三村 竹萌 (1973年生)　　

Biography

1973 Born in Tachikawa, Tokyo 
1992 Graduated from Tokai University Sugao Senior High School in Tokyo
1994 Graduated from Shobi Junior College of Music (Majored trombone) 
1996 Studied trombone in Heidelberg, Germany 
1997 Entered the Oita Advanced Technical Academy 
1997 Studied with Yufu Shōhaku 
1999 Entered Industrial Crafts and Test Laboratory Research course 
2000 Artist name Chikuhō conferred on him by Shōhaku
2003 He started releasing his works in the USA to establish his modern style
2007 Selected as Finalist of Next Generation Festival, San Francisco
2014 Moved to Kunisaki in Oita and opened Chikuho Bamboo Art Lab

Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions

2003 Art Alive, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
2010 The Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair, New York
2011 SOFA Fair, Chicago  
2014 Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art, Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Nashville
2018 Solo Exhibition Bamboo Seeds, Tobi Art Artfair, Tokyo

Public and Institutional Collections

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco 
Minneapolis Instisute of Art, Minneapolis
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia