This is Kogei! Tradition & Innovation

The INTERNATIONAL HOKURIKU KOGEI SUMMIT “WORLDS KOGEI (artisan crafts) 100” is an exhibition with the theme of “THIS IS KOGEI / TRADITION & INNOVATION” that examines the progression and movement of KOGEI around the world, exploring the meaning of the culture of KOGEI and its future possibilities through over 100 pieces of artwork.

Winning works from the “U-50 INTERNATIONAL HOKURIKU KOGEI (artisan crafts) AWARDS” as well as work curated by the world-renown committee of the “INTERNATIONAL HOKURIKU KOGEI SUMMIT”, and works by KOGEI artists representing Toyama and Hokuriku will be displayed. What kogei “conveys”, and what it “creates”. See with your eyes, feel, and think…and please thoroughly enjoy the charm of KOGEI.

Museum
Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design

Craftmen and artists:
Daigo Adachi, Tsuyoshi Ueda, Tomotsugu Otsuka, Wataru Ogata, Junichiro Kazama, Nobuko Kato, Shiori Kaneko, Asaho Kamiya, Takakuni Kawahara, Kohei Kishimoto, Runa Kosogawa, Yasuyoshi Komiya, Masahiro Sasaki, Rui Sasaki, Fumihiko Sano, Gaku Shakunaga, Yui Shakunaga, Nami Takahashi, Michito Taniguchi, Akio Niisato, Atsushi Handa, Taiju Hannya, Chiharu Fujii, Yoshihiko Murata, Mai Yamamoto, Chiemi Watanabe, Zhaoyu Chen, Yiming Huang, Wenjing Shen, Jian Tang, Kaibo Xiong, Simone Crestani, Laboratorio Controprogetto, Giacomo Moor, Moreno Ratti, Studio Zanellato / Bortotto, Esmé Hofman, Sae Honda, Nienke Hoogvliet, Klaas Kuiken, Christien Meindertsma, Simone Post, Sejin Bae, Ryungjae Jung, Hyunju Kim, Joon Yong Kim, Seulgi Kwon, Jong Min Lee, Sung Hoon Park, Jiwoon Yang, Baku Sakashita, Ilona Broeseliske, Gareth Neal, Marcin Rusak, Silo Studio, SWINE, Tanya Aguiniga, Samantha Bitman, Michael Milano, Ceramic Seeds Co., Ltd, Kuo-Jen Chen, Yu-Jui Chou, Chien-An Su, Yenchen & Yawen Studio, Ching-Chih Wu（ “U-50 INTERNATIONAL HOKURIKU KOGEI (artisan crafts) AWARDS” selected craftmen/artsts）

Ryota Aoki, Masaya Ike, Toru Ishii, Tsutomu Iwasaki, Michiko Uehara, Naoki Sakai, Midori Tsukada, Toru Tsuji, Kenji Toki, Shuji Nakagawa, Masataka Hosoo, Eriko Horiki, Tomoaki Mizuno & Wakana Ino / TANSAN DESIGN STUDIO, Ikuko Yamashita, Seiko Wakasugi, Thomas Bohle, Jiaguo Chen, Tiangan Chen, Jingshi Pan, Lan Xu, Andrea Anastasio, Andrea Branzi, Michele De Lucchi, Lorenzo Palmeri, Anna Gardu, Richard Hutten, Dirk vander Kooij, Téjo Remy, Sisung An, Gyung No Lee & Ryu Sook Park, Seunghee Lee, Sungkyu Park & Sanggill Jung, Jucheol Yun, Simon Hasan, Hitomi Hosono, Kevin the Orkney Furniture Maker, Junko Mori, Nic Webb, Michael Dinge, Aurélie Guillaume, Jesse Harrod, Luanne Martineau, Bayne Peterson, Ying-Hsiu Chen, Ro Wei Hung, Jam Wu, Yi-Sheng Wu, Yuan Yi　(Selected craftmen/artsts by committee members)

Also Selected works of KOGEI artists representing Toyama and Hokuriku will also be on display.

Organized by:
Toyama Prefecture

Co-organized by:
Toyama prefectural artistic and cultural association, Toyama Cultural Foundation, Toyama Prefectural Board of Education

Supported by:
Ambasciata d’ Italia Tokyo, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Japan, Blitish council, Japan Foundation and so on