Yoko Shiotsu

• Category
  Lacquerware
• Techniques
  Kinma, Dry lacquer
• Born
  1947 -
• Based in
  Okayama
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Judge at the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition

Style

Producing artwork using a technique called "painted kinma". Painted kinma is a technique where patterns are drawn on the black lacquered vessel with red lacquer using a makie brush. Transparent Bitchu urushi is applied, and the vessel is polished to bring out the pattern. I make most of my artwork using dry lacquer.

Biography

• 1947
  Born in Soja City, Okayama Prefecture
• 1977
  Studied under wood carver Gyokudo Shiotsu
• 1980
  Selected for the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition for the first time
• 1982
  Studied under lacquer artist Matsuta Yamaguchi, Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture
• 1989
  First solo exhibition in Soja City
  Selected for the Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
• 1992
  Selected for the Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
• 1993
  Commissioned by the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 1998
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 2000
  Invited to submit to the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 2002
  Solo exhibition in Ginza, Tokyo
• 2006
  Started the Soja Lacquer Art Workshop
• 2011
  Solo exhibition at Tenmaya Kurashiki Store
• 2014
  Judge at the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition

Awards

• 1988
  Received the Okayama Prefectural Board of Education Manager Award at the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 1989
  Received the Okayama Prefectural Board of Education Manager Award at the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 1990
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Chūgoku Branch Manager Award at the Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1992
  Received the Hiroshima Governor Award at the Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the Okayama Prefectural Board of Education Manager Award at the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 1999
  Received the Sanyo Shimbun Grand Award at the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 2002
  Received the Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Award Cultural Section, Cultural Incentive Award
• 2007
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the TV Setouchi Award at the Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2009
  Received the Hayashibara Mutual Benefit Association Chairman Award at the Bitchu Urushi Exhibition
• 2010
  Received the Okayama Governor Award at the Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2011
  Received the 53rd Okayama Cultural Encouragement Award
• 2012
  Received the 13th Fukutake Cultural Encouragement Award
• 2016
  Received the 49th Kaneshige Toyo Award
• 2019
  Received the Sanyo Shimbun Cultural Merit Award
• 2020
  Received the Okayama Prefecture Cultural Award