Japanese potters

Konno Tomoko 今野朋子

1967-femaleBorn in Akita Japan. 2019　Selected artist in Taiwan Biennale (Taiwan) 2019　Invited artist in Japan contemporary ceramic artist. (Japan) 2019　selected artist in CICA (Spain) 2018　Asian week (New York) 2018　Exhibition Stadttopferei Neumunster (Germany) 2017　Art New York (NewYork) 2017　Solo exhibition Sokyo gallery (Kyoto) 2016　sofa (Chicago) 2016　Solo exhibition Giant Year gallery (Hong Kong) 2015　Asian week (New York) 2015　Solo exhibition, The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art (Shiga Japan) 2014　Tokoname exhibition (Shanhai China) 2013　Tzuri Gueta Gallery (Paris ,France) 2013　Discovery In Asia, International Ceramic Exhibition (Shen Zhen,China ) 2013　Exhibition 58 Premeo Faenza, Faenza. Ceramic Museum ( Faenza Italy ) 2013　Solo Exhibition Jenggala (Bali, Indonesia ) 2013　Solo Exhibition (more…)

Gomi Kenji 五味謙二

1978-maleBorn in Chino City, Nagano Prefecture2001 Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Human SciencesTrained at Kuniba Pottery, Tsuboya, Naha City, Okinawa2004 Started production in Toki City, Gifu Prefecture2015 Began production in Kasama City, Ibaraki PrefectureCurrently, Specially Appointed Professor at Kasama College of Ceramics, IbarakiAwards2003 Excellent Prize, Contemporary Okinawa Ceramics Exhibition2008 Special Jury Prize, 7th Mashiko Ceramic Art Exhibition2011 The 4th Kikuchi BiennaleEncouragement Prize, 4th Kikuchi Biennale, JapanSecond Prize, The 21st Ceramic Art Exhibition of Japan, Japan2013 Prize of Excellence, The 5th Kikuchi Biennial, Japan2014 The 7th Contemporary Tea Ceremony Pottery Exhibition, TOKI Oribe Grand PrizeGrand Prize, Ceramics Division, 10th International (more…)

Kobayashi Sawako 小林佐和子

1984-femaleBorn in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture2009 B.F.A. in Ceramics, Tokyo University of the Arts2011 M.F.A. in Ceramics, Tokyo University of the Arts2014 Completed Doctoral program, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music2015 Solo Exhibition at Kuroda Toen, Ginza, Tokyo (more…)

Koike Shoko 小池頌子

1943-femaleOne of the leading artists in the world of Japanese ceramics, Ms. Koike studied ceramics at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and after completing her graduate studies there, has been active mainly in solo exhibitions at galleries. Her unique and formative “vessels” have been highly acclaimed in Japan and abroad, and are in the collections of many museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK and the Cleveland Museum of Art in the US. (more…)

Zaima Shinpei 財満晋平

1982-maleBorn in Hiroshima prefecture as the son of Zaima Susumu.Ceramics History2005 Graduated from Okinawa University of the Arts, Faculty of Design, Ceramics Course2006 Finished Tokoname Municipal Ceramic Research Institute, Aichi, Japan　　　Participated in Asean Ceramic Workshop 2006 at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia2008 Worked mainly on ceramics in Akitsu-cho, Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture (more…)

Zaima Susumu 財満進

1952-maleBorn in Higashihiroshima City1973 Graduated from Saga Art University, majoring in ceramics1974-1979 Studied under Azuma Ken in Abiko, Osaka.1981 Established his own pottery studio in Kazahaya, Akitsu-cho, Toyota-gun, Hiroshima.1982 Selected for Hiroshima Prefectural Art Exhibition, painted by the late artist Yamaguchi Nagao.1984 Exhibited at Nitten for the first time, and was selected for the first time.1985 Selected for the Nitten, the 25th Contemporary Craft Exhibition, the first time exhibited, the first time selected1986 Nitten, selected, 26th Contemporary KOGEI Art Exhibition, Contemporary KOGEI Prize1987 Nitten, Selected, The 27th Contemporary KOGEI Art Exhibition1988 Nitten, Selected, The 28th Contemporary KOGEI Art ExhibitionThe 29th (more…)

