KUSAKABE Masao
- Title：Professor
- Major：Department of Crafts (Dyeing and Weaving)
- Expertise：Dyeing and Weaving
Academic background
| 1964 | Born in Kyoto City |
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| 1988 | BFA Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Crafts |
| 1990 | MFA Kyoto City University of Arts, Graduate School of Arts |
Exhibitions and publications
| 1986 | Selected in Japanissimo ’86 (Kyoto Sangyo Kaikan) |
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| 1988 | Masao Kusakabe Stencil Dyeing Exhibition (Sakaimachi Garow, Kyoto. Since then, held exhibitions in the same gallery in ’90 ’92 ’94 ’97 ’00) Selected in the 10th Nihon Shin-kougei (Japan New Craft) Exhibition (Since then, exhibited every year and selected in ’89 ’92 ’93 ’95 ’96 ’97 ’98, became official member in ’99, ’19unsubscribed) (Tour exhibition in The National Art Center – Tokyo, Matsuzakaya Museum – Nagoya City, Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art) Selected in the 20th Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Since then, exhibited every year and selected in ’92 ’94 ’95 ’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00 ’01, became affiliate in ’02) (Tour exhibition in The National Art Center – Tokyo, Kyoto City Museum of Art) |
| 1989 | Selected in the 41st Kyoto Fine Arts Exhibition (Since then, exhibited and selected in ’90 ’91 ’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’08 ’09) (Kyoto City Museum of Art) Masao Kusakabe Entwine Exhibition – Solo exhibition of costume works- (Teatro Marron – Kyoto) |
| 1990 | Selected in Kyoto Crafts and Fine Arts Biennale (The Museum of Kyoto) Masao Kusakabe Dye Goods Exhibition (Haseko Urbest Gallery Shinsaibashi – Osaka) (In the same year, tour exhibition in Haseko Urbest Gallery Maiko – Hyogo, Haseko Urbest Gallery Higashi Sumiyoshi – Osaka) Went to the United States after completing Graduate school (Returned to Japan in 1993) |
| 1993 | Masao Kusakabe Stencil Dyeing Exhibition (Elk Gallery, Los Angeles – United States) |
| 1994 | Set up studio in Itoman City upon being invited from and transferring to Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts |
| 1995 | Masao Kusakabe Exhibition (Gallery Maronie – Kyoto. Since then, held exhibition in same gallery in ’99 ’02 ’04 ’05) |
| 1996 | The 19th Kyoto Association of Craft Artists Exhibition (Since then, exhibited every time) The 10th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition for Foundation of Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts (Resource Center Gallery at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts) |
| 1997 | Selected in Okinawa Craft Design Competition (Naha Civic Gallery – Okinawa) Featured in monthly magazine “Senshoku Alpha” – “Ideas and Expressions of Craft and Dyeing Artist – Dyeing Expressions of Masao Kusakabe” |
| 1998 | Masao Kusakabe Exhibition (Yuyu Bunko Gallery, Fukui City) The 13th National Cultural Festival ’98 Arts Exhibition (Oita Prefectural Art Center) Flag-Art Exhibition ’98 (Kandacho shopping mall, Gifu City) Exhibition by those who teach dyeing at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts “Blend and Touch” (Resource Center Gallery at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts) |
| 1999 | The 25th Nihon Shin-kougei (Japan New Craft) Exhibition: Opening Tomorrow (The Hakone Open-Air Museum – Kanagawa) Masao Kusakabe Dye Exhibition (Art Square, Takarazuka City) |
| 2000 | Commemorative Exhibition for the 120th Anniversary of Foundation: Progress of Kyoto City University of Arts (Kyoto City Museum of Art) Paper published on Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts Bulletin, Issue 8 “Development of Traditional Craft Techniques in University Education” (Proposed an efficient dyeing process in Bingata using new processing aid) |
