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Hiroki Iwata

Born 1965 in Tokyo, Japan.

Graduated in 1992 from the Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music.

Hiroki Iwata is one of the few Japanese metal artists researching and experimenting with enamel and in 2003 he became Director of the Japan Enamelling Artists Association.  He is also a member of the Japan Craft Design Association. He has exhibited widely in Japan and Abroad in both solo and group shows winning many prizes.  He is currently a senior professor at Tokyo University of the Arts.

Iwata portrait

Selected Works

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Shape of Fog I, 2022

H 30 x W 16 x D 16 cm

Copper, silver, silver plating, nanoceramics, titanium dioxide

'Water crown' Sculpture, 2022

H 15 x W 16.5 x D 16.5 cm

gold plated copper

'Water crown' Sculpture, 2022

H 40 x W 13 x D 17.5 cm

gold plater copper

'Gold Scene' Vase, 2018

H 23 x W 27 x D 15 cm

Gold plated copper

2 Pointed Enamel Green Vases, 2009

H 31 x W 17 x D 7.5 cm

Black & green enamel, aluminium & gold finish

'Gold Scene' Vase, 2019

H 27 x W 17.5 x D 17 cm

Gold plated copper

2 Gold Brooches, 2019

H 6 x W 10 x D 2 cm

Gold plated copper, enamel and gold leaf

Raindrop, Metal Box, 2020

H 9.5 x W 25 x D 7.5 cm

Enamel, Copper, Silver powder, Aluminium foil

Raindrop, Metal Box, 2019

H 13 x W 14.5 x D 7 cm

Enamel, Copper, Silver powder, Aluminium foil