Motoko Oshiyama
Metal
- 1996
Received the Incentive Award at the 36th Exhibition of New Works of Traditional Art Crafts
- 2003
Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition
- 2009
Awarded Yamanashi Art Association Prize at Yamanashi Art Association Exhibition
- 2010
Awarded the 50th Anniversary Prize of MOA Museum of Art at East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2014
Awarded the Member Prize at Yamanashi Fine Art Association Member Exhibition
- 2014
Received the Tokyo Board of Education Award at the Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition
- 2017
Received the Tokyo Board of Education Award at the Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition
I named the technique of creating an alloy of two or more metals on a metal surface "kakuhanmon (agitation design)" and have been working on this expression for nearly 30 years. I also design natural phenomena and express them as if they are cut out of a part of the earth or the sky. Kōgei artworks have played an important role in the enjoyment of spaces such as the tokonoma (alcove), but as such spaces are dwindling, we hope that visitors will enjoy kōgei as interior decorations with a sense of presence. The appeal of kōgei is that it makes use of natural Japanese materials, and that it is created through a dialogue between people and materials. I hope that you will enjoy our artworks as a comprehensive art form that makes full use of processing techniques without overworking the materials.
Career
- 1981Studied metal work under Jinpei Onishi at Bunka Women's University
- 1982Studied chōkin(Engraving) under Katsura Moriyuki
- 1994Studied tankin(forging) under Hoseki Okuyama
- 2008The 25th Anniversary of the Tansuiō Prize: Beauty of the New Metalwork
- 2010Selected at the 21st Century Traditional Kōgei - Eyes of the World Exhibition
- 2015Asia Week New York / Onishi gallery
- 2019Contemporary Japanese Kōgei Exhibition Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art
- 2019A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE: Japanese techniques in contemporary metal arts 2019 Society of North American Goldsmith's 48th Annual Conference Chicago & Penland, U.S.A.
- 2021Japan A History of Style / Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA (until April in 2022)
- 2024Exhibited in the Smithsonian Museum’s “Striking Objects: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork.”
