- Ōsumi Yukie was designated Living National Treasure in 2015, and is the first female metalwork artist to receive this honor in history. She specializes in tankin, or hammered vessels. Osumi graduated in 1969 from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Afterwards, she studied under Kashima Ikkoku (1898-1996), Sekiya Shirō (1907-1994), and Katsura Moriyuki (1914-1996). She also trained as an artist in the United Kingdom for a year under the sponsorship by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs. She has received many honors and awards, and most recently in 2014, was the first to be awarded a residency at The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C.
Selected Exhibitions:
2013 - 2023 Asia Week New York, US
2022 Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, Japan
Homo Faber: Crafting a more human future, Venice, Italy
2021 - 2022 Japan: A History of Style, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, US
2016 Creating Handicrafts, Wako, Tokyo, Japan
2015 SOFA Chicago, Illinois, US
2013 Contemporary Kōgei Styles in Japan, Morikami Museum and Japanese
Gardens, Delray Beach, Florida, US
- Selected Public Collections:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York
National Museum of Asian Art at Smithsonian Institution | Washington DC, US - Victoria and Albert Museum | London
- Royal Museum in Edinburgh | Scotland
- National Museum of Modern Art | Tokyo