Artist Profile

Haruhiko Kaneko

Individual clients, galleries and collections

2012 Kojiro Kawamura Collection
2012 Their Imperial Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan
2013 Shimonoseki City Art Museum
Ateliers d’Art de France Permanent Collection

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005 World Exposition, Nagoya (Japan)
2009 Gallery ESPACE IPSE (Tours, France)
2010 World Heritage Nikko Toshogu (Japan)
2011 Basler Kunst Tage (Switzerland)
Neu Kunstmarkt-Art-Zen (Switzerland)
Exhibition WABI-SABI (Paris, France)
Espace Evolution (Paris, France)
TBS Gallery, TBS TAKUMI FAIR (Tokyo, Japan)
2013 Gallery GRANADA (Tokyo, Japan)
Cool Japan (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan)
Exhibition WABI-SABI (U.S.A.)
Keio Plaza Hotel Lobby Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
Revelations: Fine Craft and Creation Fair (Paris, France)
Kanazawa—Origins of a Samurai Culture, Maison de Culture du Japon à Paris (France)
2014 Cool Japan (France)

Awards

2012 Awarded Master Craftsman of Excellence by the Governor of Okinawa

Solo Exhibitions

2011-2013 Maison & Objet CRAFT (France)
2013-2014 Gallery GK Ginza (Tokyo, Japan)
Tao Art Gallery (Shanghai, China)
2013 Revelations: Fine Craft and Creation Fair (Paris, France)
2014 Maison de Culture du Japon (Paris, France)
Galerie le Pre au 6 (Paris, France)
2014-2015 Consulate General of Japan in Maeseille ( Maeseille, France)

Masayo Kaneko / ceramic artist

Individual clients, galleries and collections

2012 The Imperial Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan
2014 Kojiro Kawamura Collection
Shimonoseki City Art Museumn

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011-2013 Maison & Objet CRAFT (Paris, France)
2012 Salon International du Patrimoine Culturel, Carrousel du Louvre
(Paris, France)
2013 Gallery GRANADA (Tokyo, Japan)
Cool Japan (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan)
Exhibition WABI-SABI (Santa Clara, CA, U.S.A.)
Keio Plaza Hotel Lobby Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
Revelations Fine Craft and Creation Fair (Paris, France)
2014 Maison de Culture du Japon (Paris, France)
Galerie le Pre au 6 (Paris, France)

Mitsuhiko TAKADA

Individual clients, galleries and collections

2000 Repair and restore ceramics using Kintsugi (golden joinery) technique for rare Wedgwood, commissioned by Daiwa department store (Kanazawa, Japan)
2006 Jewellery pieces created through the application of delicate maki-e decorative techniques onto amber. (The technique is new of its kind) commissioned by Forte Jewellery (Nagasaki, Japan)
2008 Decorated a Les Paul guitar with maki-e featuring flower and bird motifs, commissioned by Shigenobu Mochizuki (designer) and Yasuyuki Ise (Director, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation)
2010 Created makie- wall panels for installation of Komatsu Airport, commissioned by Hakuichi (Kanazawa, Japan)
2011 Commissioned to decorate microphones with maki-e to cerebrate fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of Audio –Technica.
2011 Commissioned to decorate the front panels of two of the only three Toyota 2000GT cars with nashiji (pear-skin) maki-e for display at the 2011 Tokyo Motor show
2012 Commissioned by Itaka to add stars to a celestial globe using maki-e. The finished item represents the first successful application of maki-e techniques anywhere in the world.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005 World Exposition (Nagoya , Japan)
2006 Japan Jewellery fair (Tokyo, Japan)
2013 Revelations: Fine Craft and Creation Fair (Paris, France)
Tao Art Gallery (Shanghai, China)
2014 Maison de Culture du Japon (Paris, France)
Galerie le Pre au 6 (Paris, France)

Awards

1995 Certified as a Traditional Craft Artist, Specialised in Maki-e, by Japanese government.
2010 The Entrepreneur of the year, Special July Prize
2012 Ishikawa Prefectural governor s Prize (Ishikawa, Japan)

Solo Exhibitions

2011 Shinjuku Keio Department store gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2011-2013 Maison & Objet CRAFT (Paris, France)

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