Yasuki Hiramatsu
# Yasuki Hiramatsu

Yasuki Hiramatsu (平松 保城, Hiramatsu Yasuki, (April 30, 1926 - April 11, 2012) was born in Osaka, Japan. He was a Japanese artist and considered a pioneer of modern jewelry in Japan. He served as a member of the Japan Craft Design Association, the Japan Jewellery Designers Association, and the Mitglied von der Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst.

## Awards and prizes

* 1952–1957　Twice awarded prizes from the Living Industrial Arts Institute, Tokyo, Japan
* 1969　Gold Prize at 3rd Craft Center Japan
* 1970　Prize at the Japan New Craft Exhibition, Tokyo
* 1990　Created a present for Empress Kōjun to bestow on the Empress Michiko on her enthronement
* 1991　41st Craft Award in Excellence awarded by the Japanese Government Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
* 1994 　First non-European to be awarded 'the Ring of Goldsmiths' from Gellschaft fur Goldschmiedekunst
* 1995 　Awarded ìContribution to Design Promotion' by the Japanese Government Ministry of International Trade and Industry
* 1996　Awarded 'Bayerischer Staatspreis' by the Bayern Government Ministry, Germany
* 1997　Awarded 'Kunii Kitaro Prize' by Japan Industrial Art Foundation.

## Solo exhibition

* 1978　Galerie am Graben, Wien, Austria
* 1990　Electrum Gallery, London
* 1993　Professor Yasuki Hiramatsu Retirement Exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts
* 1994　STUDIO TON BERENDS, Den Haag, Netherlands
* 1995 LUISE SMIT, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* 1996　Galerij Sofie Lachaert, Gent, Belgium
* 1997　Magari, Barcelona, Spain; Galerij Sofie Lachaert, Antwerpen, Belgium
* 2006　Gallery HANAIRO, Anraku-ji (temple), Kyoto
* 2008　Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
