Yuji Okado

1961 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Price Range $2,500 - 21,000
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 6

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    • Category
      Lacquerware
    • Techniques
      Maki-e, Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden), Dry lacquer
    • Born
      1961 -
    • Based in
      Ishikawa
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
      Manager of the Japan Kōgei Association Lacquerware Department
      Executive Director of the Japan Kōgei Association, Ishikawa Branch
      Assistant lecturer at Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center
      Member of the Wajima Lacquerware Techniques Preservation Society
    Yuji Okado

    Style

    I use motifs of natural scenery that I've seen in the mountains or by the sea which I have been moved by for my designs. I create my artwork with makie techniques as well as my original ideas, using raden (mother-of-pearl), gold and silver powder, and other various material.

    Biography

    • 1961
      Born in Wajima CIty.
    • 1980
      Studied under makie artist Tetsugoro Suzutani (– 1985)
    • 1985
      Studied under lacquerware artist Noriaki Okado (– 1986)
    • 1990
      Studied at Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center (– 1993)
    • 1991
      Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 39th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 26 times from this year onward)
    • 2000
      Submitted to the "Traditional Arts and Crafts of Ishikawa Japan, Beijing Exhibition" at the National Art Museum of China
    • 2006
      Assistant lecturer at Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center (up to now)
    • 2018
      Evaluator and judge for the initial screening at the 65th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      Evaluator for the initial screening at the 59th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      Submitted to the Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition 35th Anniversary "URUSHI Tradition and Innovation"
    • 2021
      Evaluator for the 38th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

    Awards

    • 2009
      Received the Hokkoku Shimbun President Award at the 50th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2013
      Received the Incentive Award / Wajima Museum of Urushi Art Award at the 30th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2014
      Received the MEXT Award at the 61st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2017
      Received the Japan Kogei Association Incentive Award at the 64th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2020
      Received the Incentive Award / Wajima Museum of Urushi Art Award at the 37th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2022
      Received the Incentive Award / Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Crafts Center Award at the 39th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

    Public Collections

    • National Crafts Museum
    • Wajima Museum of Urushi Art

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