3rd European textile and Fibre Art Festival - Catalogue

KAZUHITO MAEKAWA
Japan / Japåna
Born 1974
55 Nishi-machi. Sasayama-shi. Hyogo
669-2342 Japan
Education
1997 Osaka University of Art,
Japan
Selected exhibitions
2007 Ayanasu Kazuhito
Maekawa / Kozue
Yasuoka Exhibition
-sneak attack of
“Sensyoku”, Senbikiya
Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Group Exhibition [Ayanasu],
projected by Osaka
University of Art, Osaka,
Japan
2004 Solo Exhibition, Dohjidai
Gallery of Art, Kyoto,
Japan
2003 Group Exhibition projected
by Toyonaka-city and Osaka
University of Art, Toyonaka
City Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2002 Exhibit at 100 Oeuvres,
Paris, France
2001 Solo Exhibition, Ships
Kyoto Shop, Kyoto, Japan
Among the techniques used in making
KIMONO (traditional Japanese clothing) is a
batik method known as ”rouketsu-zome“.
Presently, silkscreen painting, standard in
textiles, is also becoming common place.
By pursuing the precarious balance between
two seemingly contradictory forces: the
grounding of tradition and the necessity of
innovation, I attempt in my work to express
the limitless possibilities and power inherent
in such an engagement.
The natural and the artificial, the strong and
the delicate, the adorable and the frightening,
nationalism and globalism, tradition and
innovation: the conflicting dynamic of these
forces is the source that gives birth to
human potential.
Awards
2007 Excellence Prize, Asahi,
Modern Craft Exhibition,
Japan
2006 Outstanding honorable
mention, 4 th International
Fiber Art Biennale – From
Lausanne to Beijing, China
Prize of the Governor of
Hyogo, Sasayama-City
Exhibition, Japan
2003 Purchase Prize, Art
Exhibition at Tajima, Japan
2005 Tokyo Competition, Japan
2001 Encouragement Prize, The
Exhibition of the 21 st
Century Art, Japan
The World Competition of
Art and Craft, Kanazawa,
Japan
Works in collections
Yabu-city, Hyogo, Japan
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