Mirei Takeuchi
1969 Born in Porz-Wahn. 1987-1991 Studied at Kyoritsu Joshi University, Tokyo, JP, product and everyday design, diploma. 1991-1995 Interior designer, Tokyo, JP. 1995-2000 Assistant at Kyoritsu Joshi University, Tokyo, JP. 2000-2001 Guest student at the Fachhochschule Hildesheim, metal design. 2002-2009 Studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, class for jewellery and objects under Prof. Otto Künzli. 2008-2009 Master student. 2010 Diploma. Lives and works in Munich.

Awards
2005 Deconstruction-Reconstruction, Grand Prix, Galeria Sztuki, Legnica, PL. Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, scholarship for the Internationale Sommerakademie für Bildende Kunst, Salzburg, AT. 2008 DAAD scholarship. 2009 Jewellery, Gold Award, International Craft Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, JP. 2011 Bayerischer Staatspreis, Munich. Herbert-Hofmann-Preis, Munich.

Works in public collections
Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, GB. Kolumba, Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums Köln, Cologne.