Artist Profile
metal
Koji Hatakeyama
Career
- 1956
- Born in Takaoka, Japan. Based in Takaoka JAPAN.
- 1980
- Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art,Department of Metalwork
- 1985
- Established a workshop
- 2017
- Professor at Kanazawa College of Art
- currently metal artist： “I create contained vessels, I try to convey the sense that something is concealed or hidden within. I try to provoke a sense of the spiritual world in my bronze boxes. The patterns and facets I create on the outside are a direct response to the landscape, real or imagined. I find that using gold or silver leaf within the interiors, there is a sense of enlightenment when opening the lid, my intention is to enter a different world, a different place. This place has no darkness. My sense of beauty is veiled in bronze.” Koji Hatakeyama
Awards Received
- 2001
- Received the 11th Takashimaya Art Award,Takashimaya Cultural Foundation
- 2007
- Grand prix Sano Renaissance
- 2012
- Received the MOA Museum Art Award
Exhibition
- 1990
- 【Selected solo exhibitions】
- 1990
- Maronie Gallery,Kyoto
- 1991
- Matsuya Gallery,Tokyo(’89)
- 1998
- Galerie Pousse, Tokyo Living Design Center Ozone,Tokyo
- 1999
- Gallery Naufu, Gifu
- 2000
- Miharudo Gallery,Tokyo
- 2000
- Gallery Planet , Nagoya
- 2003
- Gallery Sano, Shizuoka
- 2004
- Seikado Gallery, Kyoto
- 2005
- Takashimaya, Tokyo.Kyoto and Osaka Nanohana, Odawara(’01)
- 2006
- Gallery Kai, Tokyo Kogen, Nagoya(’03,’01) Arai Atelier Gallery,Tokyo(’03,’01)
- 2007
- Gallery Now, Toyama (’04,’02,’00,’95,’91) Gallery Totaku, Nagoya
- 2008
- Kandori, Tokyo (’06,’04,’02)
- 2011
- Gallery Nishikawa, Kyoto(’07,’05,’03,’01,’99)
- 2012
- Galerie Petit Bois, Osaka(’09,’04,’01) Gallery Totaku, Nagoya
- 2012
- Gallery Kochukyo, Tokyo(’07) Ippodo Gallery,Tokyo
- 2013
- Exhibition Space,Tokyo(’02,’10) Gallery Shibunkaku, Kyoto(’11)
- 2015
- Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK
- 2016
- Lesley Kehoe Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
- 2017
- Aso Bijutu, Tokyo(’14)
- 2018
- The Scottish Gallery,Edinburgh,UK (’09, ’11,’14)
- 2020
- Takashimaya Gallery X, Tokyo(’08, ’13,’16)
- 1988
- 【Selected group exhibitions】
- 1988
- "Jugend Gestaltet", Sonderschau der Internationalen Handwerksmesse ,Munich, Germany
- 1989
- “Salon Grand Public de l'Objet d'Art Contemporaine”,SAAF, Paris, France
- 1995
- "Japanese Studio Crafts",Victoria & Albert Museum,London,UK
- 1995
- "Guests of Japan", Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hanburg, Germany
- 1998
- "Contemporary Japanese Crafts",National museum,Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2000
- “Contemporary Japanese Crafts",The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, USA
- 2000
- "Utsuwa-Thoughts on Contemporary Vessels",The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
- 2001
- "Contemporary Japanese Crafts",National Museum,Lima,Peru
- 2001
- “Philadelphia Craft Show”,Convention Center,Philadelphia,USA
- 2002
- "A History of Japanese Modern Craft",The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
- 2002
- "Hands On",Philadelphia Museum of Art,Philadelphia,U.S.A.
- 2002
- "New Movements in Crafts I", Takashimaya, Tokyo, Kyoto
- 2003
- "Crafts Now - 21 Artists Each from America,Europe,and Asia", Kanazawa, Japan
- 2003
- "Twist in Japan",Musee des Beaux-arts de Nancy,France
- 2004
- "New Movements in Crafts II", Takashimaya, Yokohama,Osaka and Nagoya
- 2005
- “Alternative Paradise”,21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
- 2006
- “Japanese Crafts”, Galerie Besson, London,UK
- 2007
- “Japanese Sppleness”, Gjethuset, Frederiksvaerk, Denmark
- 2008
- “A Japanese Dialogue”,The Scottish Gallery,Edinburgh,UK
- 2008
- “Collect”,Victoria & Albert Museum,London,UK(’06,’07)
- 2009
- “Raising The Bar Influential Voices Metal”,Museum of Modern Art Middlesbrough, UK
- 2010
- “A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kogei”,The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
- 2011
- “SOFA NY”,Park Avenue Armory,New York,USA(’10)
- 2011
- “Hevy Metal”,Lesley Kehoe Galleries,Melbourne,Australia
- 2011
- “Utakata”,Galerie Rosemarie Jager, Hochheim, Germany
- 2012
- “New Footing”,The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
- 2012
- “Japan-The Land of Enchantment”,The Palazzo Pittie Museums, Firenze, Italy
- 2013
- “Contemporary KOGEI Styles in Japan”, Morikami Museum, Miami, USA
- 2013
- “Japanese Craft”, Erskine Hall & Coe, London, UK
- 2014
- “Collect”, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
- 2014
- “SOFA CHICAGO”,Navy Pier, Chicago, USA(’13)
- 2016
- “Craft Arts”, The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
- 2016
- “PAD”, London, UK
- 2017
- TRESOR / Musse Basel・Basel, Switzerland
- 2017
- “Koji Hatakeyama with Matthew Harris”, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK
- 2017
- “Face the Material”, Takashimaya Gallery,Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama
- 2018
- “Japon - Japonismes”, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
- 2019
- “Decoratuve Arts in Meiji and Heisei”, Museum of Modern Greek Culture, Athens, Greece
- 2019
- “COLLECT”, Saatchi Gallery,London,UK(’09 ~’18)
- 2019
- “Masterpiece”, London, UK(’16 ~’18)
- 2020
- “COLLECT”, Somerset House, London,UK
- 2020
- “Small Works, Great Artists”, Erskine Hall & Coe, London, UK(’19)
- 【Public Collections】 Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, UK Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum, Aberdeen, UK The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Pris, France Guimet Museum of Art, Paris, France National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia Museo de Arte Moderno, Bouenos Aires, Argentina Denmark Royal Family, Copenhagen, Denmark National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan The Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan Takaoka City Museum, Toyama, Japan Musee Tomo, Tokyo, Japan Rakusuite Museum, Toyama, Japan MOA Museum, Atami, Japan Shiseido Art House, Kakegawa, Japan Yakusiji, Nara, Japan MIHO Museum, Shiga, Japan