Kuwata Takuro 桑田卓郎

1981-maleBorn in Hiroshima in 1981, he graduated from Kyoto Saga University of Arts Junior College in 2001, studied under ceramic artist Zaima Susumu in 2002, completed the Tajimi City Institute of Ceramic Design in 2007, and is currently working from his studio in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture. He has held exhibitions in New York, Brussels, London, and other places around the world, and his major group exhibitions include “Craft Futurism” (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 2012), “Japanese Kōgei | Future Forward” (the Museum of Arts and Design, New York In 2018, he was awarded a special prize (more…)

Kuroda Taizo 黒田泰蔵

1946–2021maleKuroda Taizo was born in 1946. After moving to Paris at the age of 20 and discovering ceramics in Canada in 1967, Kuroda returned to Japan and built a kiln in Ito City in 1991, and held his first solo exhibition in 1982. Since 1992, when he first exhibited white porcelain works, this has become the center of his creativity.He had continued to produce pure works that fulfill his self-expression. (more…)

Kurokawa Toru 黒川徹

1984-maleBorn in Kyoto. Graduated from the Faculty of Art and Design, Faculty of Art and Design, Kyoto City University of Arts in 2009. Solo exhibitions2011 “Geometry of an organism,” INAX Galleria Ceramica, Tokyo, Japan2013 “Awakening Phenomena: Parallel Neurons” Shiga Prefectural Forest of Ceramic Art, Shiga, Japan2014 “Organic Process,” Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan2017 “The Performance” Gallery Sway, Kyoto, Japan2017 “Mathematics in the Wild,” Contemporary Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan2019 “String Theory” Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan Group Exhibition2019 “Saturday and Abstraction – When Memory is Born into Form” Masuebi Ceramics Museum, Tochigi2020 “Hands&Earth: Perspective on Japanese Contemporary Ceramics” Katonah Museum (more…)

Kubota Atsuko 久保田厚子

1953-femaleBorn in Tokyo, Japan. Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music with a major in ceramics. In 1980, she was selected for the first time for the 27th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Crafts, and since then she has been showing his works mainly at the same exhibition. At the 43rd exhibition, she was awarded the Asahi Newspaper Award. She has been working on beautiful blue and white porcelain with geometrical patterns using sand blasting and pasted flowers. She is a regular member of the Japan Kogei Association. She is a professor at the Faculty of Design, Okayama (more…)

Kiyomizu Rokubey 8th 八代 清水六兵衛

1954-malekyo potteryRokubey VIII was born in Kyoto in 1954 as the eldest son of the seventh generation. After graduating from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University in 1979, he studied pottery wheel at the Kyoto Prefectural Vocational Training School for Ceramic Art and glazing at the Kyoto Municipal Industrial Research Institute before starting his career as a potter. In 1983, he won the Grand Prix at the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition ’83, which was his actual debut. In the 1980’s and 90’s, as ceramic expression was expanding, he was always in the spotlight. Production was (more…)

Kim Riyoo 金理有

1980-maleBorn in Osaka, having Japanese father and Korea mother2004 Graduated from Osaka University of Arts Crafts department Ceramic Art course2006 Complete Osaka University of Arts Graduate School MA Fine ArtsResearcher of Osaka University of Arts Graduate School2007 Assistant T.A. of Osaka University of Arts Graduate School2010 Representing artist of neutron【Solo Exhibition】2008 “R.I.P” (neutron / Kyoto)2009 “Critical point” (neutron tokyo / Tokyo)“All visible things / generation” (gallery TAO / Tokyo)2010 “Ceramics as new exoticism” (INAX galeria celamica / Tokyo)“Versatile” (neutron tokyo / Tokyo)“KIRIN-YU” (neutron / Kyoto)2011 “Riyoo Kim / SHUHALLY Japanese tea ceremony” (SHUHALLY / Kanagawa)“Art of abstraction” (neutron tokyo / (more…)

Kino Satoshi 木野智史

1987-maleBorn in Kyoto2012 M.F.A. in Ceramics, Kyoto City University of Arts Selected solo and group exhibitions2016 “Rencontre: Encounter, Here and Now” The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan2016 “Zanei Exhibition”, Soui, Contemporary Art2019 “Hands & Earth” Crow Collection Asian Art Museum, Texas Awards, Collection2014 The International Bienal of Ceramics of Marratxí Grand Prix2017 The Grand Prize of Ceramics of PalamitaNew Taipei City Yingge Ceramics MuseumHyogo Ceramic Art MuseumInternational Museum of Ceramics Faenza (more…)

