Keiko Arai

1947 -
  • Dolls
  • Price Range $1,500 - 3,500
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 2

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    • Category
      Dolls
    • Techniques
      Wooden dolls, Kimekomi
    • Born
      1947 -
    • Based in
      Nagano
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
      Japan Kōgei Association East Japan Branch Nagano Society, Vice Chairman (Executive Committee Chairman for Exhibitions)
    Keiko Arai

    Style

    Studied under Eiko Serikawa, apprentice of the late Goyo Hirata, Living National Treasure. She creates dolls by carving paulownia wood and finishes with whitewash and cloth.
    She learned the "saicho" technique (painting layers of colored whitewash and carving out the patterns) established by Serikawa, and uses it in some of her artwork.
    She tries to express the inside of a person, such as a person's spirit or mind, in her dolls.

    Biography

    • 1947
      Born in Nagano
    • 1990
      Studied under Yuki Iijima (- 2000)
    • 1994
      Selected for the first time at the 12th Dolls Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 1996
      Selected for the first time at the 36th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2000
      Studied under Eiko Serikawa ( - 2017)
    • 2002
      Selected for the first time at the 49th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2006
      Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association
    • 2008
      Takes the successors' training course held by Living National Treasure Komao Hayashi
    • 2017
      Solo Exhibition at Gallery 82 (Nagano CIty)
    • 2018
      Solo Exhibition at Kyu Otagiri House (Suzaka CIty, Nagano)

    Awards

    • 2002
      Received the East Japan Branch Award at the 42nd East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2006
      Received the Nagano Board of Education Award at the 59th Nagano Prefectural Art Exhibition
    • 2010
      Received the JA Chuoukai Award at the 63rd Nagano Prefectural Art Exhibition
    • 2011
      Received the Nagano Mayor Award at the Traditional Kōgei Original Doll Exhibition in Nagano
    • 2012
      Received the Incentive Award at the East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2013
      Received the Hachijuni Culture Foundation Award at the 66th Nagano Prefectural Art Exhibition
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