Takashi Seto,
Floating Thing.
Silk, lacquer, silver leaf, gofun powder
TAKASHI SETO 瀬藤貴史
1974
Born in Saitama, Japan
Lives and works in Saitama, Japan
Textile artist Takashi Seto was inspired to revive ancient Japanese dyeing techniques after reading about several long-forgotten methods in a 17th-century fabric book. The complex process, which involves lacquer, silver leaf, and gofun power, prints fine outlines of animals and buildings onto wafer-thin canvases of silk. Seto received his Master’s degree from Tokyo University of the Arts.
EDUCATION
2006
Research Student, in Textile at Department of Crafts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2005
MFA in Conservation Science Laboratory Graduate School of Conservation, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Tomioka Silk Mill Celebrates 10th Anniversary of World Heritage Listing Takashi Seto: Layer of time – Ima ni tsuzuku Edo no gihou. Tomioka Silk Mill, Gunma, Japan
2018
Takashi Seto: Dyeing and Textiles, SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
SQUARE Textile 10, FEI ART MUSEUM YOKOHAMA, Yokohama, Japan
2023
SQUARE Textile 9, Gallery Hinoki, Tokyo, Japan
2022
Art Market Hamptons, SEIZAN Gallery booth, New York
HAKU: The Art of Gold and Silver Leafing, SEIZAN Gallery, New York
2021
International Kogei Award in Toyama 2020: Habataku Kogei no mirai ten, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan
The 75th Sinsho Kogei-ten, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
2020
TOBU FUKUDA & TAKASHI SETO: PURE POETRY, SEIZAN Gallery, New York
2019
Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo International Forum, SEIZAN Gallery booth, Tokyo
2017
Kaku no Kai, SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Kaku no Kai, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2012
Art Wave Exhibition vol.9, Souzou no Innovation-ten, RECTO VERSO Gallery, Tokyo
2010
The 150th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Portugal, Portugal
2009
Wakaki Takumi no Tewaza-ten, Saitama Craft Center, Saitama, Japan
2008
Japan Design Exhibition, Musse des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
2006
Japan - Morocco Bunka Kouyu-ten, Morocco
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Starbucks Coffee Japan, Saitama, Japan
Hoshikawa Produce “Conscience”, Saitama, Japan
Garage. U. W, Saitama, Japan
EXHIBITIONS
HAKU: THE ART OF GOLD AND SILVER LEAFING
TORU FUKUDA & TAKASHI SETO:
PURE POETRY