Kitagawa Hiroto 北川宏人

1967-maleKitagawa Hiroto was born in Shiga Prefecture.After graduating from Kanazawa College of Art in 1989, he moved to Italy by himself, admiring Italian figurative sculptors of the time such as Marino Marini. After returning to Japan, he has consistently produced sculptures using terra cotta and has exhibited his works at museums and galleries in Japan and abroad. In recent years, he has participated in the collection exhibition of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, where he expresses the image of human beings living in the modern age by giving a sense of the primitive material of clay a (more…)

Fukumori Masatake 福森雅武

1944-maleiga potteryBorn as the seventh generation of Doraku Kiln in Marubashira, Iga.1994 Solo exhibition at Yoshii Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo1996 Solo exhibition at Takashimaya Art Gallery, Namba, Osaka2003 Solo exhibition at Gallery YOSHI PARIS, France pot 85,000 JPY 三重県伊賀市丸柱１０４３ 土楽 | 伊賀の里の土楽窯土楽 | 伊賀の里の土楽窯 (more…)

Kishino Kan 岸野寛

1975-maleiga potteryBorn as the fourth son of Kishino Tadataka, an ink and wash painter.1994 Graduated from the Department of Ceramics, Kyoto City High School of Arts and Crafts. Studied under Fukumori Masatake at Iga Doraku Kiln.2004 Built a kiln in Maruhashira, Iga City.2015 Solo exhibition at Matsuzakaya, Nagoya, Japan. 　Solo exhibition at Setsu Gatodo, Tokyo2018 Solo exhibition at Shibunkaku, Kyoto. Solo exhibition at Hankyu, Umeda, Tokyo2019 Solo exhibition at Takashimaya, Nihonbashi, Tokyo2020 Solo exhibition at Takashimaya, Yokohama, Japan (more…)

Kishi Eiko 岸映子

1948-femaleBorn in Nara, Japan1985 Completed the course of study at the Institute of Ceramic Art, Shisui Art MuseumSelected Solo and Group Exhibitions2010 Musee National des Ceramides, Sevres, France2011 The Museum of Kyoto2013 “Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA)Awards, Collection1999 Silver Prize, Faenza International Ceramics Exhibition, Italy2013 Minister of Education Award, The 36th Exhibition of Kyoto Industrial Arts Artists AssociationTaipei Yingtao Ceramic Museum, TaiwanVictoria and Albert Museum, EnglandThe Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A. (more…)

Kawabata Kentaro 川端健太郎

1976-maleBorn in Saitama, Japan1998 Diploma, Tokyo Designer Institute, Ceramic Department, Tokyo2000 B.F.A.,Tajimi city Pottery Design and Technical Center GifuAWARDS2001 Grand Prize, Oribe-no-kokoro, Ceramic exhibition2002 Judges Award,Mashiko Ceramic Exhibition, Tochigi2004 Kamoda Shoji Award,Mashiko Ceramic Exhibition, Tochigi2007 Grand Prize, Paramita Museum Ceramic Exhibition, Mie (more…)

Kawasaki Tsuyoshi 川崎毅

1942-maleBorn in Miyazaki Prefecture1968 Completed postgraduate course in ceramics at Tokyo University of the Arts1969 Built a kiln in Tama CityMany solo exhibitions in various places (more…)

Kawaguchi Jun 川口淳

1951-maleBorn in Yokohama, Japan1975 Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, majoring in ceramics1988 Invited to teach at the Hungarian National High School of Arts1996 Porcelain Expressions in the 1990s (Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)1998 Invited as a lecturer at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts (The Japan Foundation)2000 Invited to Yeoju International Ceramic Symposium, Korea2002 Assistant Professor, Kyoto City University of Arts (-04), Japan in Brecking (Sweden)2004 Ruthless Object Exhibition (Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)2005 Professor, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan (～07)2006 100 Years of Japanese Ceramics (Ibaraki (more…)