Kunie Komori

1945

Born in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture

1965

Started training under a chinkin* master
TARUMI Kosaku (*incised and gold-filled decoration)

1968

Entered Chinkin Department, Wajima City Wajima
Lacquer Arts Training Institute (2nd graduation class, March 1971)

1970

Independent and self-supporting

1975

Special student, Kyushitsu Department, Ishikawa
Prefectural Wajima Lacquer Arts
Training Institute (completed in March 1978)
Selected for 16th Ishikawa Traditional Art Exhibition;
selected every year to date
1977:Selected for 24th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition;
selected every year to date. Chosen for Urushi Work Technique Successor
Training Project undertaken by Japan Kogei Association and studied at the
home studio of the instructor AKAJI Yusai for 3 years

1979

Participated in 1st Shikko-kai Exhibition; submitted every year to date

1980

Invited to submit to Kanazawa 400:International Crafts and Design Exhibition
Full member, Japan Kogei Association

1980

Three Artists Exhibition, Nara Japan Art

1983

Joint Exhibition with his wife Kazue, Ikebukuro Seibu Department Store craft gallery, Tokyo

1984

Selected for 1st Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works; selected every year to date
Saishitsu-kai Exhibition, Okinawa Products Center art gallery
Submitted to 2nd Yamaha Crafts Exhibition; submitted regularly up to 14th Exhibition in 1996
Solo exhibition, Fujinoya, Tochigi Prefecture
1st Division Exhibition, Nihonbashi Takashimaya art gallery, Tokyo (up to 4th Exhibition)

1985

Invited to submit to 1st Ishikawa Prefecture Selected Artists Art Exhibition
Solo exhibition "Vermilion and Black Lacquerware," Minami-Aoyama Green Gallery

1986

Invited to submit to 2nd Ishikawa Prefecture Selected Artists Art Exhibition

1987

Invited by the Prime Minister to attend an art and culture social gathering
Submitted to Seibu Takanawakai

1987

Solo exhibition, Ikebukuro Seibu Department Store art salon, Tokyo

1988

Participated in 1st Ishikawa Cultural Wings "Singapore Exhibition"

1989

Judge, 7th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works

1990

Invited by the Prime Minister to attend an art and culture social gathering
Judge, 37th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
"Ajiro-shimamon Hakkaku Kasanebako" purchased by Ishikawa Prefecture Wajima Museum of Urushi Art
Submitted to Jomon-kai Exhibition Kumamoto Tsuruya Department Store

1991

Solo exhibition, Seibu Takanawakai, Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka
Solo exhibition, Ikebukuro Seibu Department Store Art Forum, Tokyo
Solo exhibition "Ten Light Tea Utensils," Galerie Pousse, Ginza, Tokyo
Judge, 9th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works / Entry "Wagewazukuri Rantaiban" purchased by Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art

1992

Invited to submit to 3rd Ishikawa Prefecture Selected Artists Art Exhibition "Artists Born in the Post-World War II Period"
"Ajiro Bengaratamari Kasanebako" purchased by Victoria and Albert Museum, UK
Specially requested to submit to 10th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works (also to 11th, 13, 14, 15, and 17 Exhibitions)

1993

Invited to submit to "Nuances in Lacquer:70 Years of Innovations," the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

1994

Solo exhibition, Akasaka Green Gallery
Judge, 41st Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Judge, 12th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works
Invited to submit to "Exhibition of Arts and Crafts:100 Creators of Ishikawa," Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art

1995

Exhibited at "Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition," Victoria and Albert Museum
Solo exhibition, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store art gallery, Tokyo

1996

Submitted to "Rainbows and Shimmering Bridges - Japanese Contemporary Lacquerware Exhibition," Japan Society Gallery, New York, and Denver Art Museum, Denver
Solo exhibition, Akasaka Green Gallery

1997

Judge, 44th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Solo exhibition, Seibu Takanawakai, Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka
Solo exhibition, Seibu Takanawakai, Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa

1998

Specially requested to submit to 45th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Solo exhibition, Ikebukuro Seibu Department Store Art Forum, Tokyo
Judge, 16th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works
Solo exhibition, Umegaoka Art Center, Setagaya Ward, Tokyo
Submitted to "Shitsurin Exhibition," Kanazawa Station Gallery

1999

Judge, 46th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Invited to submit to "Exhibition of Arts and Crafts:Creators of Ishikawa" in Biennale Ishikawa Autumn Art Festival
Solo exhibition, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store art gallery, Tokyo

2000

Invited to submit to Japanese Contemporary Urushi Art Exhibition, Holland
Participated in 6th Ishikawa Cultural Wings "Traditional Arts and Crafts of Ishikawa:Beijing Exhibition"
Specially requested to submit to 47th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition

2001

Solo exhibition, Gallery KOZOOM, Suginami Ward, Tokyo
Specially requested to submit to 48th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Solo exhibition, Maruei Department Store, Nagoya

2003

Solo exhibition, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi special selection art gallery, Tokyo

2005

Solo exhibition, Sogo Shinsaibashi main store art gallery

2006

Acknowledged as a holder of important intangible cultural property (urushi art)

2007

Submitted to 54th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition as the holder of important intangible cultural property / Entry:"Rantai Moriki" purchased by MOA Museum of Art
Important intangible cultural property holder and judge, 25th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works / Entry:Wickerwork container
Solo exhibition, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store art gallery, Tokyo (100th Anniversary of Takashimaya Art Department)

2008

Solo exhibition, Osaka Takashimaya Department Store art gallery
55th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition / Entry:Wickerwork stacked boxes, Important intangible cultural property holder
Important intangible cultural property holder and judge, 26th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works / Entry:Wickerwork tray

2009

Solo exhibition, Nihonbashi Yodo Art Gallery, Tokyo, from May 27 to Jun 2
Solo exhibition, Yokohama Sogo Department Store art gallery, from October 20 to 26

1986

Received the President of NHK Prize for the entry
"Magewazukuri Rantai Jikirou" at the 33rd Japan Traditional
Art Crafts Exhibition

1987

Received the Incentive Award at the 28th Ishikawa Traditional
Art Crafts Exhibition

1988

Entered the 44th Ishikawa Contemporary Art Exhibition
(Received the Hokkoku Award in 1990, and the Grand Prize in 1992)

1989

Received the Incentive Award at the 30th Ishikawa Traditional
Art Crafts Exhibition
Received the President of NHK Prize for the entry "Ajiro-shimamon
Kasanebako" at the 36th Japan Traditiona
l Art Crafts Exhibition, which was later purchased by the Agency
for Cultural Affairs

1999

Received the Hokkoku Culture Award

2002

Received the Japan Kogei Association
"Important Intangible Cultural Asset" Holder's Prize for the entry "
Magewazukuri Rantaiban, Reimei"
at the 49th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition,
which was later purchased by the Agency for Cultural Affairs

2004

Received the Mokichi Okada Grand Prize

2006

Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon