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ABOUT

Kei Nakamura

Aiming to create items that convey the charm of bamboo.

bamboo craft
 
- Career and Education -
Born in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
2017 Completed Oita Prefectural Bamboo Craft Training Center
2017 Studied under Masato Takae
2022 Became independent
Currently active in Oita Prefecture, Japan.



- SOLO EXHIBITION -

​2024 Kei Nakamura Solo Exhibition ”My KATACHI”@Junrian(Ginza)​
2024 Kei Nakamura Solo Exhibition ”My KATACHI”@Junrian(Roppongi)
2023 Kei Nakamura Bamboo Craft Exhibition @ Budou no Tane


- TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION -
2024 Yurika Fujii × Kei Nakamura Exhibition - The Resonance of Handcrafts - @gallery ippaku

​- EXHIBITION -

2024-2025 NIPPON47 2025 CRAFT @d47 MUSEUM
2024 Japan Cultural Grand Prix Award Winners POP UP Store @JAPAN MASTERY COLLECTION
2024 “cue” Arts and Crafts Fair vol.1 @ECKEPUNKT 
2024 Basket Exhibition @Cotique
2023 Woodworking Fair @svale furniture
2023 Basket Exhibition @CASICA Gallery
2023 Mengtan Gallery & Shop 3rd Anniversary Exhibition @Mengtan
2022 Takaoka Craft Store @Takaoka Craft Ichibagai
2022 Basket and Colander Exhibition @cotogoto
2022 Pop Up Shop @Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore
2022 SICF22 MARKET Division Winners Exhibition @Spiral Hall
2022 Basket Department Store @Tsuitachi
2021 Craft City Takaoka Craft Exhibition @Otaya Serio


- CRAFT FAIR -

2024 ARTS & CRAFT Shizuoka Handmade Market
2023 7th Kansai Flea Market
2023 Craft Fair Matsumoto
2022 Tomoshibito no Tsudoi
2022 Niwanowa Art & Craft Fair Chiba
2022 Craft Fair Matsumoto
2022 Yamaguchi Arts & Crafts
2021 SICF22 MARKET @Spiral Garden
2020 ARTS & CRAFT Shizuoka Handmade Market


-AWARDS-
2023 Takaoka Craft Competition, selected
2023 3rd Japan WABUNKA Grand Prix, Grand Prize
2021 Takaoka Craft Competition, Runner-up
2021 SICF22 MARKET, Sari Hayashiguchi Award
2021 Bamboo Crafts in Daily Life Exhibition, Beppu City Council Chairperson Award
2020 Bamboo Crafts in Daily Life Exhibition, MPP Award
2019 Bamboo Crafts in Daily Life Exhibition, Oita Joint Newspaper President's Award
2017 Japan Craft Exhibition, Selected
2017 Bamboo Crafts in Daily Life Exhibition, Beppu Bamboo Products Cooperative Association Chairman's Award
- SHOP LIST -
Rakudoan (Toyama)
cotomoshi (Shinjuku)
WISE・WISE tools (Roppongi)
Budou no Tane (Fukuoka)
gallery ippaku (Ebisu)
mohimaru (Fukuoka)


​- PERMANENT EXHIBITION -
2024- Hilton Kyoto All Day Dining "Téori"
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