SAEKO ANDO
安藤 彩英子
- Seeing Nature through Lacquer glazed eyes -
About SAEKO ANDO
Saeko Ando, a contemporary artist - lacquerist, merges traditional Vietnamese lacquer-craft skills and painting techniques learned from past generations of lacquer masters with innovative methods she developed over decades of experimenting with Vietnam's natural lacquer.
Saeko's artworks seek to give physical form to the process of utsuroi, the impermanence of all things and the transience of Nature, by harnessing Vietnamese natural lacquer's characteristic for change over time.
Photograph: Lucia Baragli
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Apprenticeship/Education
Based in Vietnam since 1995, Japanese artist Saeko Ando studied Son Mai - Vietnam's traditional lacquer art - under the guidance of artist Trinh Tuan, lacquer master Doan Chi Trung, and lacquer artisan Lam Huu Chinh. In 2000, Saeko's mastery of this traditional art form led to her acceptance as the first foreign member of the Hanoi Art Association.
Saeko graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo in 1992 and holds a Japanese degree in Philosophy. She does research into lacquer art and shares her findings via lectures, conventions and symposia.
photograph: Hitoshi Hayashi
Exhibitions
2021
“Asian Art in London 2021”, Gallery 8, London, U.K
2020
“Vietnamese Son Mai”, CHON Auction House, Hanoi, Vietnam
“COLLECT 2020”. Somerset House, London, U.K
“Asian Art in London 2020”, Gallery 8, London, U.K
2019
“Art in the Forest”, Flamingo Dai Lai Resort, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam
“Asian Lacquer Craft Exchange Research Project in Shanghai”, Shanghai university, Shanghai, China
“Asian Art in London 2019”, Gallery 8, London, U.K
2018
Lacquer Friends of the World, Museum fürLackkunst, Munster, Germany
Asian Art in London 2018, Gallery 8, London, UK
The Voyage of the Art of Lacquer at Gallery SOIL, Hong Kong
2017
“Urushi Jewelry Vol.4”, Gallery Okariya, Tokyo, Japan
“Art Kaohsiung”, The PIER-2 ART CENTER, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
“Asian Art in London 2017”, Gallery 8, London, U.K
“Asian Lacquer Craft Exchange Research Project in Bagan”, Lacquerware technology college, Bagan, Myanmar
2016
“Asian Art in London 2016”, Gallery 8, London, U.K
“Asian Lacquer Craft Exchange Research Project in Hanoi”, The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam
“Masterpiece in London 2016”, South Grounds The Royal Hospital, London, U.K
“Asian Lacquer Craft Exchange Research Project in Chiang Mai”, Chiang Mai University Art Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2015
“Art Kaohsiung”, The PIER-2 ART CENTER, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
“Asian Art in London 2015”, Gallery 8, London, U.K
“Young Art Taiwan”, Sheraton Grande Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2014
“Asian Art in London 2014”, Gallery 8, London, U.K
The 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Myanmar and Japan, “Asian Lacquer Craft Exchange Research Project in Bagan”, Lacquerware Technology College, Bagan, Myanmar
2013
Solo exhibition “JAPAN IN ME”, Japan Foundation, Center for Cultural Exchange, Hanoi, Vietnam
2012
“Resonant Uruwashi–New Vibrance in International Women's Urushi Art”
Yamawaki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery of Kyoto City University of Arts @KCUA, Kyoto, Japan
Kitakata City Museum of Art, Fukushima, Japan
2011
“Kizuna project- Female Urushi Artists' Solidarity with the
People of TOHOKU-”, Aizu Urushi Art Festival, Fukushima, Japan
“Women, Art, Hanoi”, Maison des Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
“Here, There, Everywhere - Open Lacquer-”, Trans Cultural Exchange, Boston,America
2010
Solo Exhibition“Le Petite Exhibition”, UZU Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2009
"TheIshikawa International Urushi Exhibition”, Meitetsu M'Za, Wajima Museumof Urushi Art, Ishikawa,Japan
2006
“The World of Vietnamese Lacquer paintings” Kyoto City International Foundation, Kyoto, Japan
Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo, Japan
Sapporo Miyanomori art Museum, Sapporo, Japan
2004
“Texture of Life”, Cay Son Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2001
Solo Exhibition tour “Vietnam Tales”
Gallery Shimada,Kobe, Japan
Gallery Kissho Do, Kyoto, Japan
Tokyu Hotel Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan
2000
Solo Exhibition “ThoatXac-Moulting-”, Indochine Park Tower, Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Solo Exhibition “Chao Dong Chi!”, Mayfair Apartment, Hanoi, Vietnam
“Vietnamese Lacquer painting”, Fujita Vente, Tokyo, Japan
“Hanoi Metropolitan Art Exhibition 990th anniversary of Thang Long Hanoi”, Nha Trien Lam Trang Tien, Hanoi, Vietnam
1999
Solo Exhibition “SsssshhhhH!”, Hotel Nikko Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam
1998
Solo Exhibition “Heads or Tails”, Café des Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
1997
“Three Female Artists”, The Centre for Exhibition and Artistic Exchange, Hanoi,Vietnam
