Shota Teranishi

• Category
  Lacquerware
• Techniques
  Maki-e, Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden), Metal sheet inlay
• Born
  1953 -
• Based in
  Ishikawa
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Manager of the Japan Kōgei Association Lacquerware Department
  Executive Director of the Japan Kōgei Association, Ishikawa Branch
  Managing Director of the Wajima City Art Exhibition
  Standing Committee Member of the Ishikawa Prefectural Art and Culture Association
  Auditor of the Wajima Lacquerware Techniques Preservation Society
  Assistant Lecturer at the Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center
  Member of the Japan Cultural Property Lacquer Association

Biography

• 1953
  Born in Wajima City
• 1972
  Studied under makie artist Masaru Tanaka (– 1976)
  Studied under his father Shozo, lacquering artist
• 1978
  Selected for the 25th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (submits consecutively from this year onward)
• 1979
  Graduated from Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center
• 1982
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 1988
  Solo exhibition at Ikebukuro Seibu Department Store Art Salon
• 2008
  Evaluator at the 49th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2009
  Evaluator at the 27th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2010
  Becomes member of the Wajima Lacquerware Techniques Preservation Society
• 2013
  Evaluator at the 54th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Submitted to "From Crafts to Kōgei In Commemoration of the 60th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition" at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery
• 2014
  Evaluator at the 31st Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the Wajima City Cultural Merit Award
  Becomes lecturer at Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center
• 2016
  Judge at the 72nd Ishikawa Contemporary Arts Exhibition
  Evaluator at the 63rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2018
  Judge and Evaluator at the 35th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Submitted to the Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition 35th Anniversary "URUSHI Tradition and Innovation" Exhibition
• 2019
  Evaluator at the 60th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2020
  Solo exhibition at Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery
• 2022
  Evaluator at the 69th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Awards

• 1999
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Incentive Award at the 46th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2004
  Received the Incentive Award at the 45th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2005
  Received the Kanazawa Mayor Award at the 46th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2006
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the 23rd Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2007
  Received the Grand Award and Technical Award at the 63rd Ishikawa Contemporary Arts Exhibition
• 2008
  Received the Wajima Museum of Urushi Art Award at the 25th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2009
  Received the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education Award at the 26th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2013
  Received the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education Award at the 30th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Incentive Award at the 60th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2014
  Received the Commission Award at the 70th Ishikawa Contemporary Arts Exhibition
• 2016
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Important Intangible Cultural Property Holder Award at the 63rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2018
  Received the Art Culture Excellence Award at the 74th Ishikawa Contemporary Arts Exhibition
• 2020
  Received the Asahi Shimbun Award at the 37th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Public Collections

• Wajima Museum of Urushi Art