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IINO, Ichiro  Professor - Metal Carving, Department of Crafts 10 July, 2008
1949Born in Saitama Prefecture
1976M.F.A. in Metal Carving, Tokyo University of the Arts
1988Research Associate, Metal Carving '92 Assistant Professor '94 Associate Professor '05-Professor
2000-01Stayed in Europe and Australia, research fellowship of the Japanese Ministry of Education
2002The head of common workshop Toride Campus
Member of Japan Craft Design Association/Member of Gesellschaft fur Goldshmiedekunst
Research Activities
1973Salon de Printemps Prize for B.F.A.Graduation Project
1974-Japan Crafts Exhibition ('74 New Talent Award. '91 Craft Award)
1975Japan Jewellery Exhibition (Awarded the Grand Prix '96 Jewellery Award)
1980International Jewellery Exhibition: 1900-1980 (Vienna); Invitational work
1981Italian Jewellery Exhibition (Arezzo); Invitational work
1983“27 Japanese Jewellery Designers” travelling exhibition (in Germany, Switzerland and Austria)
1989Ueno Station Pedestrian Deck Object“Ari・Aring”
1990Saitama Art Exhibition (Awarded Yomiuri Newspaper Prize, and in '93 the Makoto Takada Prize) (Saitama Prefectural Museum)
1992Contemporary Japanese Craft Invitational Exhibition (Frankfurt)
1994Combined Art Work Exhibition, The Central Academy of Arts and Design, Beijing, Central Institute of Fine Arts
Beijing and Tokyo University of the Arts (Fukuya Hiroshima)
1995Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition,Museum Voor Siekunst (Ghent)
Craft Course Instructors' Work Exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts
1996Tama,Kawasaki City public center Relief work
1997Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Crafts (Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art)
1998Invitational Work for Kanazawa Craft Competition (Kanazawa)
Invitational Work for Fragrance Container Exhibition (Toyodacho Fragrance Museum)
2001Contemporary Japanese Jewellery (London Crafts Council) SHMUCK Exhibition (Hanau Museum) Mokume-Holzadre (Heidelberg)
2002International Jewellery Competition (Hanau)
2003"KOGEI-A View of a Century of Modern Japanese Crafts"(The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts)
2004Invited to exhibit at the Japan Jewellery Art Competition. "Contemporary Japanese Metal arts and Crafts"(The Danish Museum of Decorative Art)
2005Edited "One Hundred Years of Jewellery in Japan:1850-1950"(Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum) International Exchange Exhibition 2005(Daegu Univ. Museum,Korea)
2006Japanese Art Jewellery Today (The National Museum of Modern Art)
2007Member of Association for Goldsmith'ART Exhibition (Germany.Hanau)
Educational Activities
Instructor of Craft course to undergraduate students; Japanese traditional Technique and Metal Carving; Special study of Jewellery and Crafts for graduate students
Social Activities
Instructor of Kanazawa Utatsuyama Craft WorkShop /Designed the Emblem for “The Japan Association of National Universities”/Judge of Japan Gold and Silver Exhibition/Judge of Ivory Sculpture Exhibition/Planned and supervised “Process of Japanese Jewellery “published by JJDA/Head judge, “JJA Jewellery Contest”/Jury Member, Itami International Craft Exhibition, Jewelry Section
Public Collections
Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art /The University Art Museum of Tokyo University of the Arts /Toyodacho Fragrance Museum /Kyushu Sangyo University Art Museum
Key Words
Expanding new areas of Jewellery and Crafts by using traditional techniques and researching the possibility of materials