1977-
male
kutani porcelain
Born in Kawakita Town, Nomi County, Ishikawa Prefecture
1997 Graduated from Ishikawa Kutaniyaki Technical Training Institute
2004 Independently established in Kawakita-cho, Nohmi County
2005 Selected, International Ceramics Festival Mino, ’11’14 Ceramics Park MINO, Gifu, Japan
2006 Selected, Izushi Porcelain Triennial
Selected, Mashiko Ceramic Art Exhibition (’08 Mashiko Ceramic Museum, Ceramic Messe, Mashiko, Tochigi)
Kanazawa Wan-One Grand Prize “People, Vessel, Encounter” Exhibition, Excellent Prize (Korinbo Yamato/Ishikawa)
2007 Selected, Gyeonggi-do World Ceramic Biennale, Korea
Kanazawa City Craft Exhibition, Kanazawa Mayor’s Grand Prize (2009 Meitetsu Mza/Ishikawa)
2011 Selected, Kikuchi Biennale (’13’15’17 Encouragement Prize ’19’21 Kikuchi Kanji Memorial Museum/Tokyo)
Selected, Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (’13 Daimaru Tokyo, and other times)
Selected for the Choza Prize Tokoname Ceramic Art Exhibition (’13 Tokoname Civic Cultural Hall/Aichi)
2012 Solo exhibition (’14 Yufuku Gallery/Tokyo)
Galerie Marianne Heller” (Heidelberg, Germany)
2013 “Collect” from Yufuku Gallery (’14’15 London, UK)
Yufuku Artists’ Porcelain Exhibition “Galerie Marianne Heller” (Heidelberg, Germany)
Solo exhibition (Contemporary Ceramics Kandori/Tokyo)
2014 “Meister der Moderne” Bavarian States Prize, Munich, Germany
Solo Exhibition (Gallery NOW/Toyama)
Contemporary Ceramic Phenomenon” (Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of Ceramic Art/Ibaraki)
Kanazawa College of Art, Part-time lecturer (-present)
2015 “JAPAN!” (Paris, France)
2016 “Contemporary Ceramic Art, Guide” (The Museum of Ceramic Art, Ibaraki/Ibaraki)
2017 Incentive Prize, 2nd “The Ceramic Society of Japan Award for Encouragement of Contemporary Ceramic Art” Exhibition (Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, and other locations)
Tradition and Creation: Standard-bearers of Contemporary Kutani-yaki (Sato Memorial Museum of Art/Toyama)
2018 “Ceramics: Techniques and Forms of a New Generation” (Sapporo Geijutsu no Mori Kogei Kan/Hokkaido)
2019 “TEFAF Maastricht” exhibited by Yufuku Gallery, The Netherlands
Solo Exhibition (LIXIL Gallery/Tokyo)
2021 “Modern Crafts and Tea Ceremony Vessels: The Seasons” (National Crafts Gallery/Ishikawa)
Selected for the Kasama Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition (Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of Ceramic Art/Ibaraki)
