Information


  • Result of the First Round of Judging
  • 5th Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa
  • Result of the Final Round of Judging

See all

About


5th Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa

Craft Visions


The 5th Triennale of Kōgei in Kanazawa features an open-call exhibition and a special exhibition. This year’s theme is “Craft Visions.” The open-call exhibition, which introduces expressive artworks characterized by outstanding creativity, showcases how crafts (kōgei) continue to spread and evolve on the global stage. The triennial’s special exhibition features a diverse selection of works from the collections of the National Crafts Museum, the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, exhibited alongside winning works from the 2022 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize. We hope that the exhibited artworks, which highlight craft materials and techniques, will present viewers with a broad field of visionary expression and new possibilities.

Date: Sunday, November 13–Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Hours: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. (Last admission ten minutes before closing)

Venue: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, People’s Gallery A and B
Open Daily | Free Admission

Organizer: Executive Committee of the Triennale of Kōgei in Kanazawa

Co-organizers: Kanazawa City, the Kanazawa Craft Council, the Kanazawa Craftwork Business Creation Agency, the National Crafts Museum,* the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art,* the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Kanazawa Art Promotion and Development Foundation)*
*Special exhibition co-organizers

Special Cooperation: Hokkoku Shimbun, Inc.

Support: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Ishikawa Prefecture, the Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Ishikawa Association for the Promotion of Traditional Industry, Japan Broadcasting Corporation Kanazawa Station, Hokuriku Broadcasting Co., Ltd., the Kanazawa College of Art

Sponsors:

Cooperation:


Open-Call Exhibition


2022 Kogei World Competition in Kanazawa

Prize Winners and Selected Artists

Grand Prize
Tanaka Saki

Second Prize
Tsumori Hidenori

Special Recognition Award
Katō Kōsuke, Anneke Klein, Toyoumi Kenta

Next Generation Award
Ikake Sayuri, Toyama Kazuhiro

Selected Artists
Asada Kōdō, Chan Kaiting, Chen Xunlang, Chiang Yu-hang, Agata Ciechomska, Matéo Crémades, Fujikake Sachi, Fujita Nagomi, Hsieh Yi Hung, Ikawa Saiko, Jang Kyung Nam, Kikuchi Shunji, Kim Yeonghyeon, Kuno Ayako, Kusama Tetsuo, Ma Gaoxian, Mitsumoto Takeshi, Mochizuki Mitsuru, Momiyama Akiko, Nagai Miku, Nakai Namika, Nara Yūki, Nishikawa Masanori, Noguchi Ken, Nunoshita Shōgo, Okamoto Masako, Ōtani Kanako, Qiu Jiawen, Rao Shun, Sakai Tenshin, Satō Shizue, Setsu Junji, Shikanji Ai, Punyisa Sinraparatsamee, Sōda Tsukasa, Takahashi Momoko, Takahashi Noriko, Takeoka Kensuke, Tate Masaaki, Tominaga Kazuma, Uemae Isao, Uematsu Chikuyū, Céline Vahsen, Watari Shōgo, Lotte Westphael, Wang Ya Wei, Yan Donghong, Yeh Hsiu Wei, Yokoyama Shin’ya, Zeng Siang-syuan, Zhang Shilin

1. Grand Prize
Tanaka Saki, Grace, Longing, 2022

2. Second Prize
Tsumori Hidenori, Oscillation ’19-7, 2019

3. Special Recognition Award
Katō Kōsuke, Cadenza, 2022
Photo by Mizuno Naoki

4. Special Recognition Award
Toyoumi Kenta, Jewel Beetle 01, 2021
Photo by Okamura Kichirō

5. Special Recognition Award
Anneke Klein, “White Noise” Born of Silence and Emptiness, 2020

6. Next Generation Award
Toyama Kazuhiro, Biophilia; Celestial Shaped Vessel, 2022
Photo by Ichikawa Shin’ichi

7. Next Generation Award
Ikake Sayuri, Breath, 2021

Judges

Isobel Dennis (United Kingdom)

Fair Director, Collect, Crafts Council, United Kingdom

Monika Bincsik (United States)

Diane and Arthur Abbey Associate Curator for Japanese Decorativ e Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Photo: C2 Artechnolozy Dongup Kwak, Leica.

