1980 Born in Hyogo, Japan
Currently lives and works in Saga, Japan.
Education
2008 Ph.D., Kyoto City University of Arts
2005 M.F.A., Kyoto City University of Arts
2003 B.F.A., Kyoto City University of Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Gion KONISHI, Kyoto, Japan (‘15, '12, '08)
2017 IGAWA Takeshi Lacquer Works exhibition, Gallery Kei-Fu, Kyoto
2014 Gallery Keifu, Kyoto, Japan
2012 Kouichi Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan
Abiesfirma, Kobe, Japan (’09)
2010 Gallery Kian, Kyoto, Japan (’05)
2007 Wacole Ginza Art Space, Tokyo
2005 WORKS OF URUSHI, ISHIDA TAISEISHA Hall, Kyoto, Japan (’04)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Hard Bodies: Contem porary Japanese Lacquer Sculpture
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
2016 IKI SUI, Musée de Somé Seiryu, Kyoto, Japan
2015 Dialogue with Materials: Contemporary Japanese Arts and Crafts, Anadolu University,
Eskisehir, Turkey
Urushi Sculptures by KURIMOTO Natsuki, SASAI Fumie and IGAWA Takeshi,
Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Japan spirit ×15, ORIE GALLERY, Tokyo
2014 Dialogue with Materials: Contemporary Japanese Arts and Crafts,
Ahmed Adnen Saygun Sanat Merkezi, Izmir, Turkey
URUSHI: Couleurs et formes des Laques,
Japonaises contemporaines, Mizen Fine Arts, Paris
2012 Igawa Takeshi and Gejo Hanako, Gallery Kian, Kyoto
2011 from Asuka to Nara, New Forms by Urushi, Itami Craft Center, Itami, Hyogo, Japan
Contemporary Lacquer, Cavin Morris Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2010 from Asuka to Nara, International Sculpture Exhibition,
Daijoin Temple Garden Cultural Hall, Nara, Japan
Craft and Life, Gallery Keifu, Kyoto, Japan
2009 SOFA New York
Young Lacquer Artists, Wajima Museum of Lacuer, Wajima, Ishikawa, Japan
Contemporary Japanese Lacquer, KEIKO Gallery, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
2008 Cool Black, Daimaru Art Gallery, Tokyo
SOFA Chicago
Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition
2007 FORMATIVE ARTS: WORKS OF WOOD, URUSHI, AND BAMBOO,
Miyama Thatched-roof Museum, Kyoto, Japan
2006 URUSHI SHOW: DRINKING VESSELS FOR SAKE OR GREEN TEA,
Machi-ya (a Merchant Family-house), Kyoto, Japan
FLORAL FESTIVAL: AN EXHIBITION BY THREE ARTISTS,
Gion KONISHI, Kyoto, Japan
TALENTE 2006, Munich, Germany
2005 PROSPECTS FOR LACQUER CLAY: WORKS BY ARTISTS IN KYOTO,
Gallery NISHIKAWA, Kyoto, Japan
THE ISHIKAWA INTERNATIONAL URUSHI EXHIBITION 2005,
Meitetsu M' ZA, Kanazawa, Japan
ONE HUNDRED ARTISTS WORKS OF DRAWINGS,
ISHIDA TAISEISHA Hall, Kyoto, Japan
SELECTED ARTISTS IN KYOTO 2005: New Wave, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2004 Kyo Ryu Art Project, Okinawa, Japan
ARTISTS WORKS IN BLACK, ISHIDA TAISEISHA Hall, Kyoto, Japan
Awards
2017 The 2017 Nominees, Loewe Foundation CRAFT PRIZE,
Madrid, Spain/ New York, U.S.A/ Tokyo
The 35th Kyoto Cultural Award
Grand Prize, The 3rd Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
2010 The Japan Lacquer Crafts Association Award
Collections
Kanazawa College of Art, Ishikawa
Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima