Noguchi Ken completed his graduate studies in Fine Art and Craft at Kanazawa College of Art and later graduated from the Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo.
Drawn to the luminous surface and sculptural qualities of urushi, he continues to explore its expressive potential through a direct engagement with natural materials. Working primarily with the dry lacquer technique, he creates both functional lacquerware and three-dimensional works.
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Kogei Exhibition: Metalwork and Lacquerware, US
2025 Asia Week New York, US
2024 Salon Art + Design, New York, US
The Urushi Expression Now: Gazing at Urushi, Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishikawa, Japan
How-To of Tea Appreciation, Itami City Museum of Art, Hyogo, Japan
2023 Urushi Storm: The Lightning of Modern Urushi Expression, Wajima Museum of
Lacquer Art, Ishikawa, Japan New Japanese Lacquer Art from HOKURIKU, Museum fur Lackkunst, Germany
KOGEI Collaboration 1+1 Project, Hillside Forum, Tokyo/Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama Japan
2022 Kanazawa KOGEI Triennale, Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
FINE ART ASIA, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong
2021 International KOGEI Award in TOYAMA, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan
Selected Awards
2021 The Encouragement Award at the International KOGEI Award in TOYAMA
2013 The President of Hokuriku Broadcasting Company Award at the 69th Kanazawa KOGEI Exhibition
2012 The Encouragement Award at Itami International Crafts Exhibition Chalice Section
2008 The Encouragement Award at KOGEI Toshi Takaoka Craft Competition
Selected Public Collections
Takaoka Design & Craft Center, Toyama, Japan
LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Germany