KANEKO Toru
2013~ | Established the studio in Chiba |
2003-14 | Associate Professor Tohoku University of Art and Design |
1994-03 | Senior Lecturer Tohoku University of Art and Design |
1990-94 | Part-time Lecturer, Tokyo National University of the Arts |
1998 | B.F.A., Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Silver Smith Course, |
1962 | Born in Tokyo |
Solo Exhibitions
2021 | AC Gallery, Tokyo ('19) |
Metal Vessels, Keiko Art International | |
2020 | Gallery Tonan, Toyama |
Art Space KOHSHO | |
2019 | AC Gallery, Tokyo |
2018 | Gallery Tonan, Toyama ('03,'07,'10,'14,'16) |
2017 | Gallery Bonbra, Toyko Gallery shop Si, Kobe ('09) |
2016 | Gallery An, Ibaragi ('02,'10) |
2015 | Arai Atelier Gallery, Tokyo('98,'05,) |
2013 | Kakiden Gallery, Tokyo (countenancer: Ichioka Shinzi) Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo Gallery Togendo, Miyagi (’12) |
2013 | Gallery Okariya, Tokyo |
2011 | Gallery Mitate, Tokyo |
2008 | Seikadou Gallery, Kyoto |
2006 | Gallery Tiptoe, Kobe Onuma Department Store Gallery, Yamagata |
2005 | Ginza Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo (’96) |
2004 | Kougei Takumiya ,Gifu ('99, '02) |
2003 | Gallery An, Toyama |
2001 | Gallery An, Toyama Taigadou, Kyoto ('00) |
1999 | Matuya Ginza Craft Gallery, Tokyo Gallery U, Tokyo |
1996 | Export, Tokyo |
Group Exhibitions
2021 | ARTEFACT (The contemporary craft fair), Design Centre, London (May and June) |
What Color is Metal, National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny | |
What Color is Metal, DUBLIN CASTLE, Ireland | |
2020 | COLLECT 2020 Somerset House, London |
Tansuio Award Exhibition: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork, Sekido Museum of Art, Tokyo | |
2019 | Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London ('09,'10, '11, '12, '14, '15, '17, '18) |
2018 | MASTERPIECE FAIR, London ('16) |
2017 | PAD LONDON ('14, '15, '16) TRESOR, Basel |
2016 | Presece, Lesley Kehoe Gallerries, Melbourne |
2014 | THE TRANSCENDENT SPIRIT, Antiquorum Gallery, New York |
2011 | SOFA, New York ('08) Heavy Metal, Lesley Kehoe Gallerries, Melbourne |
2008 | The International Asian Art Fair, New York Summer Olympia Fine Art, London Asian Art in London, London SOFA ,Chicago Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London ('04, '05, '06, '07) |
2007 | Contemporary japanese metalwork, Melbourne Japanese Crafts, Gallery Besson, London |
2006 | The International Art and Design Fair, New York KORU2, South Karelia Art Museum, Finland |
2003 | Turning Point, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mugen, Lesley Kehoe Galleries, Melbourne, Australia |
2002 | WA BI TEN, Clotworthy Arts Center, Ireland |
2001 | Outline Exhibition, Gallery flow, London Japan:Hidden Beauty Asian Art, London Contemporary Japanese Jewellery, Crafts Council Gallery, London |
2000 | Selection 2000, Essen, Germany |
1999 | Japan Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo ('91, '92, '96, '97) |
1997 | Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition Itami Craft Exhibition ('93) Takaoka Craft Competition, Takaoka ('92, '93, '94, '95, '96) |
1995 | Contemporary Jewellery, Ghent Municipal Museum of Decorative Art, Belgium and National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
1993 | The Art of Jewellerey, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo |
1992 | Talentborse Hndwerk, Munchen |
1991 | Kanazawa Crafts Competition |
2001 | Tansui Prize, The Satou Artcraft Research and Scholaship Foundation |
2000 | Award of Excellence, Japan Jewellery Art Exhibition |
1997 | Encouragement Award, Asahi Modan Crafts Exhibition |
1996 | Excellence Prize, Japanese Crafts Exhibition Excellence Prize, The Bowl of North Exhibition |
1995 | Silver Prize, Takaoka Crafts Exhibition Special Jewelry Prize, International Design Competition in Miyagi |
1993 | Excellence Prize, The Art of Jewellery (JJDA) Judge's Prize, Takaoka Crafts exhibition |