Living National Treasure Kunie Komori
- Lacquerware
- 1945 -
| Membership | Full member, Japan Kogei Association |
|---|---|
| Status | Living National Treasure (Important Intangible Cultural Property for Lacquer ) |
- 1945 Born in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture
- 1965 Started training under a chinkin* master
TARUMI Kosaku (*incised and gold-filled decoration) - 1968 Entered Chinkin Department, Wajima City Wajima
Lacquer Arts Training Institute (2nd graduation class, March 1971) - 1970 Independent and self-supporting
- 1975 Special student, Kyushitsu Department, Ishikawa
Prefectural Wajima Lacquer Arts
Training Institute (completed in March 1978)
Selected for 16th Ishikawa Traditional Art Exhibition;
selected every year to date
1977:Selected for 24th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition;
selected every year to date. Chosen for Urushi Work Technique Successor
Training Project undertaken by Japan Kogei Association and studied at the
home studio of the instructor AKAJI Yusai for 3 years - 1979 Participated in 1st Shikko-kai Exhibition; submitted every year to date
- 1980 Invited to submit to Kanazawa 400:International Crafts and Design Exhibition
Full member, Japan Kogei Association - 1980 Three Artists Exhibition, Nara Japan Art
- 1983 Joint Exhibition with his wife Kazue, Ikebukuro Seibu Department Store craft gallery, Tokyo
- 1984 Selected for 1st Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works; selected every year to date
Saishitsu-kai Exhibition, Okinawa Products Center art gallery
Submitted to 2nd Yamaha Crafts Exhibition; submitted regularly up to 14th Exhibition in 1996
Solo exhibition, Fujinoya, Tochigi Prefecture
1st Division Exhibition, Nihonbashi Takashimaya art gallery, Tokyo (up to 4th Exhibition) - 1985 Invited to submit to 1st Ishikawa Prefecture Selected Artists Art Exhibition
Solo exhibition "Vermilion and Black Lacquerware," Minami-Aoyama Green Gallery - 1986 Invited to submit to 2nd Ishikawa Prefecture Selected Artists Art Exhibition
- 1987 Invited by the Prime Minister to attend an art and culture social gathering
Submitted to Seibu Takanawakai - 1987 Solo exhibition, Ikebukuro Seibu Department Store art salon, Tokyo
- 1988 Participated in 1st Ishikawa Cultural Wings "Singapore Exhibition"
- 1989 Judge, 7th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works
- 1990 Invited by the Prime Minister to attend an art and culture social gathering
Judge, 37th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
"Ajiro-shimamon Hakkaku Kasanebako" purchased by Ishikawa Prefecture Wajima Museum of Urushi Art
Submitted to Jomon-kai Exhibition Kumamoto Tsuruya Department Store - 1991 Solo exhibition, Seibu Takanawakai, Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka
Solo exhibition, Ikebukuro Seibu Department Store Art Forum, Tokyo
Solo exhibition "Ten Light Tea Utensils," Galerie Pousse, Ginza, Tokyo
Judge, 9th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works / Entry "Wagewazukuri Rantaiban" purchased by Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art - 1992 Invited to submit to 3rd Ishikawa Prefecture Selected Artists Art Exhibition "Artists Born in the Post-World War II Period"
"Ajiro Bengaratamari Kasanebako" purchased by Victoria and Albert Museum, UK
Specially requested to submit to 10th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works (also to 11th, 13, 14, 15, and 17 Exhibitions) - 1993 Invited to submit to "Nuances in Lacquer:70 Years of Innovations," the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
- 1994 Solo exhibition, Akasaka Green Gallery
Judge, 41st Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Judge, 12th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works
Invited to submit to "Exhibition of Arts and Crafts:100 Creators of Ishikawa," Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art - 1995 Exhibited at "Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition," Victoria and Albert Museum
Solo exhibition, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store art gallery, Tokyo - 1996 Submitted to "Rainbows and Shimmering Bridges - Japanese Contemporary Lacquerware Exhibition," Japan Society Gallery, New York, and Denver Art Museum, Denver
Solo exhibition, Akasaka Green Gallery - 1997 Judge, 44th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Solo exhibition, Seibu Takanawakai, Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka
Solo exhibition, Seibu Takanawakai, Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa - 1998 Specially requested to submit to 45th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Solo exhibition, Ikebukuro Seibu Department Store Art Forum, Tokyo
Judge, 16th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works
Solo exhibition, Umegaoka Art Center, Setagaya Ward, Tokyo
Submitted to "Shitsurin Exhibition," Kanazawa Station Gallery - 1999 Judge, 46th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Invited to submit to "Exhibition of Arts and Crafts:Creators of Ishikawa" in Biennale Ishikawa Autumn Art Festival
Solo exhibition, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store art gallery, Tokyo - 2000 Invited to submit to Japanese Contemporary Urushi Art Exhibition, Holland
Participated in 6th Ishikawa Cultural Wings "Traditional Arts and Crafts of Ishikawa:Beijing Exhibition"
Specially requested to submit to 47th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition - 2001 Solo exhibition, Gallery KOZOOM, Suginami Ward, Tokyo
Specially requested to submit to 48th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Solo exhibition, Maruei Department Store, Nagoya - 2003 Solo exhibition, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi special selection art gallery, Tokyo
- 2005 Solo exhibition, Sogo Shinsaibashi main store art gallery
- 2006 Acknowledged as a holder of important intangible cultural property (urushi art)
- 2007 Submitted to 54th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition as the holder of important intangible cultural property / Entry:"Rantai Moriki" purchased by MOA Museum of Art
Important intangible cultural property holder and judge, 25th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works / Entry:Wickerwork container
Solo exhibition, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store art gallery, Tokyo (100th Anniversary of Takashimaya Art Department) - 2008 Solo exhibition, Osaka Takashimaya Department Store art gallery
55th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition / Entry:Wickerwork stacked boxes, Important intangible cultural property holder
Important intangible cultural property holder and judge, 26th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works / Entry:Wickerwork tray - 2009 Solo exhibition, Nihonbashi Yodo Art Gallery, Tokyo, from May 27 to Jun 2
Solo exhibition, Yokohama Sogo Department Store art gallery, from October 20 to 26
- 1986Received the President of NHK Prize for the entry
"Magewazukuri Rantai Jikirou" at the 33rd Japan Traditional
Art Crafts Exhibition - 1987Received the Incentive Award at the 28th Ishikawa Traditional
Art Crafts Exhibition - 1988Entered the 44th Ishikawa Contemporary Art Exhibition
(Received the Hokkoku Award in 1990, and the Grand Prize in 1992) - 1989Received the Incentive Award at the 30th Ishikawa Traditional
Art Crafts Exhibition
Received the President of NHK Prize for the entry "Ajiro-shimamon
Kasanebako" at the 36th Japan Traditiona
l Art Crafts Exhibition, which was later purchased by the Agency
for Cultural Affairs - 1999Received the Hokkoku Culture Award
- 2002Received the Japan Kogei Association
"Important Intangible Cultural Asset" Holder's Prize for the entry "
Magewazukuri Rantaiban, Reimei"
at the 49th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition,
which was later purchased by the Agency for Cultural Affairs - 2004Received the Mokichi Okada Grand Prize
- 2006Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon
14 artworks posted