1958-
male
arita porcelain
Born in Arita, Saga Prefecture
1981 Graduated from Seikei University, Department of Management Engineering
Studied under his father, Inoue Manji, and began his career as a ceramic artist
1983 First prize winner of the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition
1990 Became a regular member of the Japan Kogei Association.
1982 Exhibited at the Seibu Kogei Exhibition (exhibited thereafter and won two other prizes)
1985 Selected for the Kyusyu-Yamaguchi Ceramic Exhibition, 10 times, of which 10 were prizewinners.
Selected for the Saga Prefecture Art Exhibition, among which he was awarded prizes 5 times in 1998
Honorable Mention, West Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, 2002 (Honorable Mention, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
Honorable Mention, 2003, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Honorable Mention, 2004, 2005
Selected for the Issuikai Ceramic Art Exhibition, Issuikai Prize twice
1995: Became a member of the Issuikai
Selected for Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (97,03,05,09,2013)
1998 Japan Foundation purchased his works (for overseas exhibition)
Solo exhibition at Wako, Ginza, Tokyo (99,01,03,05,07,09,11)
Participated in the Saga Ceramic Art Exhibition at the British Museum, Tokyo
2002 Solo Exhibition at Yokohama Sogo, 2003 Solo Exhibition at Tottori Daimaru
2004 Solo Exhibition at Tokushima Sogo, Tokushima, Japan (2009)
Participated in the Arita Ceramic Association Germany Exhibition
2005 Solo Exhibition at Niigata Mitsukoshi, ’06 Solo Exhibition at Shizuoka and Sapporo
2007 Honorable Mention, Saga Newspaper Cultural Award
2009 Exhibition at Osaka and Yokohama Sogo, commemorating the 30th anniversary of his pottery making
2011 Western Traditional Crafts Exhibition, Asahi Newspaper Grand Prize
2013 The 1st Exhibition of Tobikai, prize-winning
