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2006 Kyoto Prize Laureates
Arts and Philosophy Category
Prize Field: Art (Painting, Sculpture, Craft, Architecture, Design)
Mr. Issey Miyake
Designer
Date of birth: April 22, 1938 (Age 68)
Nationality: Japan
Background: Began making clothing in 1962 as a student at Tama Art University, Tokyo, and presented his first collection in 1963. Started studying and working at Guy Laroche and Givenchy in Paris in 1965. Established Miyake Design Studio in 1970. While actively working out of Paris and New York, sought to incorporate traditional Japanese aesthetics into his clothing designs. Since the late 1980s, has presented "PLEATS PLEASE" and "A-POC," two unique apparel designs based on the concept of wrapping "a piece of cloth" around the body, which is the origin of clothing. These series brought innovative changes to the idea of clothing itself.
| Brief Biography: |
| 1938 |
Born in Hiroshima, Japan |
| 1959-1964 |
Tama Art University, B.A. (Graphic Design) |
| 1965-1968 |
Studies at La Chambre Syndicate de la Couture Parisienne; assistant designer to Guy Laroche, Paris; assistant designer to Givenchy, Paris. |
| 1969 |
Designer to Geoffery Beene, New York |
| 1970 |
Established the Miyake Design Studio, Tokyo |
| 1971-1973 |
Exhibitions in New York and Paris; reputation grows. |
| 1988 |
Started working on the "pleats" series |
| 1993 |
Launched the line "Pleats Please Issey Miyake" |
| 1998 |
Presentation of "A-POC" |
| 2004 |
Established the "Miyake Issey Foundation" |
| Selected Awards and Honors: |
| 1977 |
Mainichi Design Award |
| 1992 |
Asahi Award |
| 1993 |
Chevalier de l'ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur |
| 1998 |
Named as a Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese Government |
| 1999 |
Georg Jensen Award (Denmark) |
| 2004 |
Weksner Award from Weksner Center, University of Ohio (U.S.A.) |
| 2005 |
Praemium Imperiale (Sculpture) |
| Selected Exhibitions, Presentations, Collection and Other Works: |
| 1973 |
Autumn/Winter collection, Paris (shows in Paris continue) |
| 1977 |
"Issey Miyake and a Piece of Cloth" exhibition, Seibu Art Museum, Tokyo |
| 1979 |
"East Meets West," International Design Conference, Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A. |
| 1980 |
Costumes for Maurice Béjart's ballet, "Casta Diva", performed at IRCAM, Centre Pompidou, Paris, in collaboration with Tomio Mohri. |
| 1985 |
"Issey Miyake Bodyworks" exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| 1990 |
"Energies" exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
| 1991 |
Costume for "The Loss of Small Details," William Forsythe & Frankfurter Ballet |
| 1998-2000 |
"Issey Miyake Making Things" exhibition, foundation Cartier pour l'art contempo- rain, Paris; ACE Gallery, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
| 2001 |
"A-POC Making. Issey Miyake & Dai Fujiwara" exhibition, Vitra Design Museum, Berlin. |
| 2005 |
"Big Bang" exhibition, Centre Pompidou, Paris |
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