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HIDEO YAMAKUCHI
History
1962 Born in Yonezawa, Yamagata pref
1988 Graduated from Bunka Fashion Colleage
Born in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, as the third generation of his family's weaving business (textile manufacturing), he combined traditional weaving techniques with digital technology in 1990. Since then, he has established his identity as an artist who expresses images through textiles.
The concept of his work is "memory. He believes that the act of expression through weaving with warp and weft threads is similar to the mechanism of memory in the brain, and he has taken up the theme of "memory in weaving," in which photographs taken by the artist himself are woven into fabrics.
代表作
Representative work
SHISEN 1997 (W:240cm H:120cm)
Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, U.S.A.
SHIDA 2000 (W:190cm H:720cm)
The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD),U.S.A.
SEMI 1994 (W:204cm H:132cm)
Selected, Mainichi Newspaper Modern Japanese Art Exhibition 1996
UDE 1994 (W:240cm H:120cm) Grand Prize at the International Textile Competition1997
MIRAI 1994 (W:240cm H:120cm)
Selected, PHILIP MORRIS Art AWARD 1996
GEAR 1993 (W:36m H:8m)
Exhibited at the Kyoto City Museum of Culture "Adventurers in Technique and Sensibility"
Exhibition
展覧会
June. 1992 Solo exhibition ”NEW WEAVE EXHIBITION” at IDÉE Co,Ltd（Aoyama, Tokyo）
April. 1994 Solo exhibition ”NEW WEAVE EXHIBITION 1994” at Tohoku University of Art & Design
July. 1994 Solo exhibition ”The new world of Textile” at PASTORAL HALL（Shuto, Yamaguchi)
Nov. 1994 Exhibit ”Exhibition of Crafts over the Century” at The Museum of Kyoto
June. 1995 Solo exhibition ”Memory of Weaving” at Shinjuku Park Tower Hall
Nov. 1996 Exhibit ”PHILIP MORRIS Art AWARD 1996” at SPIRAL（Aoyama, Tokyo）
April. 1997 Solo exhibition ”Image Weaver” at HILLSIDE FORUM（Daikanyama, Tokyo）
June. 1998 Solo exhibition ”NEXTILE” at LonHouse（NY, U.S.）
April. 2000 Exhibit “Defining Craft” at American craft museum（NY, U.S.）
July. 2000 Solo exhibition ”Plants” at Digital Art Gallery（Nishi Shimbashi, Tokyo）
Nov. 2002 Collaboration with Lennie Mace ”￥¢＄” at Minna Gallery（SF, U.S.）
May. 2003 Permanent exhibits at The Metropolitan Museum of Art（NY, U.S.）
July. 2004 Solo exhibition ”Memory of Weaving 2004” at Tanseisha Gallary(Taito, Tokyo)
Aug. 2020 Solo exhibition ”Memory of Weaving 2020” at Citizen Gallary(Yonezawa, Yamagata)
June. 2021 Solo exhibition ”Memory of Weaving b&w#" at Y&Gallary(Yonezawa, Yamagata)
Oct. 2022 Solo exhibition ”Memory of Weaving Flowers2022"at Y&Gallary(Yonezawa, Yamagata)
June.2023 Solo exhibition ”Weaving Memories in Switzerland" at JAM(Luzern, Switzerland)
展覧会風景
Scenery of exhibitions
Tohoku University of Art & Design Gallery(YAMAGATA JAPAN)
『NEW WEAVE EXHIBITION』 1994
SHUTO PASTORAL HALL (SHUTO, YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN)
『The New World of Textiles』1994
Shinjuku Park Tower HOLL(TIKYO,JAPAN)
『Memory of Weaving』1996
Yonezawa Citizen Gallery(YONEZAWA YAMAGATA,YAPAN)
"Memory of Weaving 2020" 2020
Award
賞歴
1995 Parco Urbanart #4 Encouragement Prize
Japan Textile Contest ‘95 Special Jury Prize
1996 Green Designing Contest Green Design Prize
Tokyo Textile Contest`96 Grand Prix, Minister of International Trade and Industry Prize
1997 International Textile Competition '97 Kyoto ITF Grand Prize, Prime Minister Prize
2007 Monodukuri Japan Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Prize
and many other awards
permanent exhibit
The Metropolitan Museum of Art（NY, U.S.）
Museum of Arts and Design（NY, U.S.） Longhouse Foundation（U.S.） Japan Federation of Shiho-Shoshi Lawyer's Associations（Japan）
Royal householdR（Thailand）
Senso-ji（Asakusa, Tokyo） etc.
Art works Selection
Senso-ji（Asakusa, Tokyo） 50th anniversary commemoration
altar curtain 2008
King of Thailand Portrait Tapestry 2011
Late King Bhumibol Adulyadej 84th birthday anniversary
Book
書籍
"Memory of Weaving” by Nextile Co,Ltd
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