Takashi Tanaka
Biography
Kenji Kubota studied at Kyoto City University of Arts, majoring in painting (currently lacquer technology), but he also began to produce the support by himself from the middle of his studying at university. He still operates all steps by myself. Kubota mainly uses Japanese Zelkova, Tochi, Sakura, Kaede, etc. to make furnitures by himself and finish them with lacquer. He has created a wide range of chairs, benches, tables, stools, desks, etc. with beautiful forms, combining wood and wood without using any nails. By using rubbed lacquer furnitures for a long time, the wood grains become even more beautiful. Recently, the small chairs that is useful for wearing boots at the front door are also popular.
Kenji Kubota studied at Kyoto City University of Arts, majoring in painting (currently lacquer technology), but he also began to produce the support by himself from the middle of his studying at university. He still operates all steps by myself. Kubota mainly uses Japanese Zelkova, Tochi, Sakura, Kaede, etc. to make furnitures by himself and finish them with lacquer. He has created a wide range of chairs, benches, tables, stools, desks, etc. with beautiful forms, combining wood and wood without using any nails. By using rubbed lacquer furnitures for a long time, the wood grains become even more beautiful. Recently, the small chairs that is useful for wearing boots at the front door are also popular.
History
1948 born in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture
1975 graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts
2001 appointed to a professorship at Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts
<Exhibitions>
1975 The 1st Prints contest of The Osaka Contemporary Art Center
1978 Belknap Memorial Print Exhibition, Columbia University
1981 Western-style portraits and Japanese ones, The National Museum of Art
1988 MAXI GRAPHICA, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
1993 Exhibition of the latest works, The National Museum of Art
1994 Holy Night by Takashi Tanaka, Nagoya City Art Museum
1999 21 Printers, The National Museum of Art
2004 HANGA Waves of East – West Cultural Interchange, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
2008 MAXI GRAPHICA Final Destinations, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
2010 3 Octaves Generations in harmony, Kouichi Fine Arts
<Public Collections>
Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art
The National Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
1948 born in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture
1975 graduated from Kyoto City University
of Arts
2001 appointed to a professorship at
Kurashiki University of Science and
the Arts
<Exhibitions>
1975 The 1st Prints contest of The Osaka
Contemporary Art Center
1978 Belknap Memorial Print Exhibition,
Columbia University
1981 Western-style portraits and Japanese
ones, The National Museum of Art
1988 MAXI GRAPHICA, Kyoto Municipal
Museum of Art
1993 Exhibition of the latest works,
The National Museum of Art
1994 Holy Night by Takashi Tanaka,
Nagoya City Art Museum
1999 21 Printers, The National Museum
of Art
2004 HANGA Waves of East – West Cultural
Interchange, The University Art
Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
2008 MAXI GRAPHICA Final Destinations,
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
2010 3 Octaves Generations in harmony,
Kouichi Fine Arts
<Public Collections>
Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art
The National Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
