title: Yasuki Hiramatsu
text: # Yasuki Hiramatsu
  
  Yasuki Hiramatsu (平松 保城, Hiramatsu Yasuki, (April 30, 1926 - April 11, 2012) was born in Osaka, Japan. He was a Japanese artist and considered a pioneer of modern jewelry in Japan. He served as a member of the Japan Craft Design Association, the Japan Jewellery Designers Association, and the Mitglied von der Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst.
  
  ## Awards and prizes
  
  * 1952–1957　Twice awarded prizes from the Living Industrial Arts Institute, Tokyo, Japan
  * 1969　Gold Prize at 3rd Craft Center Japan
  * 1970　Prize at the Japan New Craft Exhibition, Tokyo
  * 1990　Created a present for Empress Kōjun to bestow on the Empress Michiko on her enthronement
  * 1991　41st Craft Award in Excellence awarded by the Japanese Government Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
  * 1994 　First non-European to be awarded 'the Ring of Goldsmiths' from Gellschaft fur Goldschmiedekunst
  * 1995 　Awarded ìContribution to Design Promotion' by the Japanese Government Ministry of International Trade and Industry
  * 1996　Awarded 'Bayerischer Staatspreis' by the Bayern Government Ministry, Germany
  * 1997　Awarded 'Kunii Kitaro Prize' by Japan Industrial Art Foundation.
  
  ## Solo exhibition
  
  * 1978　Galerie am Graben, Wien, Austria
  * 1990　Electrum Gallery, London
  * 1993　Professor Yasuki Hiramatsu Retirement Exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts
  * 1994　STUDIO TON BERENDS, Den Haag, Netherlands
  * 1995 LUISE SMIT, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  * 1996　Galerij Sofie Lachaert, Gent, Belgium
  * 1997　Magari, Barcelona, Spain; Galerij Sofie Lachaert, Antwerpen, Belgium
  * 2006　Gallery HANAIRO, Anraku-ji (temple), Kyoto
  * 2008　Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
  