Mayu Nakata

• Category
  Lacquerware
• Techniques
  Kinma, Dry lacquer
• Born
  1982 -
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  

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

Public Collections

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

Official Site / Social Media etc.

• Official Site
• Instagram