Tomoyo Hiraiwa

Tomoyo Hiraiwa, Japan.


Education:
Graduated at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music- Art Education, Tuneo Yamashita Metal Forging Laboratory (trained in metal Tankin technique (Forging) under Professor Tuneo Yamashita)

Career Highlights:
2006 Selected by the Japanese government for artist residency at New York’s Museum of Arts and Design
1988 First prize in Germany’s Friedrich Wilhelm Muller International Jewelry Competition, Schwabish Gumuünd, Germany
1973 Professional artist since 1973

Awards and Honors:
2005 Honorable Mention at the Chongju International Craft Biennale 2005
2003 Honorable Mention at the Chongju International Craft Biennale 2003
1988 First Prize Award, Friedrich Wilhelm Müller International Jewelry Competition, West Germany
1985 The Governor Chiba Pref. Awards, Chiba Prefecture Art Exhibition
1984 The Governor Chiba City Awards, Chiba Prefecture Art Exhibition
1981 Special Prize Award, Kanagawa Prefecture Art Exhibit

Museum Collections (selected):
Friedrich Wilhelm Muller Museum (Schwabish Gumuünd, Germany) | Museum of Arts and Design (New York City) | Museum of Contemporary Craft (Portland, Oregon) | KonKuk University, College of arts & Design (Seoul, Korea)

International Exhibitions (selected):
2013 Seoul International Jewelry Art Fair 2013 (The Jangshingoo, Seoul)
2012 Art Miami – Contemporary & Modern Art Fair (Florida) | SOFA – Chicago (Chicago, Illinois USA) | Solo exhibit gallery Vivek Kavin (Ho Chi Ming City, Vietnam) | Metal Element of Four Countries – Japan/Korea/ Taiwan/ USA (Seoul, Korea) | Beauty in All Things: Japanese Art and Design Museum of Arts and Design (New York)
2011 Solo exhibit Organic Hybrid 2011 (Yokohama, Japan) | SOFA – Chicago (Chicago, Illinois USA)
2010 International Contemporary Metal Art, Japan-Korea-China-Taiwan (Nara, Japan)
2009 Metal masters (New York City) | Solo exhibit HAUTE CLASSE Design gallery (Seoul, Korea) | The Pendants Show (San Francisco, California) | Japanese Contemporary Women’s exhibition (Melbourne, Australia)
2008 Touching the Warm Museum of Contemporary Craft (Portland, Oregon) | SOFA -New York (New York City) | The Pendants Show VELVET DA VINCI (San Francisco, California)
2007 Solo show Organic Hybrid New York (Seoul, Korea) | Julie Artisans Gallery show (New York, USA) | Amuse Amaze Amend -Jewelry Art for the Uninhibited, FACERE Jewelry Art gallery (Seattle)
2006-7 12th International Lace Biennale- Contemporary Arts (Belgium, France, Latvia)
2006 Kyungsung University Museum (Bussan, Korea) | ExSiting Exsigting ExCiting Space- A (Sydney, Australia)
2006-05 Jewelry and Object of Pallet – Japan and Korea Contemporary Metal Art | The Shoto museum of Art (Tokyo Japan) / Korean Craft Promotion Foundation (Seoul Korea)
2005 East Element, Delaware Art contemporary Center (Delaware, USA) | Schmuck 2005 (Munchen, Germany)
2004 Contemporary Metal Japan & Korea, Alco Museum (Seoul, Korea)
2003 Chonju International Craft Biennale 2005 (Chonju, Korea)
2000 Ways of Workings, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)
1999 Art gallery of NSW (Sydney, Australia)
1997 Solo Show Markers Mark (Melbourne, Australia) | METAL ELEMENT QUDRIVIUM (Sydney, Australia)
1991 Japan Today (Oslo, Norway)
1989 CRIST International Jewelry Competition (Hanna, Germany)
1988 First Prize Friedrich Wilhelm Muller International Jewelry Competition (Germany)

Professional Experience:
2012 Lecturer at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo) | Curator of Metal Element of Four Countries 2012 in Seoul, Korea | Lecturer at the Graduate Institute of Applied Arts, Tainan National University (Taiwan) | Lecturer at the Department of Plastic Arts, DAYEH University (Taiwan)
2010 Director of International Contemporary Metal Art Japan-Korea-China-Taiwan
2007 Lecturer at Konkuk University, Dankoku University, Seoul National University of Technology, Sookmyung women’s University and Hannyan University
2006 Japanese Government Overseas Study for Artists, Museum of Arts & Design in New York City | Judged the Silver Accessories Contest 2006 in Tokyo, Japan | Lecturer at the Graduate Institute of Applied Arts, Tainan National University (Taiwan) | Lecturer at Kyungsung University in Bussan, Korea
2006-05 Jewelry and Object of Pallet – Japan and Korea Contemporary Metal Art | The Shoto museum of Art (Tokyo Japan) / Korean Craft Promotion Foundation (Seoul Korea)
2005 Jewelry and Object of Pallet – Japan- Korea Contemporary Metal Art | The Shoto museum of Art (Tokyo Japan) | Lectured and gave workshops at Rochester Institute Technology University in New York City
2004 Lecturer at Kanazawa municipal Udatuyama Koubou in Kanazawa, Japan
2003 Judged the Korea International Jewelry Competition in Seoul, Korea | Lecturer for Hakodate City, in Hokkaido, Japan | Lectured and gave workshops at the Seoul National University of Technology, Konkuk University and Dankoku University (Seoul, Korea)
2000 Lectured and gave workshops at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia
1999 Lectured and gave workshops at Object Studio in Sydney, Australia