Shinichi Kitamura
- Metalwork
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$9,000 - 30,000
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- CategoryMetalwork
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TechniquesLost-wax casting
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Born1945 -
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MembershipFull 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
- 1945Born in Tokyo
His father and grandfather were both metalwork artists - 1968Graduated from Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design
- 1971Submitted to and selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time, submitted every year from this year onward
- 1973Set up the 5 Metalworker Artists Exhibition, ”Fuigo no Kai (The Bellows Society)"
- 1975Become Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
- 1981Artwork purchased by the Crown Prince and Princess (current Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita)
Solo Exhibition at Akasaka Green Gallery - 1982Permanent exhibition at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo (Main Building 2F)
Solo Exhibition at Gallery Nakama (Yokohama, Kanagawa) - 1984Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kandori, Hotel New Otani Tokyo
- 1986Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kandori, Hotel New Otani Tokyo
- 1987Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
- 1989Produced stained glass for the hall of Matsumura Kindergarten, Shibuya Ward
Produced bronze door for Aizawa Museum
Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store - 1990Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kandori, Hotel New Otani Tokyo
- 1993Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kandori, Hotel New Otani Tokyo
- 1994Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
- 1996Solo Exhibition at Sapporo Mitsukoshi
Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store - 1997Invited to submit to Le JAPON à MONACO
Invited to submit to Kogei World Competition in Kanazawa
Solo Exhibition at Contemporary Kogei Yu Gallery - 1998Solo Exhibition at Onuma Department Store, Yamagata
Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store - 1999Solo Exhibition at Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe
Solo Exhibition at Tsuruya Department Store, Kumamoto - 2000Solo Exhibition at Wako Ginza
Solo Exhibition at Yokohama Takashimaya - 2001Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
- 2003Solo Exhibition at Onuma Department Store, Yamagata
- 2004Solo 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
- 2007Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
- 2010Produced 50th Anniversary Symposium:"What is Traditional Culture… "
- 2015Solo 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 - 2017Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kandori, Hotel New Otani Tokyo
Awards
- 1976Awarded at the Metal Casting Artists and Craftsperson Association of Japan 70th Anniversary Exhibition
- 1980Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the Metalwork Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition
- 1982Awarded at the Metal Casting Artists and Craftsperson Association Exhibition
- 1985Received the Incentive Award at the Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition
- 1986Received the Grand Award at the Metal Casting Artists and Craftsperson Association of Japan 80th Anniversary Exhibition
- 1990Received the Katori Award at the Metalwork Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2000Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the Metalwork Traditional Kōgei Exhibition