Artist Profile
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Kana Hirato
Career
- 1984
- Born in Ibaraki
- 2008
- Completed Cast Metal Course, Kanazawa College of Art
- 2009
- Assistant of Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa, Japan until 2013
- 2017
- Part-time lecturer at Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa, Japan until 2021
Awards Received
- 2007
- Awarded Incentive Prize at the 4th Sano Renaissance Metal Casting Exhibition
- 2009
- Selected, Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition
- 2009
- Grand Prize at the 5th Sano Renaissance Metal Casting Exhibition
- 2014
- Selected, 4th Sculpture Competition, Japan Art Center, Kobe, Japan.
- 2015
- Selected, 12th Oita Asian Sculpture Competition (Asakura Fumio Memorial Museum, Oita)
- 2018
- Selected, Itami International Craft Exhibition, Sake Vessels and Sake Cup Trays
- 2019
- Received the Excellent Prize at the Craft Competition in Takaoka, the City of Crafts.
Exhibition
- 2011
- Craft Works in Toyama (Sapporo Art Park)
- 2012
- View of Imono (Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Exhibition Hall)
- 2013
- Origin - Trajectories of Young Craftsmen - (Takaoka City Museum of Art)
- 2013
- kougei's Metamorphosis (Kanazawa International Salon) K
- 2014
- Marktplatz VOL.7 "Tones of Metal" (Matsubaya Furniture Store, Nagano)
- 2019
- International Hokuriku Crafts Summit - The Future of Hokuriku Crafts - (Former Nakamura Residence, Toyama Prefecture)
- 2023
- Tableware Festival My Style Selection Yubiya - exhibited every year until 2023
- 2020
- Craft Fair Matsumoto Online Project claftdays
- 2020
- Exhibition at Maruhachi Tea House syn in Toyama Station
- 2021
- Takaramono Exhibition (Kobe B I O M E)
- 2021
- International Craft Award Toyama (Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art)
- 2021
- Inochi no katachi solo exhibition at musse, Kanazawa, Japan
- 2021
- Izumiya Biennale - "Hibiki Au Shou" (Izumiya Museum, Kyoto, Japan)
- 2022
- Kana Hirato solo exhibition at Gallery Nishikawa, Kyoto.
- 2023
- Craft Collaboration 1+1 Project（Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art/Toyama)