Yutaka Minegishi

Japan/Germany, b.1973

Yutaka Minegeishi studied metal craft at Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry in Tokyo before moving to Germany in 1995 as a guest student of Fachhochschule, Pforzheim and then as a Masters student of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich. He completed his Diploma in 2003 under the tutelage of Professor Otto Künzli and has since held solo exhibitions in Munich and Tokyo, as well as participating in many international group exhibitions.

 

A large part of Minegishi’s practice is his hand carving from single blocks of material.  In 2013 he exhibited his works in ebony, mammoth ivory and rose ivory amongst other materials in his first Australian solo show, Mainly Twisted at Gallery Funaki. His work was also included in Unexpected Pleasures at the NGV in Melbourne and the London Design Museum in 2012, and can be found in the permanent collections of the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Museum Ceskeho Raje, Czech Republic and the Stichting Francoise van den Bosch, Amstelveen.

 

Yutaka won the Munich Art Prize in 2017 and the Herbert Hoffman Award in 2019.



Twisted ring, 2013, jet

More work by Yutaka Minegishi

Twisted ring by Yutaka Minegishi Twisted ring , 2015, jet ,
Beetle ring by Yutaka Minegishi Beetle ring , 1999, ebony, Japanese maple ,
Poo ring by Yutaka Minegishi Poo ring , 2013, lignum vitae ,
Twisted ring by Yutaka Minegishi Twisted ring , 2017, pink ivory (wood) ,
Twisted ring by Yutaka Minegishi Twisted ring , 2017, jet ,
Twisted ring by Yutaka Minegishi Twisted ring , 2017, black agate ,
Twisted ring by Yutaka Minegishi Twisted ring , 2017, orange agate ,
Drop ring by Yutaka Minegishi Drop ring , 2013, mammoth ivory ,
Bum ring by Yutaka Minegishi Bum ring , 2013, agate ,
Drop ring by Yutaka Minegishi Drop ring , 2015, jet ,
Ring by Yutaka Minegishi Ring , 2015, brazilwood ,
Twisted ring by Yutaka Minegishi Twisted ring , 2015, jet ,
Twisted ring by Yutaka Minegishi Twisted ring , 2015, jet ,
Drop ring by Yutaka Minegishi Drop ring , 2017, agate ,
Twisted ring by Yutaka Minegishi Twisted ring , 2018, rock crystal ,
Twisted ring by Yutaka Minegishi Twisted ring , 2017, agate ,

Exhibitions

Mainly Twisted

September 10 to October 5, 2013

Japanese born, German based artist Yutaka Minegishi presents his first solo exhibition in Australia.

2018 Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery

15 August - 15 September 2018

The 2018 Mari Funaki Award presents work by 30 emerging and established artists from around the world.