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Tanaka Nobuyuki, who in his early career also explored kanshitsu as a sculptural material, is now producing large scale vessel forms and long associated with traditional Japanese utilitarian lacquer, but produces objects of unusual size and with sweepingly beautiful forms and lines. Now, in collaboration with architects, he is also producing large scale sculptural pieces. Most recently, Tanaka has been exploring the potential liminal function of large, flat, highly polished black lacquer surfaces in public spaces.
Tanaka belong to an energetic group of well trained Japanese lacquer artist who have drawn attention to their avant garde approaches to new uses of this traditional material, and is involved with important bi-cultural collaborations between contemporary lacquer artists from Japan and Korea.
He is currently an associate professor in the craft department at Kanazawa College of Art.
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1983
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B.F.A., Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
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1985
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M.F.A., Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
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Present
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Associate Professor at the craft department at Kanazawa College of Art
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1993
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Nuances in Lacquer\70 Years of Innovations, Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
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1994
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Sprit and Form of Asia\Material and Imagination, NTT Credo Hall Gallery, Hiroshima
The Domain of the Medium, Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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1996
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Rainbow and Shimmering Bridge: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Wear
Japan Society Gallery, New York / Denver Museum of Art, Colorado
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1998
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Nature of Object\The 3rd Australia International Craft Triennial, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
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2001
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VISION, Selected Works from The Collection of Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
life/art 01, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo (also in 02,03,04,05)
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2004
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Solo Exhibition, DEPTH, KOICHI YANAGI Oriental Fine Art Gallery, New York
MODERN MASTERS & COLLECTION, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Ishikawa
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2005
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Ars Nova\Between the Contemporary Avant-garde Art and the Crafts, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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2007
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Uchu Miezu, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
Roppongi Crossing, Mori Museum, Tokyo
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2008
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Japan! Culture + Hyperculture, Washington DC
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MUSEUM AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, |
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The Japan Foundation |
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Toyota Municipal Museum of Art |
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Gitter-Yelen Foundation(New Orleans) |
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Shiseodo Art House |
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21st CENTURY MUSEUM of Contemporary |
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Brooklyn Museum, New York |
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Sainsbury Center for visual arts,
Other
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