cloud 02, 2020
Bamboo (Madake), rattan
H 31 x 54 x 31.5 cm
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Prism Ellipse, 2021- Archive -
Bamboo (Madake), rattan
H 30 x 43 x 20 cm
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Hachihogu, leap, 2020- Archive -
Bamboo (Madake), rattan
H 85 x 70 x 10.5 cm
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Frill lll, 2021- Archive -
Bamboo (Madake), rattan
H 45 x 55 x 45 cm
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Frill, space, 2019- Archive -
Bamboo (Madake), rattan, Urushi lacquer
H 33 x 40.5 x 26 cm
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Prism Square ll-03, 2020- Archive -
Bamboo (Madake), rattan, Urushi lacquer
H 41.5 x 40 X 25 cm
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Hachihogu, cloud 02, 2020- Archive -
Bamboo (Madake), rattan, Urushi lacquer
H 23.5 x 44 x 28.5 cm
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Hajime Nakatomi

Biography

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