• OYAMA YASUYUKI

    木瀬浩詞

  • A studio in a shipping container surrounded by mountains, a rice field at the back door, croaking frogs and Mt.Fuji nearby, set the scene for the individual works of Oyama Yasuyuki.
    Oyama works primarily with aluminium, creating uniquely coloured and textured surfaces by using urushi, Japanese lacquer, in conjunction with the metal. His shapes are sensuous and appealing, the colours adding a dash of excitement and allure in keeping with a contemporary sense of ‘cool’. 
    Bewitched by metal as a material from childhood, Oyama chose a university where he could study the art and craft of metalwork without making any conscious choice as to a career path. In second year university, he tentatively entered a work into a competition, unexpectedly taking the grand prize. 
    That prize-winning work was a functional object, and it is the combination of function and beauty, traditional to Japanese art, that exercises Oyama’s creativity. He wishes to express a new ‘shibui’, the latest, most up-to-date, contemporary, yet with a whisper of nostalgia.

  • BIO

    1979

    Born in Miyagi-pref, Japan
     

    1999-2002

    Bachelor of Arts (Metalcraft) Tohoku University of Art and Design,
     

    2000

    Formed “SO brothers” collaborative unit akamasa Sakai (ceramics and porcelain) and Yasuyuki Oyama (metal)

     

    2002-2003

    KONSTFACK International University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Sweden, Special student of Metal work design

    AWARDS

    2000

    Grand Prize MITI Life Industry Minister’s Award

    Tokyo Dome Tableware Festival

     

    2003

    Judges Award – Itami International Craft Competition

     

    2007

    Tokyo Dome Tableware Festival – Excellence Award

     

    2008

    Tokyo Dome Tableware Festival – Honourable Mention

     

    Excellence Award – Itami International Craft Competition

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2002
    Fair “Ars terra incognita” (Berlin)
     

    2005
    Gallery Tsubaki, Chiba
     

    Ecoms Shizuoka Showroom, Shizuoka City
     

    2006
    Bansai Gallery, Imperial Palace
     

    ‘Metalcraft’ Gallery Torindo, annual
    ‘Jewelry in Summer’, Ebisu Arai Gallery

     

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2000

    Galleria, Karuizawa Nagano
     

    Yasuyuki Oyama x Takamasa Sakai 'Natural Form' Yamagata Gallery Hachiya
     

    LIGHTING OBJECT Kodawarino Christmas tree Yamagata

    Selected Biamagurankai in Sapporo
     

    Selected TakaokaCraft Exhibition

     

    2001

    Material ＆ Light Tokyo / Matsuya Ginza craft gallery

     

    The talented 20’s – young craftspeople of today Tokyo / Matsuya Ginza craft stage
     

    Collaboration with ALFACTO

     

    Selected “ One Wan “ in Kanazawa
     

    Selected World Competition of Arts ＆ Crafts Kanazawa
     

    Selected Takaoka Craft Exhibition

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2002

    SO brothers exibition Works of Takamasa Sakai and Yasuyuki Oyama Tokyo / gallery ES
     

    Objects to be treasured Yamagata / Honma museum

     

    Selected Japan Craft Competition

     

    2003

    Special exhibition Talent 2003 at the International Trade Fair Munich
     

    The June Olympia fair London, selected International Competition “Talent 2003”

     

    2005

    International Art & Design Fair NY Lesley Kehoe Galleries

     

    2006

    Japanese Contemporary Metalwork Sofitel & Melbourne & Hamilton Art Gallery Hamilton

     

    2007

    2 Person Show ‘The sound of rain on porcelain and metal’ Gallery Planet, Nagoya

     

    2008

    2 Person Show ‘Listen to the wind’, Gallery Zero, Shizuoka

     

    2011

    Heavy Metal 'Challenging Perceptions' Lesley Kehoe Galleries Melbourne

  • ARTWORKS

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