Mayu Nakata

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

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