Mayu Nakata

1982 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Awarded 4 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
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  • Category
    Lacquerware
  • Techniques
    Kinma, Dry lacquer
  • Born
    1982 -
  • Membership
    Full member, Japan Kogei Association
Mayu Nakata

Biography

  • 1982
    Born in Hokkaido
  • 1989
    Studied calligraphy under Kasho IWAMURA
  • 2003
    Studied contemporary dance under Fumihito SHIMIZU (Tokyo) and Yasuko SATO (Sapporo) (- 2008)
  • 2005
    Graduated from Hokkaido University, Fisheries Science Department
  • 2015
    The 80th Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition (2016, 2017)
    The 62th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020)
  • 2016
    New Year Lacquerware Three-person Exhibition at Kyuman Gallery (Kagawa)
    The 27th Japan Cultural Property Lacquer Association Members' Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
    Kagawa Lacquerware Art Exhibition - The Beginning and Present - at the Kagawa Museum
    The 34th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2017
    Finished course at Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute
    Kodama Mayu / Asano Eri Exhibition at Gallery Dojunkai, Omotesando (Tokyo)
    Kagawa Lacquerware Artist Exhibition at Tokyo International Forum
  • 2018
    Exhibition Design Art of Asian Regionality and Climate at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
    Kanazawa 21st Century Kogei Festival "Kogei Kairo" in Kanazawa
    "Kanazawa's Story of Lacquer NEXT" Exhibition at Matsuzakaya, Nagoya
  • 2019
    Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association
    "Accessories - Fashion x Kogei" Exhibition at Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts
    Art Fair Tokyo 2019 - Treasure Box Contemporary Craft - at Tokyo International Forum
    Milan Design Week 2019 Fuori Salone - Design Language - at nhow Milan Hotel
    "The Look of Contemporary Lacquerware" Exhibition at Osaka Takashimaya
    KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2019 at KUMU Kanazawa by THE SHARE HOTELS
  • 2020
    Lacquerware Nakata Mayu Exhibition "Float" at ArtShop Tsukibae (Ishikawa)
    Taipei International Art Fair (Taipei, Taiwan)
    KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa, ONLINE
  • 2021
    Finished course at Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo
    International Kogei Award in Toyama at Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art & Design
    Art Fair Tokyo 2021 at Tokyo International Forum
    GO FOR KOGEI Special Exhibition I "The Future of Craft Aesthetics - Kogei, Contemporary Art and Art Brut at Shokoji Temple, Toyama
    The Elemental x A Lighthouse called Kanata (Tokyo)
    KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2021 at Hyatt Centric Kanazawa
  • 2022
    The Beauty of Kogei - Metal and Lacquer - Exhibition sponsored by the Ise Foundation
    "Greater Depth and Evolution: An Exhibition of the Expanding World of Traditional Crafts" at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi

Awards

  • 2015
    Received the Incentive Award at the 58th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2016)
  • 2019
    Received the Meitetsu M'ZA President Award at the 60th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    Finalist at the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize (Sogetsu Kaikan, Tokyo)
    Received Judge OHI Toyasai's Special Award at the 4th Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)
  • 2020
    Received the Kanazawa City Mayor Incentive Award at the 76th Kanazawa Craft Exhibition
    Received the Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo Award for 2019
    Received the Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce President Award at the 43rd Kanazawa Lacquerware Exhibition
  • 2021
    Received the Kanazawa Association president Incentive Award at the 77th Kanazawa Craft Exhibition
  • 2025
    Incentive Award, 65th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Public Collections

  • Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute
  • The Kagawa Museum
  • Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo
  • Hyatt Centric Kanazawa

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