Hiromine Nakamura

About the Artist

Expressing a moment of a story in his artwork

Hiromine Nakamura is a doll artist who recieved the Asahi Shimbun Award at the 70th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition. Born and raised in a doll artisan family as the fourth generation, he studied under his father Shinkyo Nakamura. While following the tradition of Hakata dolls, he is highly evaluated for his modern style dolls such as his "athlete series" where he uses baseball players etc. for his motifs. By looking at the facial expressions and movement of the dolls, we can imagine the whole story behind the artwork.

Biography

• 1986
  Born in Fukuoka Prefecture
• 2009
  Graduated from the Department of Sculpture in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Tokyo University of the Arts
• 2010
  Selected for the Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition
• 2011
  Completed the Master’s Degree at the Tokyo University of the Arts
  Studied under his father, doll artist NAKAMURA Shinkyo
• 2014
  Selected for the 27th Japanese Traditional Dolls Exhibition for the first time

Awards

• 2006
  Received the Grand Prize at the 1st Tokyo University of the Arts Art Plaza Awards
• 2007
  Received the Runner-up Prize at the 2nd Tokyo University of the Arts Art Plaza Awards
• 2008
  Received the Grand Prize at the 3rd Tokyo University of the Arts Art Plaza Awards
• 2009
  Awarded at the Mitsubishi Estate Awards
  Received the Jury’s Award at the 1st Art Center Sculpture Competition
• 2013
  Selected for the 60th Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition for the first time, and received the Best New Artist Award
• 2014
  Selected for the 49th West Japan Arts and Crafts Exhibition for the first time, and received the Japan Kogei Association Award
• 2019
  Japan Kōgei Association Award, 54th West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2021
  Japan Kōgei Association Award, 55th West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2026
  Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (QAB) Award, 60th West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition