Eishi Shimizu

• Category
  Lacquerware
• Techniques
  Maki-e, Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden), Eggshell inlay, Metal sheet inlay, Kawarinuri, Silver hyomon
• Born
  1958 -
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Manager of the Japan Kōgei Association Ishikawa Branch
  Committee Member of the Ishikawa Prefectural Artistic And Cultural Association
  Deliberative Member of the Kanazawa Craft Council

Style

Producing artwork using unique makie techniques and material, and expressing the four seasons in Japan by using motifs of nature for the designs.

Biography

• 1958
  Born in Osaka
• 1981
  Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art, Design Major
  Studied under Living National Treasure Shogyo Oba
• 1987
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 1989
  First solo exhibition at Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture
• 1990
  Submitted to the The International Garden and Greenery Exposition '90, Government Pavilion
• 1993
  Submitted to the Taipei International Exhibition of Traditional Arts & Crafts
• 1996
  Part-time lecturer at Kanazawa College of Art (up to 2010)
• 2000
  Submitted to Ishikawa Traditional Arts & Crafts Exhibition in Beijing
  Specially invited to submit to the Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2004
  Judge at the 60th Contemporary Arts Exhibition in Ishikawa
  Evaluator at the 45th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2007
  Trainee at the Important Intangible Cultural Property "Raden (mother-of-pearl inlay)" successors training course by Living National Treasure Shosai Kitamura
• 2008
  Evaluator at the 49th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2009
  "The Current State of Kanazawa Crafts" Exhibition at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
• 2011
  Judge for the 67th Kanazawa Craft Exhibition
  Judge for the Contemporary Arts Exhibition in Ishikawa
  Solo Exhibition at Gallery comfrey
• 2012
  Kanazawa – Tainan Craft Exchange Exhibition
• 2013
  Kogei World Competition in Kanazawa 2013 "Space for Tea Time"
• 2015
  Took part in the production of artwork for the Shinkansen waiting room at Kanazawa Station
• 2016
  Took part in the restoration of the pillars at Zentokuji in Johana, Toyama and applied gold leaf
• 2017
  Submitted to the Ishikawa International Urushi Exhibition 50th Anniversary "Kanazawa Urushi Art Compare" at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
• 2019
  Submitted to "Kira Kira Urushi World" at Kanazawa Nakamura Memorial Museum

Awards

• 1981
  Received the Japan urushi Association Incentive Award for graduation work
• 1988
  Received the Grand Award at the Contemporary Arts Exhibition in Ishikawa
  Received the Incentive Award at the Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1989
  Received the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education Award at the 6th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the Design Center Chairman Award at the Kanazawa Urushi Ware Association Exhibition
  Received the Hokuriku Broadcasting President Award at the Kanazawa City Craft Exhibition
  Received the Incentive Award at the Contemporary Arts Exhibition in Ishikawa
• 1999
  Received the Prefecture Governor Award at the 40th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2000
  Received the Incentive Award at the Kanazawa Craft Exhibition (6 times from this year onward)
• 2001
  Received the Art Cultural Grand Award at the Contemporary Arts Exhibition in Ishikawa
• 2003
  Received the Ishikawa Traditional Industry Promotion Council Chairman Award at the Kanazawa City Craft Exhibition
• 2009
  Received the Ishikawa Prefectural Artistic And Cultural Association Chairman Award at the Kenrokuen Grand Tea Ceremony Craft Exhibition
• 2015
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the 56th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Public Collections

• Kanazawa Nakamura Memorial Museum