Kunio Nakamura (artist)

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Kunio Nakamura
ナカムラクニオ
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Born (1971-09-02) 2 September 1971 (age 52)
Nationality Japanese
Website www.galleryrokujigen.com

Kunio Nakamura (born 1971) is a Japanese artist and the founder of the art gallery "6jigen (6th dimension)" based in Ogikubo, Tokyo.

Currently, Nakamura is a painter and kintsugi artist. [1] He holds workshops and exhibitions in Tokyo, Tohoku and Kumamoto, as well as in the United States. [2]

Nakamura co-founded the "Kintsugi Academy" in Los Angeles in 2019, with American painter Makoto Fujimura. [3]

He was an art navigator for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in 2022. [4]

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References

  1. "Demonstration by Kintsugi Master, Kunio Nakamura at Waterfall Mansion — Waterfall Mansion & Gallery". Waterfall Gallery. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  2. "Kintsugi: The Healing Power of Pottery Repair | August 2020 | Highlighting Japan". www.gov-online.go.jp. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  3. "Kunio Nakamura: Kintsugi, the magical art of mending that bonds the world together". 紡ぐプロジェクト. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  4. 日本テレビ放送網株式会社. "スペシャル|【公式】ボストン美術館展 芸術×力". 日本テレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 July 2023.