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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
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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

AWARDS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2000

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

ARTWORKS