Kaori Sugano

  • Lacquerware
  • Awarded once at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range $5,500 - 12,000
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    • Category
      Lacquerware
    • Techniques
      Carved lacquer, Dry lacquer, Kinma
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
    Kaori Sugano

    Style

    I use urushi carving techniques on dry lacquer base and make pieces with delicate plant and flower designs.
    As I can form the vessel freely with dry lacquer, I have a flexible mindset from the stage of forming and I try to create a coordinated design.
    I place importance on adding modernity to traditional techniques by using bright colored lacquer. I try to make my artwork appear peaceful and warm by adding softness and flexibility to the dynamism of urushi carving.
    I have been on childcare leave for a while and started working again from 2024. I will continue to create my artwork and participate in exhibitions to broaden my expressive abilities.

    Biography

    • 1998
      Voluntarily left Hiroshima Shudo University, Faculty of Law, Department of International Politics
      Studied under Shin Matsumoto (Western-style painter)
    • 2001
      Completed the Research Student Course at Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute
      Studied under Shozo Kitaoka (lacquer artist)
    • 2004
      Selected for the 51st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected several times from this year onward)
    • 2007
      Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
      Dispatched by Pola Art Foundation as overseas artist trainee for 2007
      (Escola Massana Art and Design Center, Barcelona, Spain)

    Awards

    • 2001
      Received the Mitsukoshi Takamatsu Store Award at the 44th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

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