Hafu Matsumoto
- Wood and Bamboo
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Price Range
$6,000 - 35,000
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close - Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 3
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- CategoryWood and Bamboo
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TechniquesPlaited bamboo
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Born1952 -
- Based inChiba
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MembershipFull member, Japan Kogei Association
Biography
- 1952Born in Haneda, Tokyo
- 1972Studied bamboo art under IIZUKA Shokansai (Living National Treasure)
- 1976Opened a bamboo craft studio in Sunamachi, Koto Ward, Tokyo
- 1988Relocated studio to Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture
- 1996July to August: Group exhibition of bamboo art at Felissimo Design House, New York
- 2001Solo exhibition at Daimaru Department Store, Tokyo
- 2003Solo exhibition and NHK broadcast from the Gangetsu-an Tea Room, Shiroyama Park, Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture
- 2004Solo exhibition at Ippodo Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo
- 2009Invited to exhibit for "The New Bamboo - Modern Japanese Masters-" at Oita Prefectural Art Museum
- 2011Exhibited, lectured on bamboo craft for "From Father Shokansai to the Apprentices" about Iizuka Shokansai in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture
- 2012Selected for "Exhibition of Tea Ceremony Today- Utility and Form", at Musée Tomo, Toranomon, Tokyo
- 2013Exhibited in "The birth of modern bamboo art" at the Tochigi Kuranomachi Museum of Art
Relocated to Minamiboso City, Chiba Prefecture - 2017Solo exhibition at Ippodo New York
- 2019Collaborated with LOEWE (Spanish fashion brand) to release bamboo products for Milan Fashion Week
About the Artist
Pursuing formative beauty by making the most of the characteristics of bamboo
Bamboo artist Hafu Matsumoto received attention for presenting a collaboration artwork with the Spanish fashion brand LOEWE in 2019. He studied under Living National Treasure Shokansai Iizuka, and is pursuing formative beauty that can only be made with bamboo. He makes a wide variety of bamboo artwork from delicate ajiro weave (wickerwork) pieces to those wilth bold designs using a large piece of stretched out bamboo wood, and has received many awards including the Japan Kōgei Association Chairman Award. He is currently creating new bamboo artworks in his workshop in Minami Boso, Chiba.
Awards
- 2004Received the "Cotsen Bamboo Prize" Semi Grand Prix, exhibited at Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
- 2007Received the Best New Artist Prize at the 54th Japan Kogei Exhibition
- 2008Received the Highest Prize "Tokyo Governor Prize" at the 48th Eastern Branch Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
- 2014Received the Chairman of the Japan Kogei Association Prize at the 61st Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition