Hiroaki Matsubara

  • Lacquerware
  • 1967 -
Hiroaki Matsubara

Membership Full member, Japan Kogei Association
Kagawa Prefectural Artists Association
  • 1985 Graduated from the Urushi Art Course at the Kagawa Prefectural Takamatsu-Kougei High School
  • 1988 Completed the Researcher Course at the Urushi Lacquer Ware Institute
    Studied under Urushi artist KITAOKA Shozo
  • 1989 Studied under Living National Treasure OTOMARU Kodo as an apprentice
  • 2009 Held the “Saika – Sanuki Urushi 3-men Exhibition” at the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
    First solo exhibition at Shirasaki Gallery, Yamagata Prefecture
  • 2012 Solo exhibition at Shirasaki Gallery, Yamagata Prefecture

  • 1996Received the Incentive Award at the Japan Kogei Association Shikoku Branch Exhibition
  • 1999Received the Agency for Cultural Affairs Superintendent’s Award at the Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works
  • 2000Received the Takamatsu Board of Education Award at the Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
  • 2002Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the Japan Kogei Association Shikoku Branch Exhibition
  • 2003Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the Japan Kogei Association Shikoku Branch Exhibition
  • 2005Received the Kagawa Board of Education Award at the Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
  • 2008Received the Agency for Cultural Affairs Superintendent’s Award at the Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works
  • 2009Received the Governor of Kagawa Award at the Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
  • 2010Received the Kagawa Traditional Art Crafts Matsudaira Social Welfare Association Award
  • 2001Received the Takamatsu Board of Education Award at the Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
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