Hisaya Tsukiji

• Category
  Lacquerware
• Techniques
  Dry lacquer, Eggshell inlay, Lacquering
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Japan Association for Urushi Cultural Heritage

Style

I always have a reverence for the forms in nature and try to express this in my artwork. I make forms using curved lines and surfaces that exist in nature, and shape it so that it becomes even more beautiful when finished as a lacquerware piece.

Biography

• 1980
  Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Crafts
• 1981
  Selected for the 21st East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, selected several times from this year onward
• 1982
  Completed the Master’s Degree in Urushi-Art at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
  Part-time assistant at the Basic Crafts Course in the Faculty of Fine Arts in the Tokyo University of the Arts (- 1984)
  Selected for the 29th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, selected several times from this year onward
• 1985
  Solo Exhibition at Gendaikougei Fujinoya (Tochigi)
• 1986
  Selected for the 3rd Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1989
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 1990
  Evaluator and Judge at the 30th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1991
  Kingfisher maki-e tea container submitted to the 31st East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition purchased by the Imperial Household Agency
  Solo Exhibition at Gendaikougei Fujinoya (Tochigi)
• 1992
  Worked at the Educational Affairs Department at the Ishikawa Prefectural Institute of Wajima Lacquer Arts (- 2006)
  Selected for the 33rd Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, selected several times from this year onward
• 2006
  Moves activity base to Ashigara, Kanagawa
• 2010
  Evaluator at the 50th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2011
  The 1st Tsukiji Hisaya Lacquer Art Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
  Evaluator at the 29th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2013
  "From Crafts to Kōgei In Commemoration of the 60th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition" at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
• 2015
  Tsukiji Hisaya, Nakajo Iori Lacquer Art Exhibition at Gallery Tanaka
  Evaluator at the 55th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2017
  The 1st Tsukiji Hisaya, Nakajo Iori Lacquer Art Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
  Evaluator at the 64th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2018
  Evaluator at the 65th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  "URUSHI Tradition and Innovation" Exhibition
• Currently Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association

Awards

• 1985
  Japan Kogei Association Tokyo Branch Award for the Kanshitsu Flower Shaped Tray, 25th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1987
  Incentive Award for the Kanshitsu Four-petaled Flower Bowl, 27th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1995
  Hokkoku Shimbun Award for the Kanshitsu Box "Water Surface", 36th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1999
  Japan Kōgei Association Award for the Kanshitsu Bowl, 16th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2003
  Asahi Shimbun Award for the Kanshitsu Tamenuri Wave Patterned Tray, 20th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Prince Takamatsu Memorial Award for the Kanshitsu with Red Urushi Covered Vessel, 50th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2005
  Japan Kōgei Association Award for the Kanshitsu Bowl "Space", 46th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2007
  Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education Award for the Kanshitsu Two-tiered Box with Red Urushi, 24th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2011
  Mitsukoshi Award for the Kanshitsu Plum Blossom Shaped Plate, 51st East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2012
  Japan Kōgei Association Incentive Award for the Kanshitsu Covered Vessel with Red Urushi "As Time Goes By", 59th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2013
  Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition 30th Anniversary Award for the Kanshitsu Flower Shaped Bowl with Red Urushi, 30th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2016
  Japan Kōgei Association Incentive Award for the Kanshitsu Covered Food Vessel "Two Petals", 63rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2018
  Kawatoku Award for the Kanshitsu Red Iron Oxide Colored Two-tiered Box, 58th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Kawatoku Award, 58th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2020
  Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Crafts Center Award for the Kanshitsu Tamenuri Chrysanthemum Shaped Covered Vessel, 37th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Honorable Mention Award for the Red Iron Oxide Colored Two-tiered Box, 28th Tableware Grand Prix
  Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Crafts Center Incentive Award, 37th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Public Collections

• Wajima Museum of Urushi Art

Official Site / Social Media etc.

• Instagram