| 2005 | “Let’s Start Craft Management!!” Paper applied to The 11th Japan Educational Mutual Aid Association of Welfare Foundation |
| 2006 | Kyoto City Museum of School History Exhibition “Artists who Teach at Schools” (Kyoto City Museum of School History) The 60th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition for Kyoto Kogei Association (The Museum of Kyoto) |
| 2007 | Assumed position in Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Crafts, Dyeing and Weaving Course The 10th Underwater Exhibition “AQUART in Amami Oshima (Setouchi town, Kagoshima prefecture)” (Since then, exhibited in ’08 ’09 ’10) The 3rd “Japan Textile Council: Future Format of Textile ’07 Okinawa Exhibition” (Resource Center Gallery at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts) (Since then, exhibited in ’08 Sapporo Exhibition, ’09 Fukuoka Exhibition, ’10 Tokyo Exhibition, ’12 Abashiri Exhibition) |
| 2008 | Masao Kusakabe Stencil Dyeing Exhibition (Kaleidoscope Museum of Kyoto) |
| 2009 | Hiroyuki Imai & Masao Kusakabe Joint Exhibition (Kaleidoscope Museum of Kyoto) The exhibition to support the polepole foundation (Sakaimachi Garow Gallery – Kyoto) |
| 2010 | The 56th All KANSAI Exhibition (Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts) Nihon Shin-kougei (Japan New Craft) Dyeing-Weaving and Ceramics Selected Exhibition (Gallery of Daimaru Department Store, Kyoto) Kyoto Design Association Furoshiki Design Exhibition (Kyoto Miyai Co., Ltd. Gallery) The Gorilla eco bag exhibition to support the polepole foundation (Sakaimachi Garow Gallery – Kyoto) |
| 2011 | Masao Kusakabe Exhibition (Kyoto Brighton Hotel Wind Gallery) Selected in Modern Stencil Dyeing Exhibition Part 2 (Somé Seiryukan, Kyoto) Amami Oshima Flood Reconstruction Support “Monoumi Exhibition” (Seikado Gallery, Kyoto) Supervised “Hands fiddling Cafe” (Onagawa-cho, Okawa City, Miyagi prefecture) Asian Artists Exchange Exhibition (Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA; The KyungSung University Museum, Busan, South Korea) SILENT @KCUA Charity Auction (Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA) The 65th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition for Kyoto Association of Craft Artists Exhibition (The Museum of Kyoto, Nantan City Museum of Culture) The 65th Anniversary Commemorative Small Works Exhibition for Kyoto Association of Craft Artists Exhibition (The Museum of Kyoto Annex) Masao Kusakabe Stencil Picture Exhibition (Ryubo Arts Salon, Naha City) Report published on monthly dyeing-weaving information magazine “α” – “Welcome to Hands fiddling Café” Report published on Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts Alumni Bulletin “Zou” – “Exploring Recreation Using Hands -To Live” |
| 2012 | 3.11 Reconstruction Support Miniature Exhibition (Kamogawa Salon, Kyoto) Masao Kusakabe Exhibition (Gallery Keifu, Kyoto) Supervised “Hands fiddling Café 2012” (Onagawa-cho, Miyagi prefecture) (mid-August) Selected in Art Across Asia-Renewed Encounters (Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta, India) (Aug. 25- Sept. 23) SILENT @KCUA Charity Auction (Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA) (September) 4-person Crafts Exhibition (Shimada Museum, Kumamoto City) (Oct. 5-Oct. 14) |
| 2013 | 3.11 Reconstruction Support Miniature Exhibition 2013 (Kamogawa Salon, Kyoto) Selected in The 19th Somé Seiryuten Exhibition (Somé Seiryukan – Kyoto) “Aqua Synergy” 4-person Exhibition (Gallery Keifu, Kyoto) |