Cho Hyeyoung (South Korea)

Head curator, Tongyeong Triennale, South Korea; International Academy of Ceramics Council member-representative for the Republic of Korea

Photo: Yo Yang

Lin Mun-lee (Taiwan)

Chair, National Culture and Arts Foundation; professor emeritus, National Taipei University of Education; former director, National Palace Museum

Karasawa Masahiro (Japan)

Director, National Crafts Museum

Aoyagi Masanori (Japan)

Director, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art; chair, Tama Art University; former Commissioner for Cultural Affairs

Hasegawa Yūko (Japan)

Director, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa; professor, Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Global Arts

Ōhi Tōyasai (Japan)

Ceramist; Order of Culture recipient; Japan Art Academy member

Nakagawa Mamoru (Japan)

Metalsmith, Living National Treasure


Special Exhibition


Craft Visions

Artists by Collection

National Crafts Museum
Andō Gen’ichirō, Hata Shunsai Ⅲ, Imaizumi Takeshi, Tsugane Hitomu, Matsuzaki Shinpei, Mitsuke Masayasu, Mizuguchi Saki, Niisato Akio, Sakai Naoki, Suda Yoshihiro, Uchida Kōichi, Uchida Shigeru, Wada Akira

Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
Kanamaru Suimei, Konishi Keisuke, Nakagawa Mamoru, Ōhi Chōzaemon Ⅹ (Tōyasai), Takahashi Kaishū, Tonami Sōsai Ⅱ

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Michael Brennand-Wood, Itō Makoto, Kamide Keigo, Kuwata Takurō, Nakamura Tetsuya

Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2022
Andile Dyalvane, Dahye Jeong, Julia Obermaier

1. Suda Yoshihiro, Balloon Flower, 2020
National Crafts Museum collection (crowdfunded)
Photo by Ōya Takao

2. Mitsuke Masayasu, Tea Bowl with Fine Decorations in Red Overglaze Enamel, 2020
National Crafts Museum collection (crowdfunded)
Photo by Ōya Takao

3. Tonami Sōsai II, Small Cabinet with Design of Spring Cleavers in Maki-e, 1981
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art collection

4. Kanamaru Suimei, Kimono, “Apple Tree in Summer”, 1980
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art collection

5. Michael Brennand-Wood, Destroy the Heart, 1999
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa collection
Photo by Kioku Keizō

6. Nakamura Tetsuya, Dragon Wheel, 2005
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa collection
Photo by Saiki Taku

7. Dahye Jeong, A Time of Sincerity, 2022
Courtesy of the Loewe Foundation


Events


World Craft City Conference in Kanazawa
Special event consisting of the open-call exhibition award ceremony and an accompanying talk event by the exhibition judges.

Date: Sunday, November 13 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Doors open at 1:00 p.m.)
Venue: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Theater 21
Capacity: 100 seats (Free admission. Booking required.)
Speakers: Judges and prize-winning artists from the open-call exhibition (TBD)
Booking: Sign up using the link below or contact the organizer directly.

https://forms.gle/38bXSarctJXjPK4o7


Kanazawa Kōgei Now
This exhibition at participating galleries near the main venue presents a diverse showing of contemporary craft works from Kanazawa. Pieces displayed at the exhibition are available for purchase. Details forthcoming.

Galleria Ponte
Satomicho Apartment 102, 42-8 Satomi-cho, Kanazawa
Friday, November 11–Sunday, November 27
11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays

Kanazawa Suiginkutsu
1-9-11 Hirosaka, Kanazawa
Friday, November 11–Sunday, November 27
1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays

Café & Gallery Musée
3-1 Kakinokibatake, Kanazawa
Saturday, November 12–Thursday, November 17
11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Open Daily

Kanazawa Crafts Hirosaka
1-2-25 Hirosaka, Kanazawa (located in the Kanazawa Noh Museum)
Wednesday, November 9–Sunday, November 20
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Closed on Mondays


Catalog

Forthcoming. The official catalog will go on sale after the end of the exhibition.


