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A brief career history

Exhibition

Workshop

Art works

Text about art

A brief career history

1982.11 Born in Japan
           live in various places in Japan
2001.03 Finished Chiba east high school Graduation
2002.04 Entered department of metal works (department of KOGEI) of TAMA ART UNIVERSITY
2006.03 Finished department of metal works of TAMA ART UNIVERSITY
2006.04 Entered the Master's Degree Course of TAMA ART UNIVERSITY
2006.03 Assistant of making "the echanism clock designed by GHIBLI" with metal artist KUNIO SHATIMARU
2006.04 Entered the Master's Degree Course of TAMA ART UNIVERSITY
2006.10 Assistant teacher at department of metal works of TAMA ART UNIVERSITY

An exhibition career / the work establishment

2003.11 Exhibition "RUTSUBO" (at Kogeito gallery)

2004.03 "NEKOMARU" is set up (OUR LADY KINDERGARTEN in Chiba)
2004.07 Exhibition "Mixed Media" (at Kogeito gallery)
2004.11 Exhibition"the metals"(at Kogeito gallery)

2005.03 Exhibition "Metal as the material" (at TENNOZU CENTRAL TOWER ART HOLL)
2005.11 Exhibition"the metals"(at Kogeito gallery)

2006.01 Exhibition "Department of Metal Works of TAMA art university"
          (TAKASHIMAYA ROOF gallery in Tokyo)
2006.03 Exhibition "Graduation works of Programs of Metal, Ceramic, and Glass of TAMA art university"(AOYAMA SPIRAL in Tokyo)
2006.03 Exhibition "Graduation and completion works of TAMA art university"
2006.04 Exhibition "Art land on 150mm x 150mm" (TAKASHIMAYA ROOF gallery in Tokyo)
2006.05 Exhibition "Metal works" (HASHIMOTO TOSUKE shop)
2006.06 Exhibition "Art land on 150mm x 150mm" (EARTH VISION gallery in KANAGAWA)
2006.08 Exhibition "Art in HAMURA vol.6" (YUTOROGI art museum in Tokyo)
2006.12 Exhibition"WATEN-Japanease"(NEZUMI-ANA,UTSUNOMIYA)

2007.01 Exhibition"vol.3 U35-500 artists works 2007"(Yokohama red brick warehouse,YOKOHAMA)
2007.03 Exhibition"What do they do by metals?"(Le deco gallery,SHIBUYA)
2007.03 "OZON craft market 2007"(Living Design Center OZONE,TOKYO)

Workshop

AKAI TARO2005.07 "The making of accessories by tin"
2006.07 "The making of accessories by tin"

"The department of metal works(=KOGEI) that vaguely and did not understand very well was majored in and several years passed.
However, the vague one came into view somehow recently. There is two kinds of artists of KOGEI(crafts).The person who makes form and the person who derives form."

Art Works

(steel + bolt)hPa vol.003 2007
(steel + bolt)hPa vol.002 2007
(steel + bolt)hPa vol.001 2007
hPa ver.2-vase for a flower- 2006
(nature + copper)hPa vol.0608 2006
(nature + copper)hPa vol.0607 2006
(nature + copper)hPa vol.0606 2006
(nature + copper)hPa vol.0605 2006
(nature + copper)hPa vol.0602 2006
(nature + copper)hPa vol.0601 2006
beaten copper becomes like ... 2006
"SHIBPRAZU2" 2006
The pile that cannot be resisted. And, it is vacant for that. 2005-2006
Copper stand 2005
Corpse of generation 2005
Pen stand 2005
"SHIBORAZU"-Forming by surface area adjustment- 2005
the formation of revolution vol.5 2005
the formation of revolution vol.4 2005
the formation of revolution vol.3 2005
the formation of revolution vol.2 2005
the formation of revolution vol.1 2005
"SHIBORI"-Forming by density condensation- 2004
HARIBOTE 2004
protect me from that I want 2004
a moment of changing 2003
Flower bowl 2003
Rock Rhino 2003
NEKOMARU 2003
The standing in white 2003

Text about art

Difference between the KOGEI concept and the craft concept-History of KOGEI concept approval-

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