Toshio Odate

Toshio Odate (born 1930) is a Japanese-born American sculptor, woodworker, craftsmen, author, and educator.[1] He specializes in Japanese woodworking and is a noted shoji maker.[2][3] He is the author of, Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use (Taunton Press, 1984).

Toshio Odate
Born1930 (age 92–93)
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesToshio Ōdate
Years activesculptor, woodworker, educator

Biography

Toshio Odate was born in 1930 in Tokyo, Japan.[4] He trained in Japan as a cabinetmaker early in his career for 7 years starting at age 16, this was due to the economic pressure in Japan post-World War II.[5][6] In 1948, he moved to the United States for one year for college, followed by a year in Denmark for study of Scandinavian design.[5] He was planning to return to Japan to teach, however he changed his mind and Odate then decided to return to the United States, to live in New York City.[5] In 1973, he moved to Woodbury, Connecticut.[5]

He taught sculpture classes at Cooper Union briefly, followed by teaching at State University of New York at Purchase, Brooklyn Museum Art School, and Pratt Institute.[5] At Brookfield Craft Center, Odate taught shoji-making classes.[3]

His work is included in the public collection at UCR Arts,[7] Memorial Art Gallery,[8] Chazen Museum of Art,[9] and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.[10] Odate is included in the Brooklyn Museum Interviews of Artists, 1965–1968,[11] and the Stephen Radich Gallery Records, 1942–1979,[12] at the Archives of American Art.

Publications
  • Odate, Toshio (1984). Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use. Woodworker's Library. Newtown, Connecticut: Taunton Press. ISBN 9780918804198.
  • Ōdate, Toshio (2000). Making Shoji. Fresno, California: Linden Publishing. ISBN 9780941936477.

References
  1. Hallmark, Kara Kelley (2007). Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-313-33451-1.
  2. "Feathering the Edge". American Woodworker. New Track Media. January 1991. p. 31.
  3. Wellman, Bill (1999-09-26). "The Feel, the Smell, the Art of Working With Wood". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  4. "Toshio Odate - Biography". Askart.com. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  5. Chamberlain, Frances (1996-06-02). "Two Studios With One Goal: Perfection". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  6. Warner, Jack (11 May 1986). "Woodworking: Toshio Odate Brings Craft to Americans". Newspapers.com. The Atlanta Constitution, United Press International. p. 192. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  7. "Toshio Odate". eMuseum UCR Art. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  8. "Toshio Odate". Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) Collection, University of Rochester. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  9. "Toshio Odate". Chazen Museum of Art, EmbARK Web Kiosk. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  10. "Toshio Odate, American, b. Tokyo, Japan, 1930". Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  11. "Brooklyn Museum Interviews of Artists, 1965–1968". Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (SOVA), Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  12. "Stephen Radich Gallery Records, 1942–1979". Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (SOVA), Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
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