Rina Kawai

• Category
  Metalwork
• Techniques
  Metal inlay, Metal overlay, Chisel engraving, Embossing
• Based in
  Niigata
• Membership
  Associate member, Japan Kogei Association
  

Biography

• 2008
  Entered Nagaoka Institute of Design, Department of Design
• 2012
  Graduated from Nagaoka Institute of Design, Department of Design
  Entered Nagaoka Institute of Design Graduate School, Master’s Course, Yasushi Kanno Laboratory
• 2013
  Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 8th Traditional Crafts in Niigata Exhibition (selected consecutively from this year onward)
• 2014
  Graduated from Nagaoka Institute of Design Graduate School, Master’s Course, Yasushi Kanno Laboratory (mokumegane (wood grain metal) and haut-relief)
  SELECT 13 Exhibition at AC Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo)
  Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 43rd Metalwork Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, selected consecutively from this year onward
  Studied box production and nunome zōgan (metal overlay) under metal engraver and Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association, Masami Ichikawa
• 2015
  Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 56th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected consecutively from this year onward)
• 2016
  Becomes member of the Japan Kōgei Association East Japan Branch, Niigata Study Group
  Submitted to the Japan Kōgei Association East Japan Branch Niigata Study Group Members Exhibition "Traditional Kōgei Techniques and Beauty of Niigata" at Niigata Mitsukoshi (Niigata) (2016 – 2019)
  Submitted to the Japan Kōgei Association East Japan Branch Niigata Study Group Members Exhibition "Traditional Crafts in Niigata Exhibition" (2016 – 2020)
• 2017
  Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 46th Metalwork Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected consecutively from this year onward)
• 2018
  Article about his works as an artist published in newspaper Niigata Nippo
  Article published in Nagaoka's information magazine "My Skip"
• 2019
  Name listed in "Record of Tsubame's Metal Engravers" in the Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum
  Article published in "NID Graduates Job Note 5" of Nagaoka Institute of Design
  Submitted to the 3rd Nagaoka Collaboration of Photos and Crafts Exhibition at the Nagaoka City Central Library 2F Gallery (consecutively submitting from this year onward)
  Submitted to the "Nagaoka Photo and Craft Collaboration" Exhibition promoted by the Nagaoka City Foundation for Art and Culture Promotion held at the Nagaoka City Art Center (Nagaoka City Library 2F) (Submitting consecutively from this year onward)
• 2020
  Artwork adopted as a return gift for the Nagaoka City hometown tax donation program
  Took part in Cultural Property Preservation Techniques Training Course for "patination" as a part of the National Treasure and Cultural Property Preservation Program for 2020 (participating every year from this year onward)
• 2021
  Submitted to the Japan Kōgei Association East Japan Branch Niigata Study Group Members Exhibition "Traditional Kōgei Techniques and Beauty of Niigata" at Niigata Isetan (Niigata) (consecutively submitting from this year onward)
  Submitted to the "KOGEI 2021 Exhibition" at Setsuryosha Museum of Art (Niigata) (consecutively submitting from this year onward)
• 2022
  Submitted to the "Excellent Artworks of Artists in Niigata" Exhibition at the "Echigo Grand Tea Ceremony in Aore Nagaoka"
  Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 69th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (consecutively submitting from this year onward)
  Becomes Associate Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
  Took part in Cultural Property Preservation Techniques Training Course for "patination" as a part of the National Treasure and Cultural Property Preservation Program for 2022
  Took part in the training program for metalwork techniques (casting and forging) held as part of the "training program for the next generation" by the Japan Kōgei Association utilizing the cloud funding donations for 2022
• 2023
  Article about the 69th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition and works published on article "Focus on NID Graduates" on the Nagaoka Institute of Design website and social media
  Completed first year of training for "metal engraving" at the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Government Subsidized Important Intangible Cultural Property Successor's Technical Training Program for 2023 – 2024 by Morihito Katsura, Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property for "metal engraving"
  Trained at the Metalwork Department Takaoka Study Group as a part of the Cultural Properties Training Program for 2023 held by the Agency for Cultural Affairs
  Submitted to the Japan Kōgei Association East Japan Branch Niigata Study Group Members Exhibition " 1st Traditional Crafts in Niigata Exhibition" (2023 –)
  Took part in the training program for "forming stake" held as part of the "training program for the next generation" by the Japan Kōgei Association utilizing the cloud funding donations for 2023
• 2024
  Took part in the 2024 Important Intangible Cultural Property Successors' Training Program for "Hammering"

Awards

• 2012
  Received the Incentive Award at the 51st Nagaoka City Art Exhibition
• 2013
  Received the Incentive Award at the 52nd Nagaoka City Art Exhibition
• 2015
  Received the Incentive Award at the 10th Traditional Crafts in Niigata Exhibition
• 2019
  Received the Incentive Award at the 59th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2024
  New Artist Award, 52nd Metalworks Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Official Site / Social Media etc.

• Instagram