| 2014 | Masao Kusakabe Stencil Dyeing Exhibition (Takashimaya Art gallery – Kyoto) School of Dyeing KCUA -Tomorrow of Expression- (Kyoto pavilion – Tokyo) Hiroyuki Imai & Masao Kusakabe Joint Exhibition (The 10th Anniversary Commemorative Special Exhibition for Kaleidoscope Museum of Kyoto) Visited U.K. as a visiting researcher at Bath Spa University (1 year) |
| 2015 | Celebrating 400 years of Rimpa “Exhibition of 200 contemporary artists in Kyoto” (The Museum of Kyoto) Across Time and Space -Expression of the connected heart- (Bath Spa University Corsham Court Campus Chinese Room U.K.) Across Time and Space -Expression of the connected heart- and Masao Kusakabe Tradition & Practice (Bath Spa University Arts & Design School Gallery U.K.) |
| 2016 | Hiroyuki Imai & Masao Kusakabe Joint Exhibition (Kaleidoscope Museum of Kyoto) The 70th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition for Kyoto Kogei Association (The Museum of Kyoto, Nantan city Museum of Culture) The 70th Anniversary Commemorative Small Works Exhibition for Kyoto Kogei Association (Gallery of Kyoto Traditional Arts & Crafts) Exhibition for Peace 2016 (Gallery Maronie – Kyoto) Celebrating 400 years of Rimpa “Exhibition of 200 contemporary artists in Kyoto” (Takashimaya Hall Tokyo Nihonbashi) |
| 2017 | Masao Kusakabe Stencil Dyeing Exhibition (Takashimaya Art gallery – Kyoto) “Masao Kusakabe Kaleidoscope repeat works” in Brewster Kaleidoscope international Convention 2017 in Kyoto (Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery @KCUA) Selected in exhibition with the theme of Okinawa “Shima-Umui” (Gallery Aogiri – Kyoto) Selected in The 21th Somé Seiryuten Exhibition (Somé Seiryukan – Kyoto) Exhibition for Peace 2017 (Gallery Sano – Kyoto, Gallery SunMoon – Maiduru city) |
| 2018 | Masao Kusakabe Exhibition (Gallery Keifu – Kyoto) Exchange Exhibition of Three Art Universities Dyeing and Weaving Department (Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery @KCUA) Selected in Kyoto Cultural Power Project “Kyoto Art 6 Art Tour” (Fukuchiyama City Sato Taisei Memorial Art Museum – Fukuchiyama city) |
| 2019 | Exhibition for Peace 2019 Kyoto – Okinawa (Gallery Hillgate – Kyoto, Airakuen – Nago city, Haebaru Cultural Center – Haebaru town) The 39th Kyoto Kogei Association Exhibition (Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts and Culture) Selected in The 9th International Exhibition Traditional Fine Arts (Shanghai Art Collection Museum – China) The 26th Resounding to the heart Small Art Collection Exhibition (Gallery Hillgate – Kyoto) Selected in The 11th Gion-matsuri(festival) Exhibition (Somé Seiryukan – Kyoto) The 37th The Kyoto Shimbun (newspaper) Charity Auction (Takashimaya Grand hall gallery – Kyoto) Selected in The 22th Somé Seiryuten Exhibition (Somé Seiryukan – Kyoto) |
| 2020 | The 27th Resounding to the heart Small Art Collection Exhibition (Gallery Hillgate – Kyoto) Selected in the 7th New Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (The National Art CenterTokyo, MIYAKO MESSE – Kyoto) Masao Kusakabe Stencil Dyeing Exhibition (Takashimaya Art gallery – Kyoto) New Collection Exhibition (Somé Seiryukan – Kyoto) |
| 2021 | The 29th Occasional Artists Small Art Collection Exhibition (Gallery Hillgate – Kyoto) The 75th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition for Kyoto Kogei Association (The Museum of Kyoto) The 75th Anniversary Commemorative Small Works Exhibition for Kyoto Kogei Association (The Museum of Kyoto) The 28th Resounding to the heart Small Art Collection Exhibition (Gallery Hillgate – Kyoto) Seduction of Lines -KATAZOME- (Somé Seiryukan – Kyoto) Exhibition for Peace 2021 (Gallery Hillgate – Kyoto) Kyoto Kogei Association Exhibition in Iga City 2021 (Kyu SukoDo – Iga) The 39th The Kyoto Shimbun (newspaper) Charity Auction (Takashimaya Grand hall gallery – Kyoto) Selected in The 23th Somé Seiryuten Exhibition (Somé Seiryukan – Kyoto) Selected in the 8th New Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (The National Art CenterTokyo, Kyoto City Museum of Art) Masao Kusakabe Exhibition (Gallery Hillgate – Kyoto) Kyoto Kogei Association Exhibition @Tokyo (Matsuzakaya Ueno Store Main Building 6F Event Hall) |
