Masato Ichikawa
- Wood and Bamboo
- 1951 -
Producing mainly wood joinery items. I produce my artwork to make the most of the beauty of wood. Recently, I am not only focusing on wood grain and wooden features but also on colors. I am trying to add colors to the mainly brown woodwork by adding marquetry inlays of different colors.
| Membership | Full member, Japan Kogei Association Full member, Japan Sencha Kōgei Association Full member, Japan Association for Urushi Cultural Heritage |
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- 1951 Born in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture (Current Sakuho Town)
- 1975 Graduated from Shizuoka University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering
- 1976 Hired as a teacher in Kyoto to teach woodwork at a special needs school
- 1983 Established studio at home, and started teaching himself joinery
- 1985 Selected for the Kyoto Kōgei Art Exhibition
- 1987 Entered the Kenkichi Kuroda Woodworking School and studied hollow work and wiped urushi techniques
- 1992 Selected for the Kyoto Kogei Biennale
- 1999 Established studio in Sumiyama, Uji City
- 2004 3-men exhibition at Lucite Gallery, Tokyo
- 2006 Selected for the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2008 Resigned from teaching in order to devote himself to woodwork
- 2011 Studied kyushitsu under lacquerware artist Yuji Iwabuchi
Selected for the Wood and Bamboo Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time - 2012 2-men exhibition at Lucite Gallery, Tokyo
Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time, selected consecutively from this year onward - 2013 Sadahide Chiyozuru and Masato Ichikawa 2-men Exhibition in Kyoto
- 2015 Becomes Full Member of the Japan Sencha Kōgei Association
- 2022 Evaluator at the 51st Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Solo exhibition at Kyoto Station Porta Gallery "Hana"
- 2012Received the Grand Prix at the 1st Bowls Exhibition "The Bowls 2012"
- 2013Received the Japan Kogei Association Kinki Branch Manager’s Award at the 42nd Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Received the Kyoto Shimbun Award at the 27th Japan Sencha Kōgei Exhibition - 2014Received the Japan Kōgei Association New Artist Award at the 61th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Received the MEXT Award at the 28th Japan Sencha Kōgei Exhibition - 2016Received the Kyoto Governor Award at the 30th Japan Sencha Kōgei Exhibition
- 2020Received the All Japan Senchado Federation Award at the 34th Japan Sencha Kōgei Exhibition
- 2021Received the Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education Manager Award at the 50th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Received the Asahi Shimbun Award at the 18th Wood and Bamboo Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Received the All Japan Senchado Federation Award at the 35th Japan Sencha Kōgei Exhibition - 2022Received the Japan Sencha Kōgei Association Award at the 36th Japan Sencha Kōgei Exhibition
- 2023Received the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education Award at the 19th Wood and Bamboo Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Received the Kyoto Governor Award at the 37th Japan Sencha Kōgei Exhibition - 2024Received the MEXT Award at the 38th Japan Sencha Kōgei Exhibition
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$ 2,000 - 8,000
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