Artists > Koji HATAKEYAMA

1956 Born in Toyama
1980 Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art with a major in Craft metal casting
2001 Awarded the Takashimaya Art Prize by the Takashimaya Foundation
2007 Awarded Grand Prize at the Sano-Renaissance Metal Art Casting

Competition

Recent Major Group Exhibitions

2000 "Seeing the Container - Living the Life," Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, Craft Hall/ Tokyo
2002 "Hands On," Philadelphia Museum of Art/ Philadelphia, PA, America
2001 "Twist in Japan," Nancy City Museum of Art, Nancy, France
"21 People from Europe and Asia," Kanazawa 21st Century Art Museum, Ishikawa
2006 "Collect," Victoria and Albert Museum of Art/London, England
"Japanese Crafts," Gallery Besson/ London, England
2007 "Collect," Victoria and Albert Museum of Art/London, England
"Japanese Suppleness," Geeto Setto/Fredrickweiak, Denmark
2008 "A Japanese Dialogue," Scottish Gallery, Edinburg, United Kingdom
2009 "Raising the Bar," Middlesbrough Contemporary Art Museum, Middlesbrough, England

Collections:
Victoria and Albert Museum of Art/London, England
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, England
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburg, UK
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
Danish Royal Family, Denmark
Tokyo National Contemporary Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Kanazawa 21 Century Art Museum/Kanazawa, Japan
Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Takaoka Art Museum, Takaoka, Japan
Kikuchi Kanjitsu Momorial Musee Tomo, Tokyo, Japan