Profile
1977 Born in Japan
2001 Diploma, The Tajimi City Ceramic and Design Center
2011 Received a Fellowship of Japanese Government Overseas study program
for artist by the Agency of Japan Cultural Affairs. (Boston,USA)
Currently living in Toki, Japan
Exhibitions
○2022
Ceramics Ceramics of the Past and the Future Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art（Tokyo)
○2021
The Japan Ceramics Society Award and Gold Award 2020 AKio Niisato・MIWA Kyusetsu XIII（Tokyo）
Modern Crafts and Tea Utensils:Furnishings in Each Season The Third of NationalCrafts Museum（Ishikawa）
No Man’s Land−The Future of Ceramic Art,the Unseen Beyond the Horizon− The Museum of Ceramic Art（Hyougo）
DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow Exhibition 2021 National Art Center（Tokyo）
YUTAKANARU CHATO Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
○2020
CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE CRAFTS Reinterpretation,
Exquisite Craftsmanship, and Aesthetic Exploration Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art（Tokyo）、
○2019
Tea - happy betrayal, and play, it prays. Ryosokuin（Kyoto）
Masterpieces of Modern Crafts from The Museum Collection
-Special display Modern Tea Caddies- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
○2018
Ottonbre Giappone Museo Carlo Zauli /Tracce Dl Uno Scambio Faenza （Italy）
Place for Life,Energy and Spirit 丗 ｜ SEI（2019）（Kyoto）
○2017
Buongiorno Ceremica 2017 Museo Carlo Zauli （Italy）
Akio Niisato Luminescence… Takashimaya(Kyoto、Osaka、Nagoya、Yokohama）
The present of porcelain seen in a tea room Tea House-Hikinsai / Ichiju-an Nezu Museum（Tokyo）
The Dramatic Vessel the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park（Shigaraki）/Iwate Museum of Art（2018）
Contenporayr Ceramics for the Tea -Rikyu ni misetai！- Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum,Ibaraki
○2016
PUNK”Rakusui-tei Museum of Art（Toyama）/Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum,Ibaraki（2017）
MADE IN JAPAN Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza（Italy）
REVALUE NIPPON PROJECT Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art （Tokyo）
○2015
Dialogue with Materials Ahmed Adnan Saygun Sanat Merkezi,Anadolu University,Turkey
The Kikuchi Kanjitsu Prize Contenporary Japanese Crafts Museum Tomo（Tokyo）
○2014
Phenomenon of Contemporary Ceramic Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
○2013
Master Teabowls of Our Days Museum Tomo（Tokyo）
○2012
International contemporary ceramics exhibition, 3rd edition Galateea Gallery（Romania）
○2011
Tokai present-day ceramics considered new generation exhibition,Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum ,Aichi
The white time,Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art ／ Ceramic Art Messe Mashiko,Tochigi
○2010
About the Tea Ceremony - A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kogei, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
REVALUE NIPPON PROJECT (Hidetoshi Nakata, supervised by Hiroshi Fujiwara, collaboration with Tatsuo Miyajima)
Hyatt Regency Kyoto / Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi (Tokyo) /Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum（〜’11)
○2005
Premio Faenza 55th Edition, Italy （'07）
City of Carouge Prize, Switzerland
○2004
Mino Ceramics Now, Museum of Modern Ceramics Art, Gifu
Cool & Light New Spirit in Craft Making, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Awards
2020 The Japan Ceramics Society Award 2020
2017 Award for Honorable Mention,U-50 INTERNATIONAL HOKURIKU KOGEI AWARDS
2014 Award for the New Artist,MOA Mokichi Okada Award, Tokyo
2009 Incentive Award, Kikuchi Biennale, Tokyo
2008 Grand Prize, Paramita Museum Ceramic Competition
Judge's Special Award, International Ceramic Festival 08, Gifu
2005 Award for the New Artist, “Premio Faenza” 54th Edition, Italy
Lecture/Workshop ,others
○2020
Kasama Ceramic Award ? a judge member
○2019
“Clay LIVE ”Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, UK)）
○2018
Kagosima Ceramic Award ? a judge member
“Artist-in-residence・workshop”The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park(Shigaraki)
○2017
“40-year-old artist talk (× Hidetoshi Nakata) (× Akihiro Suda) ”40th Anniversary The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
“Artist-in-residence”Museo Carlo Zauli （2018）（Faenza,Italy）
○2016
“REVALUE NIPPON PROJECT and the Future of Japanese Crafts”Symposium Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art （Tokyo）
“Public special lecture”TAJIMI ishoken gallery （Gifu,Japan）
○2012
"Ceramics Program,Office for the Art at Harvard"Spring 2012 Course[Luminescent] Instructor
Visiting Artist Workshop with Akio Niisato（Boston,MA USA）
○2009
“Ceramics Program,Office for the Art at Harvard "Workshop＆Lecture （Boston,MA USA）
“Workshop”Leach Pottery （St Ives,UK）
“Artist-in-residence・workshop”Museo Carlo Zauli （Faenza,Italy）
○2008
Lecture at Japan Society of Oriental Ceramic Studies,Tokyo / The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Public Collections
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Minneapolis Institute of Art,USA
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum,Ibaraki,Japan
Paramita Museum,Mie,Japan
MOA Museum,Shizuoka,Japan
Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza ,Italy
Anadole University Museum,Eskisehir,Turkey
Museo Carlo Zauli、Italy
Musee Cernuschi,France
Victoria and Albert Museum,UK
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art,Florida,USA
Minneapolis Institute of Art,USA
The Museum of Ceramic Art,Hyougo,Japan
Ceramic artist (Japan)