Ikki Moroike

• Category
  Lacquerware
• Techniques
  Maki-e
• Born
  1962 -
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Kanazawa Urushi Association
  Kaga City Art Association
  Yamanaka Lacquerware Makie Association

Style

I cherish the graceful beauty of Kaga makie, and while carrying on the tradition and techniques, I try to add new ideas and designs to my artwork.

Biography

• 1962
  Born in Yamanaka Onsen, Ishikawa Prefecture
• 1980
  Graduated from Ishikawa Prefectural Kaga High School
  Studied under Ikko Kiyose, Kaga Makie successor in Kanazawa City
• 1986
  Becomes independent in Bessho Town, Kaga City
  Submitted to the Kanazawa Lacquer Art Exhibition
  Submitted to the Japan Urushi Yamanaka Exhibition
  Among the selected artworks, 5 were selected as Kaga City's artwork for permanent preservation and 2 were selected as Yamanaka Town's artwork for permanent preservation
• 1988
  Selected for the Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
• 1989
  Selected for the Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time, selected consecutively from this year onward
• 1994
  Artwork submitted to the Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition purchased by the Imperial Household Agency
• 1996
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
• 1999
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association

Awards

• 1986
  Grand Award, Kanazawa Lacquer Art Exhibition, 4 times
  Grand Award, Japan Urushi Yamanaka Exhibition, 4 times
• 2015
  Incentive Award, 64th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition