Osamu Mizukami

• Category
  Lacquerware
• Techniques
  Maki-e
• Born
  1956 -
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Emeritus Professor at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts
  Director of the Japan Cultural Property Lacquer Association
  Member of the Japan Urushi Association
  Member of the Academy of Lacquer Research

Style

Using nature of the four seasons as the theme for my designs. I want to express the shine, expressions, signs of presence, energy, transience and rhythm that can be felt when being surrounded by Mother Nature with decorations in my artwork.

Biography

• 1956
  Born in Kanagawa Prefecture
• 1981
  Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Crafts, Urushi Art major
• 1983
  Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Urushi Art Master's Course
• 1994
  Lecturer at Tohoku University of Art and Design, Lacquer Art Course
  Becomes Associate Professor later (– 2021)
• 2011
  Professor at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Department of Design and Crafts, Urushi Lacquering

Awards

• 1992
  Received the Incentive Award at the 32nd Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition
• 2014
  Received the MOA Museum of Art Award at the 31st Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Public Collections

• Tohoku University of Art and Design Museum
• Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts Library