Misato Seki
Lacquer art
Mirei Seki / MISATO SEKI
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1984, she majored in lacquer art at the Department of Crafts at Tokyo University of the Arts. Her graduation piece, a wearable lacquer art piece, won a purchase award, and since then she has consistently used lacquer to create contemporary jewelry that questions the relationship between the body and accessories.
She uses traditional lacquer techniques such as maki-e, raden, and lacquer in modern decorative art expressions, and in 2019 her work "slit" won the Herbert-Hofmann-Prize at Schmuck, the world's largest contemporary jewelry competition. She currently has an atelier in Kanagawa Prefecture and is actively exhibiting her works both in Japan and abroad.
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Exhibition
2022 Group exhibition "MONOZUKURI" / Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein (Munich)
2021 Solo Exhibition "FADE" / het Labo atrium (Tokyo)
2020 Solo Exhibition "MOMENT" / Nihombashi Takashimaya Main Building 2nd Floor Art Avenue (Tokyo)
2019 BVLGARI MECENATE / BVLGARI Ginza Tower (Tokyo) Itami International Craft Exhibition / Itami City Craft Center (Hyogo) Schmuck 2019 / Messe München (Munich)
2015 COLLECT / Saatchi Gallery (London) and many other exhibitions
2010 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Lacquerware
award
2022 Schmuck 2022 Selected
2019 Schmuck 2019 Herbert-Hofmann-Prize Winner Selected for the Itami International Craft Exhibition
2010: Purchase of graduation work from Tokyo University of the Arts