Profile
| Born in 1974 in Saitama, Japan Lives and works in Saitama, Japan |
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| Presently | Associate Professor at Bunka Gakuen University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Textile Board member of Sanpachi Dyeing Studio Traditional Craftsman Designated by Saitama prefecture (Kumagaya-zome: Yuzen, Komon) |
| 【Education】 | |
| 2006 | Research Student, in Textile at Department of Crafts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2005 | MFA in Conservation Science Laboratory Graduate School of Conservation, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2025 | TAKASHI SETO: MOMENTS OF ARRIVAL (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) |
| 2024 | Tomioka Silk Mill Celebrates 10th Anniversary of World Heritage Listing “Takashi Seto: Layer of time – Ima ni tsuzuku Edo no gihou” (Tomioka Silk Mill, Gunma) |
| 2018 | Takashi Seto: Dyeing and Textiles (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2024 | SQUARE Textile 10 (FEI ART MUSEUM YOKOHAMA, Yokohama) |
| 2023 | SQUARE Textile 9 (Gallery Hinoki, Tokyo) |
| 2022 | HAKU: The Art of Gold and Silver Leafing (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) ART MARKET HAMPTONS 2022, SEIZAN (Gallery booth, New York) |
| 2021 | International KOGEI Award in Toyama 2020 (Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama) The 75th Shinshou Kougei-kai (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo; Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto) |
| 2020 | TORU FUKUDA & TAKASHI SETO: PURE POETRY (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) |
| 2019 | Art Fair Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum, SEIZAN Gallery Booth, Tokyo) |
| 2017 | Kaku no Kai (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2014 | Kaku no Kai (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2012 | Art Wave Exhibition vol.9, Souzou no innovation ten (RECTO VERSO GALLERY, Tokyo) |
| 2010 | The 150th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Portugal (Portugal) |
| 2009 | Wakaki Takumi no Tewaza-ten (Saitama Craft Centre, Saitama) |
| 2008 | Japan Design Exhibition (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris) |
| 2006 | Japan – Morocco bunka kouryu-ten (Morocco) |
| 【Public Collections】 | |
| Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum (Tokyo) Starbucks Coffee Japan (Saitama) Hoshikawa Produce “conscience” (Saitama) Garage. U. W (Saitama) |
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| 【Others】 | |
| 2022 | Provided Hatasashi-mono (battle flags) for National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan, Soma Nomaoi (Fukushima) |
| 2018 | Research Collaboration for a report research about Techniques Use of Aobana paper (2018) Published by Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties |
| 2015 | Research Collaboration for a research about Materials and Equipments for Today’s Textile (2015) Published by Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties |
| 2014 | Provided Research Materials for the exhibition “Living Through the Ages: The Heritage and Development of Traditional Japanese Textiles” (Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2013 | Art adviser, Japanese film “Natsu no Owari” (C) Natsu no Owari Production Committee |
| 2012 | Provided materials for the Textile Dictionary (2012) Published by Textile Tree Co., Ltd.) |
| 2009 | Provided materials for the exhibition “Akai Fuku-ten” (Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2008 | Provided art works for TV show Yamamura Misa’s suspense “Akai Reikyusha 23 – Soumei na Satsui” |
| 2007 | Art adviser, Japanese film “Fine, Totally Fine” |
Exhibitions
ART FAIR TOKYO 2019 (Kaku no Kai: Mission Peace / Kengo Takahashi)
08/02/2019(fri) - 10/02/2019(sun)
Makoto Sugiura, Yoshiki Masuda, Emi Katsuta, Tsuneyoshi Nakamura, Hidetoshi Namiki, Kazuyuki Suto, Hiroko Takeda, Shigemi Yasuhara, Takashi Seto (Kaku no Kai: Mission Peace) and Kengo Takahashi
Takashi Seto: Dyeing and Textiles
16/02/2018(fri) - 02/03/2018(fri)
Takashi Seto