Contact


Venue: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
People’s Gallery A and B
1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture 920-8509, Japan

*All venues for Kanazawa Kōgei Now exhibition are within walking distance of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

Parking

Please use the Kanazawa City Hall/Art Museum Parking Lot, located underground between city hall and the museum.
—There are two priority parking spaces located on the museum side of the parking lot on B1 and B2.
—The parking lot and nearby roads may be crowded on weekends and during busy seasons. If the parking lot is full, please use a nearby public or commercial parking lot.
—Large buses must be parked at public parking lots (e.g., the Ishikawa Prefecture Kenroku Parking Lot or the Kanazawa City Nagamachi Kanko Parking Lot). The bus stop in front of the Museum on Honda-dori near city hall may only be used for loading and unloading passengers.
Parking Capacity: 322 vehicles
Hours: 8:30 a.m.–11:00 p.m. (No entry/exit allowed between 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.)
Base Fee: First 30 minutes free*
Time Charge: ¥150 per 30 minutes
Overnight Parking: ¥1,000 for 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
*Note: Visitors must validate their ticket in the museum to waive the base fee on weekdays after 17:45 and on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Visitors who fail to do so will be asked to pay the base fee (¥350 per 30 minutes) on top of the time charge. Ticket validation machines are located near the Ticket Information Counter and the museum’s underground entrance.
—Permitted Vehicle Types: Regular and light vehicles up to 5 m long, 2.1 m tall, and 1.9 m wide. No two-wheeled vehicles. There are two spaces for microbuses up to 7.2 m long and 2.3 m wide. (Parking reservations not accepted)

Cycle Parking Area

Parking for bicycles and the public share cycle service Machi-Nori are located on the ground level by city hall.

From JR Kanazawa Station

−Bus
Hokutetsu Local-Line Bus (Local Bus):
10-minute ride from the East Gate bus terminal from stops no. 3 or no. 7 to the “Hirosaka 21st Century Museum” bus stop (1-minute walk to destination). OR
10-minute ride from the East Gate bus terminal from stops no. 8–10 to the “Korinbo (Atrio-mae)” bus stop (5-minute walk to destination).

Machi-Bus:
20-minute ride from the East Gate bus terminal from stop no. 5 to the “Kanazawa 21-Seiki Bijutsukan/Kenrokuen (Mayumizaka-guchi)” bus stop (1-minute walk to destination).

Kanazawa Loop Bus:
20-minute ride from the East Gate bus terminal from stop no. 6 to the “Hirosaka·21st Century Museum (Ishiura Jinja-mae)” bus stop (1-minute walk to destination).

−Taxi
10-minute ride from the Kenrokuen Gate (East Gate) taxi stand.

From Komatsu Airport (KMQ)

40-minute ride by the airport limousine bus. Get off at the Kanazawa Station west gate terminal and transfer to a local-line bus.

From the Hokuriku Expressway

20 minutes from the Kanazawa-Nishi IC
20 minutes from the Kanazawa-Higashi IC
25 minutes from the Kanazawa-Morimoto IC

Note: For detailed information on transportation to and around Kanazawa, please see the Kanazawa Tourist Information Guide website.


Contact


Secretariat of the Executive Committee of the Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa
Crafts Policy and Promotion Section, 1-1-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture 920-8577, Japan
TEL: +81-(0)76-220-2373
E-mail: contact,kanazawa-kogeitriennale.com

— Content may be subject to change due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic or other factors.
— We ask for your cooperation in preventing the spread of infection by wearing a mask over your nose and chin, disinfecting your hands, checking your temperature, and observing social distancing practices during your visit.