1962 –
male
shino pottery
Kato Toyohisa was born into a family of potters who primarily produced western-style tableware. After graduating high school, he went on to enter the Gifu Prefectural Ceramics Research Institute, where he studied under Hayashi Shotaro. He started creating his own works as he helped with the family business and, beginning with the Asahi Ceramics Newcomer’s Honorable Mention Award and the Tajimi Art Exhibition Grand Prize in 1983, he began finding success submitting works to a number of exhibits, further winning the Ando Shichiho Award at the Tokai Traditional Crafts Exhibition in 1987, the Award of Excellence at the Gifu Art Exhibition in 1988, the Chunichi Honorable Mention Award at the Mino Ceramic Art Exhibit in 1992, and the Shoroku Award at the Mino Art Shoroku Tea Bowl Exhibit in 1995. He has also continued to be active all around the country with solo exhibitions, including those hosted at Kichi Gallery and Kuroda Toen.
