Haruko Uehara

• Category
  Textiles
• Techniques
  Tsumugi silk
• Born
  1948 -
• Based in
  Kyoto
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Member of the Kyoto Kogei Association

Style

There are many wonderful kimonos in Japan that express the beautiful changes of the seasons and the various colors in nature in their designs. As I want to make such kimonos myself, I try to weave the impressions and feelings of being touched by the people who I meet and what I experience through my journeys in my textiles.

Biography

• Born in Kyoto
• 1983
  Selected for the 38th Shinsho Kogei Exhibition for the first time (Kyoto City Museum of Art / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
  Submitted every year from this year until 2003
• 1984
  Graduated from Nihon Senshoku Gakuen, a textiles vocational school in Kyoto
• 1989
  Recommended as a member of Shinsho Kogei Association (becomes member in 1992)
• 1990
  First Solo Exhibition at the Kumagai Morikazu Art Museum "Gallery Kaya"
  Holds solo exhibitions in Kyoto, Ginza and Nara every 2 years from this year onward
• 1991
  Selected for the first time for the 20th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected every year from this year onward)
  Selected for the 43rd Kyo Exhibition
  Submitted to the Shinsho Kogei Association Okinawa Exhibition (1997)
• 1992
  Selected for the Kyo '92 "Ryouiki ....Sen" Exhibition
  Selected for the '92 Kyoto Crafts Biennale (selected every time from this year onward)
  Selected for the 29th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Submitted to the 1st Shoyukai Exhibition at Tomimoto Kenkichi Kinenkan (submitted every year until 2003)
  Selected for the 12th All Japan Dyed Textiles Exhibition sponsored by the Silk Museum
• 1993
  Selected for the Art Festival Kyo "Exchange Among Different Fields" Division
  Selected for the 22nd Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Selected for the '93 Kyoto Art Selection Exhibition at Kyoto City Museum of Art
  Solo Exhibition at Yamaha Gallery (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka)
• 1994
  Submitted to the 18th Kyoto Kogei Association Exhibition (submitted every year from this year onward)
• 1996
  Selected for the '96 Arts and Crafts of Kyoto Exhibition (submitted until 1999)
• 1998
  Solo Exhibition at Ginza Fujiya Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo)
  Selected for the first time for the 45th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected several times from this year onward)
  Become Associate Member of the Japan Kogei Association
• 1999
  Selected for the 10th "Ryouiki ....Sen" Exhibition
• 2000
  Textiles Two-Person Exhibition (with Noriko Miyashita) at the Kimono Museum
  Wrote an article for monthly magazine "Senshoku Alpha" October Edition
• 2001
  Selected for the Traditional Crafts of Kyoto Exhibition in Edinburgh (UK)
  Selected for the "Kimonos of Taisho, Showa, and Heisei" Exhibition
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association
• 2002
  Solo Exhibition at Gallery Sugiura
• 2006
  Solo Exhibition at Todaiji, Nigatsu-dō
• 2015
  Submitted to "Celebrating 400 Years of Rimpa, Exhibition of 200 Contemporary Artists in Kyoto" Exhibition (Exhibition held at Nihombashi Takashimaya in 2016)
  Dedicated Kakuobi (stiff sash for men) "Ichimatsu Zukushi" to Kamo Wakeikazuchi Jinja Shrine (Kyoto) for the 42nd Shikinen Sengu (construction of new shrine)
  Learned egasuri (weaving pictorial patterns using techniques to weave splash patterns) from Living National Treasure Sonoko at the Important Intangible Cultural Property Successors Training Course in 2015 and 2016
• 2016
  70th Anniversary Exhibition of the Kyoto Kogei Association: Creating Kogei Beauty
• 2017
  Took part in the restoration of silk tapestry carpet woven in Iran in the 16th – 17th century and caftan made in central Asia in the 8th century, both owned by Miho Museum (until 2020)
• 2021
  75th Anniversary Exhibition of the Kyoto Kogei Association
  Selected for the Kyoto Kogei Association @ Tokyo Exhibition

Awards

• 1989
  Received the "Kaiyu Award" at the 44th Shinsho Kogei Exhibition
• 1990
  Received the "Shinsho Award" at the 45th Shinsho Kogei Exhibition
• 1996
  Received the Incentive Award at the 25th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (Kyoto City Museum of Art)
  Received the Nikkei Inc. Award at the 48th Kyo Exhibition
• 1997
  Received the Excellence Award at the '97 Arts and Crafts of Kyoto Exhibition (The Museum of Kyoto)
• 1998
  Received the Incentive Award at the 21st Kyoto Kogei Association Exhibition
• 2001
  Received the Kyoto Board of Education Manager Award at the 30th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation Award
• 2002
  Received the 25th Anniversary Award at the 25th Kyoto Kogei Association Exhibition
• 2005
  Received the Kyoto Governor Award at the 28th Kyoto Kogei Association Exhibition
• 2006
  Received the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award at the 40th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2014
  Received the Nikkei Inc Award at the 48th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2018
  Received the MEXT Award at the 52nd Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Official Site / Social Media etc.

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