2025 ITAMI International Jewellery Exhibition

Application is NOW OPEN!

Application Deadline: Friday, 25th July, 2025

Delivery period of Works: Tuesday, 29th July – Sunday, 10th August, 2025

An international competition, “ITAMI Internaional Craft Exhibition” has been doing an open call widely with two themes “Jewellery” and “Shuki Shuhaidai” alternately every year. We are really glad to say that we could have many excellent entry works every time, both from home and abroad. After a strict examination by good juries, only selected ones would be exhibited in the exhibition. In this exhibition, you can see various expressions by current artists. Since 1989 when The Museum of Arts and Crafts ITAMI opened, we have been holding “ITAMI Craft Competition”. It was 1998 that the competition started to accept overseas entries, growing in scale as “International Craft Exhibition –Itami-”. Moreover, from 2001, the theme has been “Jewellery” and “Shuki Shuhaidai” alternately every year. From 2022, as Itami City Museum of Art, History and Culture, we keep sending fresh, advanced, and pioneering expressions in new age, hoping it will contribute to further development of arts and crafts.

Application Information

Our competition marks its 13th time under the theme of “Jewellery” this year. The existence of jewellery is strongly connected to human body and soul, has been nurtured, loved and developed together with people in diverse cultures, climates and societies. We look forward to discovering many works by artists who live in the future, works that remind us of a new era and works that show a gentle gaze towards people.

Application Guideline [for Overseas Residents]

Requirements

Creation of works under the theme “Jewellery” with no restriction on material.

Entry

This is an open competition. Both individual and group entries are welcome.

Maximum Number of Submission

There is no limit to number of works to be submitted.
However, when submitting works (or group of works) under different concepts, please apply separately.

Application Essentials

・The work must have been completed within the last two years (after September 2023).
・The work must not contain works that have been presented in other public exhibitions or exhibitions. (Works that have been presented on campus, such as graduation/completion exhibitions, or in solo or group exhibitions at a rental gallery, are acceptable.)
・The work must not contain works that have been previously sold and distributed.
・The assessed value per entry must be less than or equal to ¥300,000.
*If you win a prize or are selected for an award, you will not be allowed to sell or exhibit the same type of work as your entry until the end of the exhibition.
*If you are submitting an entry from abroad, your work will not be sold, but you must indicate the assessed value of each work in the price box on the Application Sheet.
*There are no size restrictions, but the organiser reserves the right to refuse exhibits that are not structurally sound or strong enough to be displayed, stored, moved or used, or that are easily damaged.
*Please do not submit any display accessories that are not part of the work.
All works that do not meet the above requirements will be excluded from the selection procedure.

Awards

Grand Prix ¥500,000
2nd Best Overall Award ¥400,000
Itami Award ¥300,000
Awards for Promising Talent (presented by Koyosha Inc.) ¥100,000 each for 2 awards
Best Material Award (presented by Satake Glass Co., Ltd.) ¥100,000
Juries’ Choice ¥50,000
Twinkle Award (presented by TANAKANAO SENRYOTEN Co., Ltd.) ¥10,000 and ¥10,000 shopping voucher for 1 artist

Juries

KAWARABAYASHI Michiko [Fiber artist / Visiting Professor, Seian University of Art and Designs]
KOSHIMIZU Susumu [Sculptor / Professor Emeritus, Kyoto City University of Arts]
KONDO Hitomi [Gallerist / gallery C.A.J.]
SATO Michihiro [Jewellery artist / Visiting Professor, Metal Work Course, Crafts Department, Osaka University of Arts]
SEKI Akio [Curator / Chief Researcher, Albion Art Jewellery Institute]
MATSUSHIMA Sakurako [Urushi Artist / Professor, Utsunomiya University]
LEE Sungyeoul (KOREA) [Metalsmith / Assistant Professor, Department Head of Metalwork and Jewelry Dept. College of Design, Kookmin University]

For More Information

itami-im.jp/craftexhibition/overseas-residents