The 5th Triennale of Kogei 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 (Kogei) 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, present viewers with a broad field of visionary expression and new possibilities.

Open-Call Exhibition: 2022 Kogei World Competition in Kanazawa

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

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

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

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

Craft Visions

The Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa presents its fifth edition. During the past three years, the world has changed dramatically. We felt it was important to reconsider the triennial’s purpose within the context of these difficult and complicated times. We wanted to provide an opportunity to reexamine crafts (kōgei) as they have been—and then to imagine what form they may take in the future. This was our intent behind choosing the theme of “Craft Visions.”
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The triennial’s special exhibition features works from the collections of the National Crafts Museum, the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. The selection from the National Crafts Museum features tea utensils by twelve artists and a tearoom. The tea utensils were commissioned as part of a crowdfunding initiative that marked the museum’s relocation to Ishikawa Prefecture and grand opening. The selection from the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art highlights the ties between local culture and craft, featuring works of lacquer by Kanazawa maki-e and Wajima lacquerware artisans, metal inlay by two metalsmiths who were master-and-disciple, and works of yūzen dyeing by one artisan in two different formats. The selection from the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, features diverse works that offer a glimpse of a new age.
The special exhibition also features the award-winning works from the 2022 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, an international prize that recognizes exceptional works of craftsmanship and creativity. We are honored by this opportunity to collaborate with the Loewe Foundation, a prominent promoter and supporter of crafts.
Craft arts continue to evolve with the times, expanding more than ever due to international perspectives. We hope that these richly creative and expressive works, produced with craft materials and techniques, will offer visitors a sense of the field’s newest developments and expressive potential.

Planning Committee of the Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa

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