Toyoshi Suzutani

• Category
  Lacquerware
• Techniques
  Maki-e, Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden)
• Born
  1962 -
• Based in
  Ishikawa
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Member of the Wajima Lacquerware Techniques Preservation Society
  Lecturer at the Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center

Style

Mainly producing makie lacquerware art. I try to make modern and creative artwork while using traditional patterns and techniques.

Biography

• 1962
  Born in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture
• 1986
  Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art, Department of Fine Art, Faculty of Japanese Painting
• 1991
  Graduated from Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center, Department of Makie
• Selected for the Northern Confectionery Vessel Exhibition
  Selected for the Tanko Tea Ceremony Exhibition
  Selected for the Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Selected for the Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Awarded as Person of Merit in Promoting Techniques of the Traditional Industry in Ishikawa Prefecture

Awards

• Received the Japan Urushi Association Chairman Award for graduation work at the Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center, Department of Makie
  Received the Gold Award at the Wajima Lacquerware Sample Exhibition
  Received the Prefectural Governor Award at the Kenrokuen Grand Tea Ceremony Craft Exhibition