Takashi Seto, Floating Thing. Silk, lacquer, silver leaf, gofun powder
Takashi Seto, Floating Thing. Silk, lacquer, silver leaf, gofun powder
Takashi Seto,
Floating Thing.
Silk, lacquer, silver leaf, gofun powder
TAKASHI SETO
Born in 1974 in Saitama, Japan
Textile artist Takashi Seto was inspired to revive ancient Japanese dyeing techniques after reading about several long-forgotten methods in a 17th-century fabric book. The complex process, which involves lacquer, silver leaf, and gofun power, prints fine outlines of animals and buildings onto wafer-thin canvases of silk. Seto received his Master’s degree from Tokyo University of the Arts.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Takashi Seto: Dyeing and Textiles (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Kaku no Kai (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo)
2014
Kaku no Kai (Tokyo Metropolitian Art Museum, Tokyo)
2012
Art Wave Exhibition vol. 9, Souzou no innovation-ten (RECTO VERSO GALLERY, Tokyo)
2010
The 150th Anniversary of Diplomatic Releations between Japan and Portugal, Nihon, Dentobunka Kokusai Koryu Kyokai (Japan Traditional Culture and International Exchange Association, Japan)
2009
Wakaki Takumi no Tewazaten (Saitama Craft Center, Saitama)
2008
Japan Design Exhibition (Musse des Arts Decoratifs, Paris)
2006
Japan - Morocco bunka kouryuten (Morocco)
AWARDS
2011
Prize, the 49th Gendai Kogeiten, 21st Century Musuem of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2010
Prize, the 49th Gendai Kogeiten, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo