Setsuko Kagitani 　鍵谷 節子

Curation Europe

Born in Osaka in 1944, where she also lives and works. She expresses her deep passion to the flowers in the traditional Japanese "Nihon-ga" style.

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1944 Born in Osaka, Japan

1965 Member of the Seitôsha group. Trained with Master Yôson Ikeda and Michio Ikeda

1997　 Amami Oshima Nihonga Exhibition, Grand prize for Excellence

2000　 Commissioned by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommun

2005　 Nitten Tokusen-Award “Shiroi uta (white poem)”

2006　 Awarded the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon / The city of Sakai, Award of Honour

2006 Solo shows at Ellen Richard Gallery, Switzerland (and 2009, 2011)

2007　 Nitten Tokusen-Award “Deigo no saku toki (When the deigo blooms)”


2022 Loan of artworks to the Prime Minister's Office

Awards

- The Japan Fine Art Exhibition (Nitten). Tokusen (Special Award) in 2005, 2007

- Nitshunten, Prize of the Foreign Minister

- Kyoten, Kyoto, Prize of the Mayor

- Amami Nihonga Taishô, 1st prize

- Marriage Medal on the Dark Blue Ribbon (Konju hōshō)

a.o.

Solo exhibitions

- Takashimaya Art Gallery (Osaka, Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya), 1991,1995, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2021

- Hankyu Art Gallery, Kobe

- Gallery Ellen Richard, Küsnacht, Switzerland 2006, 2009

- Irohani Art Gallery, Sakai

- Sakai city Higashi culture center, World of Setsuko Kagitani 2019

and many others.

Group exhibitions

- Seitôsha-ten

- Lamia Ink!, Inc. Bridge, NY. USA

- Cortland Jessup Gallery, Provincetown, MA. USA.

- CJB PROJECTS (RED), NY. USA.

- Bridge. Wellington, NZ

- 21st century female artists 1994-98, Takashimaya Art Gallery

et al.

Public collections and commissions

- City of Sakai, Osaka

- City of Naze, Amami, Kagoshima

- Stamp for "World Folk & Art Festival, Osaka 2000".

- UNIFEM:United Nations Development Fund for Women, NY, United Nation

- Japanese Embassy in Bern, Nashville, Libya, Cambodia, Bahrain.

Present

Member of:

Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten Kaiin)

Seitô-sha

Kyoto Art Academy

Sakai Academy of Arts