Kayo Takahashi

1967 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Price Range $1,000 - 18,000
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 7

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    • Category
      Lacquerware
    • Techniques
      Zonsei, Kinma, Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden), Dry lacquer, Lacquered bamboo
    • Born
      1967 -
    • Based in
      Shimane
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
      Japan Association for Urushi Cultural Heritage
    Kayo Takahashi

    About the Artist

    Expressing the Freshness of Plants with Colored Lacquer

    Kayo Takahashi is a lacquer artist that expresses the freshness and liveliness of plants full of vitality with traditional techniques such as kinma and zonsei. After graduating from Kagawa University, Takahashi met Hitoshi Ota who later became Living National Treasure, and studied under him. Kinma is a technique where patterns are carved in the vessel of which layers of lacquer are applied, colored lacuer is applied on the carved patterns, and the surface is polished. Zonsei is engraving the outline of the patterns and adding hairline engraving. These techniques are combined with other techniques such as mother-of-pearl inlay to make the plants look three dimensional and blend into the background. In 2023, she received the Excellence Award / Japan Kōgei Association Award at the Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition that has a history of more than 60 years, and her artwork is gaining a high reputation.

    Style

    Making pieces using kinma and zonsei, which are techniques where layers of lacquer are applied, patterns are carved with a knife, filled with color lacquer, and finally polished. Mainly using plants for the designs, expressing them with delicate lines and color lacquer.

    Biography

    • 1989
      Graduated from Kagawa University, Faculty of Education (Lacquerware major)
    • 1993
      Completed course at Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute
    • 2000
      Studied under Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property for "Kinma", Hitoshi Ohta
    • 2003
      Becomes the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Emerging Artist Domestic Trainee
    • 2004
      Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
    • 2014
      Japan-Myanmar Exhibition at Bagan Lacquerware Technology College, Myanmar
    • 2016
      Asian Lacquer Exhibition at Chiang Mai University Art Center, Thailand
      Asian Lacquer Exhibition at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam
    • 2018
      Asian Lacquer Exhibition at Siem Reap, Cambodia
    • 2019
      Female Lacquer Artists of China, Japan and South Korea Exhibition at Fujiansheng Haixia Minjian Art Museum, China
    • 2022
      "Urushi Forms and Hope - Lacquer Art in Southeast Asia - " Exhibition at The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts

    Awards

    • 2006
      Recieved the Shimane Governor Award at the 49th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2007
      Received the Masami Isoi Award at the Masami Isoi Award Exhibition
    • 2011
      Recieved the Okayama Mayor Award at the 54th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2012
      Recieved the Okayama Mayor Award at the 55th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2013
      Recieved the Incentive Award at the 56th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2015
      Received the Incentive Award, Traditional Crafts of Kumamoto Prefecture Award at the 32nd Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2017
      Received the Shimane Governor Award at the Japan Kōgei Association Chūgoku Branch 60th Anniversary Exhibition
    • 2023
      Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the 66th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

    Public Collections

    • Kyuman Museum of Art (Kagawa)

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