Hiroyuki Yamamoto

Style

There are mainly two different bamboo craft techniques. One is weaving thinly whittled bamboo sticks, and the other is assembling carved bamboo parts. As I like weaving, I have been using weaving techniques, especially the wickerwork weaving, for my artwork. I would like to use the assembling techniques together with the weaving techniques in my future creations to produce different variations.

Biography

• 1961
  Born in Ryujin Village, Hidaka County (current Tanabe City), Wakayama Prefecture
• 2002
  Joined the bamboo craft class at the culture salon in Kintetsu Department Store, Nara (Instructor: Takashi Ueno, Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association)
• 2008
  Selected for the 37th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (submitted for the first time)
• 2009
  Selected for the 38th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2011
  Selected for the 40th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Selected several times from this year onward
• 2013
  Selected for the competition at the "Emerging Bamboo" Exhibition sponsored by TAI Gallery (New Mexico, USA)
• 2018
  Selected for the 65th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2020
  Selected for the 67th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2021
  Selected for the 68th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association

Awards

• 2009
  Received the New Artist Award at the 56th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (submitted for the first time)