Yuji Okado
- Lacquerware
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Price Range
$2,000 - 21,000
Info
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close - Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 5
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- CategoryLacquerware
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TechniquesMaki-e, Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden), Dry lacquer
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Born1961 -
- Based inIshikawa
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MembershipFull 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
Biography
- 1961Born in Wajima CIty.
- 1980Studied under makie artist Tetsugoro Suzutani (– 1985)
- 1985Studied under lacquerware artist Noriaki Okado (– 1986)
- 1990Studied at Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center (– 1993)
- 1991Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 39th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 26 times from this year onward)
- 2000Submitted to the "Traditional Arts and Crafts of Ishikawa Japan, Beijing Exhibition" at the National Art Museum of China
- 2006Assistant lecturer at Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center (up to now)
- 2018Evaluator 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" - 2021Evaluator for the 38th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
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.
Awards
- 2009Received the Hokkoku Shimbun President Award at the 50th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2013Received the Incentive Award / Wajima Museum of Urushi Art Award at the 30th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2014Received the MEXT Award at the 61st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2017Received the Japan Kogei Association Incentive Award at the 64th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2020Received the Incentive Award / Wajima Museum of Urushi Art Award at the 37th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2022Received 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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