| 2022 | The 30th Occasional Artists Small Art Collection Exhibition (Gallery Hillgate – Kyoto) The 41th Kyoto Kogei Association Exhibition (Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts and Culture) Transparency and Floating -Spatial Expression of Dyeing- (Somé Seiryukan – Kyoto) Kyoto City Arts and Crafts High School Former Teachers Exhibition (Gallery Nakai – Kyoto) The 29th Resounding to the heart Small Art Collection Exhibition (Gallery Hillgate – Kyoto) The 40th The Kyoto Shimbun (newspaper) Charity Auction (Takashimaya Grand hall gallery – Kyoto) Charity Auction for the reconstruction of Shurijo Castle (Gallery Gallery – Kyoto) Selected in the 9th New Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (The National Art CenterTokyo, Kyoto City Museum of Art) Masao Kusakabe Exhibition (Sakaimachi Garow Gallery – Kyoto) Advanced Mission Towards a KYOTO KOGEI WORLD (Hulic Hall Kyoto) |
| 2023 | “Hand On” Charity Auction (Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA) The 31th Occasional Artists Small Art Collection Exhibition (Gallery Hillgate – Kyoto) Exhibition for Peace 2023 (Sakaimachi Garow Gallery – Kyoto) The 42th Kyoto Kogei Association Exhibition (Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts and Culture) The 30th Resounding to the heart Small Art Collection Exhibition (Gallery Hillgate – Kyoto) The 41th The Kyoto Shimbun(newspaper) Charity Auction (Takashimaya Grand hall gallery – Kyoto) Selected in the 10th New Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (The National Art CenterTokyo, Kyoto City Museum of Art) Masao Kusakabe Exhibition (Special Exhibition for Kaleidoscope Museum of Kyoto) |
| 2024 | The 32th Occasional Artists Small Art Collection Exhibition (Gallery Hillgate – Kyoto) |
Awards and Research Grants
| 1996 | The 18th Nihon Shin-kougei Exhibition, Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka Head Office Award |
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| 1998 | The 13th National Cultural Festival, National Cultural Festival Executive Committee, Chairman (Ikuo Hirayama) Award |
| 2000 | The 22nd Nihon Shin-kougei Exhibition, Yomiuri TV Award |
| 2003 | The 25th Nihon Shin-kougei Exhibition, Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka Head Office Award |
| 2005 | The 27th Nihon Shin-kougei Exhibition, Yoshiyuki Chosa Memorial Award |
| 2006 | The 28th Nihon Shin-kougei Exhibition, Kyoto City Mayor’s Award |
| 2007 | The 29th Nihon Shin-kougei Exhibition, Nihon Shin-kougei Members Award |
| 2009 | The 31st Nihon Shin-kougei Exhibition, Nihon Shin-kougei Members Award |
| 2010 | The 56th All KANSAI Exhibition, All KANSAI Exhibition Award |
| 2011 | Granted aid for special study in Kyoto City University of Arts “Exploring Recreation Using Hands – To Live” |
| 2012 | Granted aid for special study in Kyoto City University of Arts “The Evolving Hands fiddling Café” The 44th Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, Nitten Special selection Award |
| 2013 | The 59th All KANSAI Exhibition, Keihan Department Stores Award |
| 2017 | The 38th Kyoto Association of Craft Artists Exhibition Incentive Award |
Current affiliations
- Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Professor
- Kyoto Association of Craft Artists, Directors
- The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, Affiliate
- Kyoto Kaleidoscope Museum, Corporate Member