Shinichi Kitamura

• Category
  Metalwork
• Techniques
  Lost-wax casting
• Born
  1945 -
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Director of the Japan Kōgei Association
  Judge, Evaluator and Selection Commitee Member of the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Judge and Evaluator of the Metalworks Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Judge and Evaluator of the East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Director of the Japan Arts and Culture Academy

Biography

• 1945
  Born in Tokyo
  His father and grandfather were both metalwork artists
• 1968
  Graduated from Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design
• 1971
  Submitted to and selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time, submitted every year from this year onward
• 1973
  Set up the 5 Metalworker Artists Exhibition, ”Fuigo no Kai (The Bellows Society)"
• 1975
  Become Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 1981
  Artwork purchased by the Crown Prince and Princess (current Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita)
  Solo Exhibition at Akasaka Green Gallery
• 1982
  Permanent exhibition at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo (Main Building 2F)
  Solo Exhibition at Gallery Nakama (Yokohama, Kanagawa)
• 1984
  Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kandori, Hotel New Otani Tokyo
• 1986
  Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kandori, Hotel New Otani Tokyo
• 1987
  Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
• 1989
  Produced stained glass for the hall of Matsumura Kindergarten, Shibuya Ward
  Produced bronze door for Aizawa Museum
  Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
• 1990
  Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kandori, Hotel New Otani Tokyo
• 1993
  Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kandori, Hotel New Otani Tokyo
• 1994
  Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
• 1996
  Solo Exhibition at Sapporo Mitsukoshi
  Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
• 1997
  Invited to submit to Le JAPON à MONACO
  Invited to submit to Kogei World Competition in Kanazawa　
  Solo Exhibition at Contemporary Kogei Yu Gallery
• 1998
  Solo Exhibition at Onuma Department Store, Yamagata
  Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
• 1999
  Solo Exhibition at Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe
  Solo Exhibition at Tsuruya Department Store, Kumamoto
• 2000
  Solo Exhibition at Wako Ginza
  Solo Exhibition at Yokohama Takashimaya
• 2001
  Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
• 2003
  Solo Exhibition at Onuma Department Store, Yamagata
• 2004
  Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
  Submitted to the Contemporary Japanese Metalwork Exhibition (Copenhagen, Denmark)
• 2006
  "Glass Golf Putters Exhibition" at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
• 2007
  Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
• 2010
  Produced 50th Anniversary Symposium:"What is Traditional Culture… "
• 2015
  Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kandori, Hotel New Otani Tokyo
  Submitted to "Special Exhibition Commemorating the 300th Anniversary of Ogata Korin's Passing" at the MOA Museum of Art
  "Rakuchu Yu yu Metalwork Vessels Exhibition" at Toraya Kyoto Gallery
• 2017
  Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kandori, Hotel New Otani Tokyo

Awards

• 1976
  Awarded at the Metal Casting Artists and Craftsperson Association of Japan 70th Anniversary Exhibition
• 1980
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the Metalwork Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition
• 1982
  Awarded at the Metal Casting Artists and Craftsperson Association Exhibition
• 1985
  Received the Incentive Award at the Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition
• 1986
  Received the Grand Award at the Metal Casting Artists and Craftsperson Association of Japan 80th Anniversary Exhibition
• 1990
  Received the Katori Award at the Metalwork Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2000
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the Metalwork Traditional Kōgei Exhibition