目の前のたった一人のために
まだ見ぬ誰かのために
作品に表すことができればと願っています。


For the one person right before me,
For someone who I have not seen yet,
I wish to express myself to them through my work.



Biography

1989

東京都生まれ
Born in Tokyo

2007

東京大学教育学部付属中等教育学校卒業
Graduated from Secondary School attached to the Faculty of Education of The University of Tokyo.

「江戸指物」を高等部の卒業論文に選ぶ
Chooses “Edo Sashimono” for Upper Division Graduation thesis.

2009

京都園部の伝統工芸大学校・木彫刻専攻卒業
Graduated from TASK in Sonobe, Kyoto, Wood Sculpture major.

木彫根付から欄間まで手がける一位一刀彫の東勝廣氏に幾度も訪ね門弟の許しを得て師事
After visiting him multiple times to ask to become his disciple, Otake begins studying with yew wood carver (ichii itto), Katsuhiro Higashi, who produces works, from small sculptural objects (netsuke) to decorative transoms (ranma).

2010

修行して1年数ヶ月で根付公募展「現代木彫根付芸術祭」(2010)で大賞受賞
Receives First Prize at Netsuke Invitational Exhibition, Japan Wood Sculpture Netsuke Art Festival (2010), after training for one year and a few months.


Group & Solo Exhibitions

2017

驚異の超絶技巧!明治工芸から現代アートへ(三井記念美術館)
Marvelous Transcendental Skill! From Meiji Craft to Contemporary Art, Mitsui Memorial Museum.


Publications

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アートコレクターズ2014年9月号「繊細アートのおもしろ百科」にて前原冬樹氏と対談記事掲載
Art Collectors', Sep. 2014 Issue, “Fun Encyclopedia of Fine Art”, article, interview with Fuyuki Maehara.

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美術の窓2014年9、10、11月号「今月の隠し球」記事掲載
The Window of Arts, Sep., Oct., and Nov. 2014 Issues, “This Month’s Hidden Ball”, articles.

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日本美術全集20 日本美術の現在・未来 初代伊勢海老掲載
Complete Collection of Japanese Arts 20, “Present and Future of Japanese Arts”, “Ise Shrimp (I)” published.

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CENTURION SUMMER2016号「進化する形象」記事掲載
CENTURION SUMMER, 2016 Issue, “Evolving Forms”, article.


Testimonial

幼いころから木彫が好きで、お年玉で高い刃物を買い、学校の机を彫刻刀で彫っていて、そのあまりの出来映えに先生からは怒られなかったという大竹亮峯は、根っからの木彫師である。
2009年に、いわゆる美大、藝大ではなく、専門学校である京都伝統工芸大学校を卒業した彼は、木彫の技術をさらに極めるべく、飛騨高山の宮彫りなどを手がける木彫師・東勝廣氏に入門、約3年の修行を経て、2012年に独立。
以後、驚異的な一木造りによる作品や、まったくオリジナルな技法である木彫による自在の制作に取り組んでいる。
<山下 裕二>


Admiring wood sculptures from a young age, Ryoho Otake bought an expensive carving blade with the money he received for the New Year from his parents, and used the blade to carve into his desk at school. Otake, who said that the teachers could not get angry at him once they saw his level of craftsmanship, is a wood sculpture master through and through. In 2009, instead of going to an arts school, he graduated from the technical school, TASK, and with a need to further master the skills of wood sculpture, became a pupil of Katsuhiro Higashi, a teacher who created wooden relief sculptures (miyabori) in Hida-Takayama. He became independent from his teacher after about 3 years of training. Later, he began to produce life-like (jizai) works, by carving marvelous work out of a single block of wood, alongside using his own completely original wood sculpture techniques.
- Yuji Yamashita