Photo by Shannon Tofts
- 1958
- Born in Kyoto City, Japan
- 1977
- Graduated from Higashiyama High school, champion of table tennis
- 1982
- Graduated from Hosei University, Literature faculty
- 1985
- Completed Course at The Kyoto Prefectural Ceramics Technical Institute
- 1986
- Completed Course at The Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Research
- 1994
- Received Kyoto City Emerging Artist Award
- 2002
- Master of Design and Applied Arts awarded, Edinburgh College of Art(supported by the Japanese Ministry of Culture Overseas Study Grant)
- 2003
- Master degree of Design and Applied Course、Edinburgh College of Art, [Inglis Allen Masters of Design Award]
【SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS】
- 2014
- Gallery Cellar, Tokyo, Japan
- 2013
- Gallery Cellar, Tokyo, Japan
- 2011
- The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh,UK
- 2010
- The Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan
Reflections, Barry Friedman Ltd, NY, USA - 2008
- Transformations, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Transformation, Barry Friedman Ltd (collaboration with Joan B Mirviss) NY,U.S.A.
101 Collins, Melbourne, Australia
Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Australia - 2007
- "Metamorphose", Paramita Museum, Mie, Japan
"Metamorphose", Nariwa-cho Museum, Okayama,Japan
"Metamorphose", Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto,Japan
TRANS-FORM, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan - 2006
- "Oil", Gallery Cellar, Nagoya, Japan
- 2004
- The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, U.K.
Barry Friedman Ltd, NY, U.S.A. - 2003
- "Blue Mist",Paramita Museum, Mie, Japan
- 2002
- Barry Friedman Ltd, N.Y. , U.S.A.
- 2000
- Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, U.K.
- 1999
- Imura Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
- 1997
- Imura Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
- 1995
- National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, U.K.
Imura Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan - 1993
- "Mud-ing", Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan
- 1992
- "Sometsuke and Drawing", The Azabu Museum of arts and Crafts, Tokyo, Japan
- 1990
- "Works of Sometsuke" ,The Sao Paulo Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil
【SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS】
- 2015
- "The hosomi collection and the contemporary artists of Kyoto" The hosomi museum, Kyoto, Japan
"Ancient to Modern : Japanese Contemporary Ceramics and their Sources" The San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas, U.S.A.
“Tradition on fire” Asian Art Museum of San Francisco、San Francisco、U.S.A.
"Kyoto Contemporary Art Network Exhibition 2015" 5 venues in Kyoto, Japan
"Utsuwa et utsushi" Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, France
- 2014
- "The Successive Generations of Kyoto Ceramics -Inheritance and Development-" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
"Japanese Ceramics for the Twenty-first Century" The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, U.S.A.
"Memory of Ruins" Nuit Blanche Kyoto 2014 The Site of Fujihira Pottery, Kyoto, Japan - 2013
- "CLAY BODIES" Barry Friedman Ltd, N.Y. , U.S.A.
"New BLUE＆White" Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A. - 2012
- "Art Machiya Project" Kyoto, Japan
"Architecture and Impermanence" Kansai French-Japanese Institute, Kyoto, Japan - 2011
- "Beauty in All Things: Japanese Art and Design" Museum of Arts and Design, NY, U.S.A.
"Monokeiro-Kemono" TOKYO Gallery, Tokyo, Japan - 2010
- DOMANI, The Art of Tomorrow, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
"Monokeiro" Kyohakuin, Kyoto, Japan - 2009
- "Collect" The Saatchi Gallery London U.K
"From Mono to Mono" The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto, Japan
Celebrating Kyoto" Museum of Fine Arts, Boston U.S.A
- 2008
- "TEFAF" Maastricht, Netherlands (After that my exhibition continues every year.)
- 2006
- "Contemporary Clay"－Japanese ceramics for the new century－, Japan Society, N.Y. , U.S.A.
- 2005
- "Contemporary Clay"－Japanese ceramics for the new century－, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston U.S.A
- 2004
- "Collect", V&A Museum, London, U.K (thereafter every year)
- 2001
- "Master of Clay", Barry Friedman Ltd, NY, U.S.A.
"International Asia-Pacific Contemporary Ceramics Invitational Exhibition", Taipei County Yingko Ceramics Museum, Taipei - 2000
- "The Exhibition of Chinese -Blue and White-porcelain and Japanese Modern Kondo ceramic Art", The Beijing Palace Museums, China
- 1999
- "Selected Works" by Promising Artist,The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art.,Kyoto, Japan
- 1996
- "Selected Works" by Promising Artist,The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art.,Kyoto, Japan
- 1994
- "Kyoto City Art Newcomer Exhibitions" Kyoto Shijo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
"Beyond Vessel", Robert McDougel Gallery, New Zealand - 1993
- "Contemporary Japanese -Blue& White-Ceramics" Yuzo, Hiroshi,and Takahiro Kondo
- 1992
- "20th century Japanese -Blue & White-", Fitzwilliam Museum, U.K.
- 1991
- "Cerramista", Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art., Kyoto, Japan
【SELECTED LECTURES & WORK SHOPS】
- 2011
- The Pier Arts Centre（Orkney, U.K.）
- 2010
- Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, Columbia University （NY, U.S.A.）
International Research Center for Japanese Studies（Kyoto, Japan）
The Museum of Arts & Crafts Itami（Itami, Japan） - 2009
- Mono-logy(monogaku) Art Working Group International Symposium（Kyoto, Japan）
- 2006
- Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts（Okinawa, Japan）
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Invitation creation（Shiga, Japan） - 2005
- California College of the Arts（Oakland, U.S.A.）
National University of Singapore（Singapore）
Kyoto University of Art and Design（Kyoto, Japan） - 2002
- Edinburgh College of Art （Edinburgh, U.K.）
- 2000
- Japan Inter - Desgin Forum conference（Kyoto, Japan）
- 1994
- the Glasgow School of Art（Glasgow, U.K.）
