Minako Ito

  • Lacquerware
  • Awarded once at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range $1,000 - 16,000
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  • Category
    Lacquerware
  • Techniques
    Maki-e, Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden), Dry lacquer
  • Membership
    Associate member, Japan Kogei Association
    Japan Cultural Property Lacquer Association
    Research / Teaching Assistant at Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Crafts
Minako Ito

Style

I create my pieces based on the concept, "Borderless Lacquer Art" so that they can by used both in a Japanese or Western scene and match our modern life style. From 2021, I have also been working on two-dimensional artwork based on the themes "environmental issues" and "human rights".

Biography

  • 2012
    Graduated from the Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center, Special Training Course
  • 2014
    Graduated from Kyoto University of the Arts, Art Course
  • 2016
    Completed the Master's Degree in the Urushi Art Course at Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts
  • Research / Teaching Assistant at Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Crafts, Lacquerware Laboratory from 2020

Awards

  • 2013
    Received the Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition New Artist Award at the 65th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

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