top of page
AKIKO KURIHARA 栗原章子
education and career
2004-2010 education: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Schmuck und Gerät, diploma, Munich Germany, Prof.Otto Künzli
1999-2004 career: lecturer at Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Tokyo Japan
1998-1999 education: Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Tokyo Japan
1996-1998 education: Yamanashi Institute of Gemology and Jewelry Art, Kofu Japan
1975 born in Sapporo Japan
awards and scholarship
2018 27th International silver art competition -Illusion-, the 2nd prize and the Joachim Sokólski Award, Poland
2010 Meisterschüler Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Germany
2007 Stipendien des Bayer Staatsministeriums für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst für Ausländische Studierende, Germany
1998 16th Asahi modern craft exhibition, the 3rd prize, Japan
1997 25th International pearl design contest, the 3rd prize, Japan
statement
Casual discoveries in daily life, and small findings in physical phenomena which we unconsciously use.
I create jewelry pieces out of such discoveries using humor and wit in minimalistic ways.
I like to challenge myself to expand the possibilities of the jewelry, even if they are small objects.
And I expect that humor and wit in my work would connect me to the person wearing my piece, as well as to people seeing the piece.
日常の中での何気ない発見や、無意識に使っている事象の中での気付き。
そういった発見をユーモアとウイットを軸に、極力ミニマルな表現手段でジュエリーにする。
私はジュエリーの可能性を広げたい。たとえそれらが小さな存在だとしても。
そして私の作品が、作る人、つける人、見る人をユーモアでつなぐ存在になれば、と思います。
bottom of page