A Craftsman, Designer and Artist
who has a background in Bespoke shoe Industry and creating works that locate at
the intersection between design and sculptural art.
Started career as a collector of
antique footwear but defy Definition & Imagination of shoes and radically
challenging possibilities, both as a human ergonomic tool and conceptual
sculpture by throwing questions to viewers and ask rethinking and debating “Is
this shoe?” “What is shoe?”.
Education & Experience
2018.9- Independent Shoe Designer, London, UK & Berlin, GERMANY
2018.8-2018.9 Internship, Shoe-designer Nicholas Kirkwood, London, UK
2017.10-2018.9 Student, MA Menswear Footwear, Royal College of Art.
London, UK
2017.12-2017.7 Independent shoemaker, Toronto, Canada
2016.7-2016.12 Bottom-maker, Bespoke shoemaker Peter Feeney, Toronto,
Canada
2015.1-2015.5 Last-maker, Meisterschuh, Berlin, Germany
2014.4-2014.12 Trainee, Bespoke Shoemaker Jason Amesbury, London, UK
2014.4 Student, Shoe Design Short Course, Central Saint Martins,
University of the Arts London, London, UK
Exhibition/Award
2020.Nov-2021.Jan
Exhibition of Bath Society of Artists’ 115th Edition, Bath U.K.
2020.Aug.19-Sep.13
Exhibition of Sarabande Group Show 2020, The Stall, Sarabande Foundation,
London, U.K.
2020.Feb.15 Collaboration with Marie Lueder and exhibit
at London Fashion Week, The store X, London, U.K.
2020.Feb.12-Feb.15 Participation in Aristocrazy Affairs, Madrid
Design Festival 2020, Madrid, Spain
2019.Nov.2-2020.Jan.26 Exhibition "Body Control" by Museum
Arnhem, de Kerk, Arnhem, The Netherlands
2019.Oct.28-Nov.2 Exhibition of FASHIONCLASH Festival 2019
Showpieces, de Bijenkorf, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2018.Sep.15-Sep.25 Exhibition of ING Discerning Eye 2018, Mall
Galleries, London, U.K.
2018.Jun The Best Accessory design award, Bilbao
International Art & Fashion 2018, Bilbao, SPAIN
2018.Jun.14-Jun.17 Exhibition of Emerging Fashion of the Sixth
Edition of BIAAF, Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, SPAIN
Media
Mission Magazine
https://missionmag.org/jimmy-sugiura-sarabande/
Virtual Shoe Museum
https://virtualshoemuseum.com/jimmy-junichi-sugiura-sugiura/
Vogue Italia
https://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-talents/contest-opportunities/2018/05/24/biaaff-bilbao-winners-gabriela-grajales-jimmy-junichi-sugiura/
