In the casting world, Kengo Takahashi wants to push himself to his own limits;
expressing himself through various metals.
Studying from classic to contemporary styles, he has found a certain technique
that makes his works delicate and aesthetically pleasing.
Kengo TakahashiProfile
| Born in Kagoshima, Japan in 1982 Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan |
|
| 【Education】 | |
| 2022 | Finished Doctorate at Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts; specialized in metal casting |
| 2012 | Received master’s degree at Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts; specialized in metal casting |
| 2010 | Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, department of crafts |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2016 | Kengo Takahashi (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | Special Exhibition “Visionaries: Making Another Perspective” (Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto) |
| 2022 | PASSION!! (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) TOSHIYUKI KAJIOKA & KENGO TAKAHASHI (SEIZAN Gallery New York, New York) |
| 2021 | Special Exhibition “Contemporary Japanese Crafts: Reinterpretation, Exquisite Craftsmanship, and Aesthetic Exploration” (Miyazaki Art Centre, Miyazaki; Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art, Kyoto) |
| 2020 | Special Exhibition “Contemporary Japanese Crafts: Reinterpretation, Exquisite Craftsmanship, and Aesthetic Exploration” (Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art, Tokyo) On This Shore (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) |
| 2019 | Amazing Craftsmanship! From Meiji Kogei to Contemporary Art (Abeno Harukas Art Museum, Osaka) Bi no Yokan 2019: ∞directions (Takashimaya, Tokyo/ Osaka/ Nagoya/ Kyoto) The 48th Dento Kogei Nihon Kink-ten(Traditional Metalworking Exhibition) (Meiji Jingu, Tokyo) Gendai Kogei no Tenkai 2019 (Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum, Ishikawa) The illusion of Metal Casting (The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo) |
| 2018 | Amazing Craftsmanship! From Meiji Kogei to Contemporary Art (Gifu Prefectural Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu / Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art / The Suiboku Museum, Toyama) Japon-Japonismes. Objets inspirés, 1867-2018 (Musée des Arts Décoratif, Paris) Gin no Shizuku/Silver Drops: Break (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2017 | Amazing Craftsmanship! From Meiji Kogei to Contemporary Art (Mitsui Memorial Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2016 | Material Symphysis (University for the Creative Arts, Surrey UK) Gin no Shizuku/Silver Drops: Prelude (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) The Second New Fueled Crafts International Young Artisans Exhibition－Flame (The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo) Mito heno Gusho: The TEWAZA III (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) Fushigi! Kyoi! Omoshiroi! (Saihodo Gallery, Tokyo, continued in 2017) |
| 2015 | Nihon no Chokin: Imono no Katachi-ten (The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama) The Melting Pot for Tomorrow (Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka) |
| 2014 | Chūgoku cha kagami-ten (Chongqing, China) |
| 2013 | be green exhibition (Gallery SHINSEIDO, Tokyo) Cha Jing”–International Tea Culture Exchange Exhibition (The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo/ Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, China) |
| 2012 | Mitsukoshi Art Fair (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi) sotten (Art Front Gallery, Tokyo) Katakatachi. (geidai art plaza, Tokyo) Soyokaze-ten (Seibu Ikebukuro, Tokyo) Imono no Mori (Ueno Matsuzakaya, Tokyo) Shibuya Style vol.6 (Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo) Something Precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, continued in 2016, 2018) |
| 2010 | Dōbutsu no Mori (Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi) Minami Nippon Art Exhibition (Rokumeikan, Kagoshima) The 5th Geidai Art Plaza Awards Exhibition (Geidai Art Plaza, Tokyo, continued in 2011) Konsei Ⅱ (deco galeria, São Paulo Brazil) |
| 【Awards】 | |
| 2022 | Nomura Art Award for Thesis work (Tokyo University of the Arts Art Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2019 | Tansuiou Award at the Satoh Artcraft Research & Scholarship Foundation |
| 2018 | Geidai Emerald Prize (Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo) |
| 2017 | Rookie of the Year Award at the 46th Dento Kogei Nihon Kink-ten(Traditional Metalworking Exhibition) (Meiji Jingu, Tokyo) |
| 2015 | NHK Utsunomiya Station Chief Award at the 8th Sano Renaissance Chukin-ten (Sano Culture Center, Tochigi) |
| 2013 | Grand prize at the 7th Sano Renaissance Chukin-ten (Sano Culture Center, Tochigi) |
| 2012 | Metro Cultural Foundation Award at graduate exhibition of Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo University of the Arts Art Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2010 | Taito-ku Honorable Mention at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2008 | Haruji Naito Award (Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo) |
12/05/2016(thu) - 24/05/2016(tue)
Open: 11:00am – 7:00pm *Sat, last day 11:00am – 5:00pmClosed: Sun & Holidays