Teaching Staff (Creative Manufacturing Design)

Title	Professor
Research Fields	Urushi craft techniques (Makie, Raden, Kawari-nuri, Kanshitsu etc.) / Urushi harvesting and processing
Education	2000 Completed, Craftsman training program, Ashiro Urushi Technique Research Center, Appi Urushi Studio, Iwate 1998 Master’s (Urushi), Tokyo University of the Arts 1996 Bachelor’s (Crafts), Tokyo University of the Arts
Selected Professional Experience	2013-Present Associate Professor, Akita University of Art 2002-2013 Lecturer (2002-2007); Associate Professor (2007-2013), Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts
Recent Activities	<Selected exhibitions> 2018 Akita no kusabana o utsusu [Depicting the Flowers and Plants of Akita]. Akita Akarenga Red Brick Folk Museum 2005, 2008 El Bello Urushi. Japan Urushi Association, Madrid / Barcelona / Toledo / Salamanca, Spain   <Selected Awards / Prizes> 2021 Recipient, Akita Prefecture Award for Fine Arts 2020 Iwate Prefecture Governor’s Prize, The 60th Exhibition of East Japan Traditional “Kogei”. Japan Kogei Association Selected, Japan Traditional Urushi Works Exhibition 2020. Japan Kogei Association Minister’s Commendation, Ministry of Justice, Government of Japan (for work as urushi instructor in job-training programs at Akita Prison) 2017 Superintendent’s Commendation, Sendai Regional Correction Headquarters (for work as urushi instructor in job-training programs at Akita Prison) 2012-2014, 2017, 2020 Selected, Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition. Japan Kogei Association 2012 Winner, Akita City Culture Award   <Other> 1st Rank Urushi Craft Specialist (National Certification, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) 2017 Member, Japan Kogei Association
Courses Taught	Materials: Expression and Design Contemporary Art Seminar (Creative Manufacturing Design) Drawing 1, 2 Creative Manufacturing Design Seminar 1, 2 (Urushi) Creative Manufacturing Design Seminar 3 (Group Production) Study of Regional Industry Basic 3D Modeling Graduation Project (Creative Manufacturing Design)

 

Example Works
Winner, Iwate Prefecture Governor’s Prize, The 60th Exhibition of East Japan Traditional “Kogei” (2020)	Chinguruma [Aleutian avens] (Kawari-nuri, Makie and Raden, Japan Traditional Urushi Works Exhibition 2020. Japan Kogei Association)	Hakusanshajin [Japanese lady bell] (Kawari-nuri, Makie and Raden, The 67th Japan Traditional Kogei -Arts and Crafts- Exhibition; 2020)

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: KUMAGAI Koh (Japanese page)