Our network
Vincent Cattersel
Belgium
Vice Chairman
Polychromy Conservator
Professor at Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp
Delphine Mesmaeker
Belgium
Executive Assistant
Asian Lacquer & Sculpture Conservator
Assistant at Faculty of Art Work Conservation & Restoration, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre, Brussels
Joanna Koryciarz-Kitamikado
Poland
Coordinating Member
Asian Lacquer Conservator
Silvia Miklin
Austria
Coordinating Member
Asian Lacquer & Metal Conservator
Experimental Urushi Artist
Lecturer at University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Simonetta Capetta
Italy
Coordinating Member
Asian Lacquer & Wood Conservator
Professor of Botticino School of Restoration, Milan
Matsumoto Tatsuya
Japan
Senior Member
Urushi Artist
Holder of Selected Preservation Techniques for "Urushiware Restoration"
Lecturer at Art Object Conservation, Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Conservation
Matsushima Sakurako
Japan
Advisory Member
Urushi Artist
Professor of Utsunomiya University
Executive Director at Asian Lacquer Craft Exchange Research Project
Tanaka Nobuyuki
Japan
Advisory Member
Urushi Artist
Professor Emeritus at Kanazawa College of Art
Charles Indekeu
Belgium
Wood Conservator / Antique Restorer / European Lacquer & Microscopy expert
Professor Emeritus at Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp
Isabelle Emmerique
France
European Lacquer Artist, Laqueur voyageur
Professor Emeritus at Lacquer Dep. The National School of Applied Arts and Crafts, Paris ( ENSAAMA, Paris)
Ito Minako
Japan
Urushi Artist
Former Assistant at Faculty of Urushi-Art, Tokyo University of the Arts
Martine Rey
France
Urushisakka
Professor Emeritus at Lacquer Dep. The National School of Applied Arts and Crafts, Paris ( ENSAAMA, Paris)
(Photo © Jade Joannès)
Mireia Estopà
Spain
Asian Lacquer Artist
Professor of Escola Massana, Art and Design Center in Barcelona
Monika Kopplin
GermanyFormer Director of Museum of Lacquer Art Munster
Onishi Nagatoshi
Japan
Urushi Artist
Professor Emeritus at Faculty of Urushi-Art, Tokyo University of the Arts
Chairperson at World Urushi Culture Council
Otsuka Tomotsugu
Japan
Urushi Artist
Professor at Department of Design and Crafts, Faculty of Arts, Hiroshima City University
Salome Lippuner
Switzerland
Urushisakka
Professor at Faculty of Design Sciences, Course for Conceptual Monument Preservation,
DUK Danube University Krems
Shayne Rivers
United KingdomFurniture & Asian Lacquer: Conservator, Teacher, Researcher
Tamura Isshu
Japan
Traditional Kaga Maki-e Craftsman
Visiting Lecturer for series of Maki-e course at Kanazawa College of Art
The late Mr. Jean Lemmens
BelgiumSilversmith / Urushi Artist