Toshio Odate

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Toshio Odate
Born1930 (age 9394)
Other namesToshio Ōdate
Years activesculptor, woodworker, educator

Toshio Odate (born 1930) is a Japanese-born American sculptor, woodworker, craftsman, author, and educator. [1] He specializes in Japanese woodworking and is a noted shoji maker. [2] [3] He is the author of, Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use (Taunton Press, 1984).

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Biography

Toshio Odate was born in 1930 in Tokyo, Japan. [4] He trained in Japan as a cabinetmaker early in his career for 7 years starting at age 16, this was due to the economic pressure in Japan post-World War II. [5] [6] In 1948, he moved to the United States for one year for college, followed by a year in Denmark for study of Scandinavian design. [5] He was planning to return to Japan to teach, however he changed his mind and Odate then decided to return to the United States, to live in New York City. [5] In 1973, he moved to Woodbury, Connecticut. [5]

He taught sculpture classes at Cooper Union briefly, followed by teaching at State University of New York at Purchase, Brooklyn Museum Art School, and Pratt Institute. [5] At Brookfield Craft Center, Odate taught shoji-making classes. [3]

His work is included in the public collection at UCR Arts, [7] Memorial Art Gallery, [8] Chazen Museum of Art, [9] and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. [10] Odate is included in the Brooklyn Museum Interviews of Artists, 1965–1968, [11] and the Stephen Radich Gallery Records, 1942–1979, [12] at the Archives of American Art.

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