Koji Takeuchi

• Category
  Lacquerware
• Techniques
  Dry lacquer
• Born
  1957 -
• Based in
  Kagawa
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Holder of Intangible Cultural Property of Kagawa Prefecture for "kyushitsu"

Style

Forming shapes freely during the kanshitsu process. Combining sharp straight lines with the soft forms.

Biography

• 1977
  Studied under lacquerware artist Hisao Kasai
• 1980
  Started working at Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute
• 1982
  Studied under lacquerware artist and Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property, Mashiki Masumura
• 1992
  Artwork purchased by Takamatsu Art Museum
• 1993
  Submitted to "Nuances in Lacquer: 70 Years of Innovations" at the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Crafts Museum
• 1995
  Artwork purchased by the Imperial Household Agency
• 1997
  Evaluator at the 15th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1999
  Submitted to "100 Selections of Contemporary Japanese Craft Exhibition" at Mitsukoshi Etoile Museum, Paris
• 2004
  Evaluator at the 22nd Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2008
  Evaluator at the 51st Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2009
  Designated as Holder of Intangible Cultural Property of Kagawa Prefecture for "kyushitsu"
  Artwork purchased by the Imperial Household Agency
• 2011
  Evaluator at the 54th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2014
  Evaluator at the 57th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2018
  Evaluator at the 61st Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2021
  Evaluator at the 68th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2022
  "Koji Takeuchi Exhibition – Seeking the Beauty of Form" at the Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute, Lacquerware Hall
• 2023
  "The World of Lacquerware – Koji Takeuchi Exhibition" at Bistro Angers (Marugame, Kagawa)
  Submitted to "Shippu Doto Urushi Exhibition" at Wajima Museum of Urushi Art
  Retired from Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute
  Awarded as Person of Educational and Cultural Merit of Kagawa Prefecture

Awards

• 1987
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Incentive Award at the 34th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1990
  Received the Prince Takamatsu Memorial Award at the 37th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1993
  Recieved the Otomaru Lacquer Art Research Encouragement Fund
• 1998
  Received the Incentive Award at the 41st Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2000
  Received the Incentive Award at the 43rd Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2002
  Received the Governor Award at the 67th Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 2004
  Received the Takamatsu Mitsukoshi Award at the 47th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2007
  Received the Isoi Joshin Award at the 50th Anniversary Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2016
  Received the Incentive Award at the 81st Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 2019
  Received the Incentive Award at the 84th Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition

Public Collections

• Imperial Household Agency
• Agency for Cultural Affairs
• Takamatsu Art Museum
• Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute