YUJI OKADA ( 1948 –         )

1948 BORN IN KYOTO

1967 GRADUATED WITH FIRST HONORS FROM KYOTO HIYOSHI-GA-

OKA HIGH SCHOOL

1969 STUDIES LACQUER ART UNDER HIROSHI ITO

1970 BEGINS EXHIBITING IN PUBLIC SHOWS : NITTEN, JAPAN

CONTEMPORARY ARTS AND CRAFT EXHIBITION,AMONG

OTHERS

1985 INSTRUCTOR AT THE PRESTIGIOUS KYOTO CITY DODA SCHOOL

OF ART AND CRAFTS

HE HOLD MANY TASK IN SCIENTIFIC BOARD IN DIFFERENT SHOOWS

2006 OPEN LACQUER STUDIO “SHIUN” FOR THE CREATION AND

RESTORATION OF LACQUER WORKS

PIECES COLLECTED IN :

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

MUSEUM OF FINE ART BOSTON

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM ART

KIYOMIZU SANNENZAKA MUSEUM (JAPAN)

SHANGHAI ART COLLECTIONMUSEUM (CHINA)

PERIOD : SHOWA 1960

DIM. cm. 11 x h. 11