日本語
Background
1987 Clay found me.
1990 BFA, Columbus College of Arts & Design(CCAD), Columbus, Ohio
1990 Awarded an Artist Visa by the Foreign Ministry of Japan
1992 Built independent studio, Tochigi, Japan
1993-98 Yusei-sha member, stage art design, performances, Tokyo, Japan
2015 ~ Board of directors, Mashiko Ceramic & Arts Association, (MCAA), Mashiko, Japan
2023 ~ UNESCO International Academy of Ceramics
Awards
2017 Grand Prix, Vallauris Institute of the Arts, Provence, France
2017 Grand Prize, International Sunrise Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori, Mashiko, Japan
2018 Azabujuban Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2018 HIJISAI, 6gallery Installation, Mashiko, Japan
2018 Terra Rossa Ceramic Museum, Provence, France
2016 Sun Valley Museum, Nasu, Japan
2015 HIJISAI, outdoor monument, solar installation, Mashiko, Japan
2014 Gallery Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
2012 Gallery Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
2012 Gallery U, Matsudo, Japan
2009 Asaya Hotel, Kinugawa, Japan
2009 Gallery Toko, Mashiko, Japan
2009 Gallery U, Matsudo, Japan
2009 Startline Harajuku, with Ikebana Master Nichimasa Toizumi, Tokyo
2008 COM Gallery, Tokyo
2007 Gallery Toko, Mashiko, Japan
2007 Gallery U, Matsudo, Japan
2006 TOBU Ikebukuro Department Store, Tokyo
2005 Gallery Kozuma, Yokohama
2002 Gallery Kai, Tokyo
2002 Yasato City Hall, Ibaraki, Japan
2001 Utsuwazaka, Saitama, Japan
2001 Gallery Toko, Mashiko, Japan
2000 Gallery Toko, Mashiko, Japan
1999 Katsura Gallery, Kasama, Japan
1998 Gallery Abokke, Kasama, Japan
1997 Art Space Jonaisaka, Mashiko, Japan
1996 INAX Corporation main showroom, Tokyo
1993 Art Space Jonaisaka, Mashiko, Japan
1993 Yusei-sha Gallery, Tokyo
1992 Gallery Toko, Mashiko, Japan
1992 Art Space Jonaisaka, Mashiko, Mashiko
Group Exhibitions
2022 Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori, Mashiko, Japan
2021 Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori, Mashiko, Japan
2021 Ellsworth Gallery, 2P, Santa Fe, USA
2021 Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, Turkey
2020 Fumi-no-Mori, Motegi, Japan
2019 Taoxichuan Art Center, Jingdezhen, China
2019 Art Macao, Japan Pavilion, Macao
2019 Silpakorn University, Thailand
2018 Fumi-no-Mori, Motegi, Japan
2018 Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan/Korea Exchange, Japan
2016 Cerapia World Ceramic Museum, Korea/Japan Exchange, Icheon, S. Korea
2016 Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori, 2P, Mashiko, Japan
2016 Peace Gallery, Naminara, S. Korea
2016 World Art Design Festival, Guri, S. Korea
2016 Tiendschuur Tegelen Ceramic Center Museum, Netherlands
2016 Cantiere delle Arti, Castellamonte, Italy
2015 Old Church Gallery-Vichte, Flanders, Belgium
2015 Goctur Art Gallery, Kusadasi, Turkey
2015 C K’OMSA/Vallauris Institute of the Arts, Juried, France
2015 Keramik Museum Westerwald, Germany
2014 6gallery, Japan/Korea Exchange, Mashiko, Japan
2014 Mungyeong Ceramic Museum, Korea
2014 Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori, 3P, Mashiko, Japan
2014 Peace Gallery, Naminara, S. Korea
2014 Niki Club Resort -Shule im Berg, 2P, Nasu, Japan
2014 Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah -USM, Penang, Malaysia
2013 Peace Gallery, Naminara, S. Korea
2013 Mungyeong Ceramic Museum, Korea
2013 Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori, 3P, Mashiko, Japan
2013 Sanam Chandra Art Gallery, Silpakorn University, Thailand
2012 Peace Gallery, Naminara, S. Korea
2012 Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori, 3P, Mashiko, Japan
2011 Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori, 3P, Mashiko, Japan
2010 Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori, 3P, Mashiko, Japan
2009 Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori, 3P, Mashiko, Japan
2008 Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori, 3P, Mashiko, Japan
2006 Sakura no Mori, Saitama, Japan
2005 Mituskoshi Ebisu Department Store, Tokyo
2004 UNM of Valencia, New Mexico
2002 Nakao, 2P, Sendai, Japan
2001 St. Ives Ceramics, St. Ives, England
2000 Gallery Sho, Kasama, Japan
1997 Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
1996 JM Gallery, Tokyo
1996 Gallery Ten, Tokyo
1995 Nanorium, 2P, Yamanashi, Japan
1995 Kageroen, Tokyo
1995 Gallery TRAX, Yamanashi, Japan
1994 Gallery TRAX, Yamanashi, Japan
1994 Open Air Artworks Kyoto 1200 Anniversary, Kyoto
1993 Ginza Komatsu, Tokyo
1992 Awajicho Gallery, Tokyo
1992 Mitsukoshi Gion, Kyoto
1990 Riffe Gallery, Ohio Art League 80th Annual Juried Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio
1990 ROY G BIV Gallery, 3P, Columbus, Ohio
Seminar/Workshops
2019 Taoxichuan Art Center, China
2019 Jeju Island International Ceramix Festival, S. Korea
2019 Silpakorn University, Thailand
2018 Terra Rossa Ceramic Museum, masterclass workshop, France
2018 Jeju Island International Ceramix Festival, S. Korea
2017 Jeju Island International Ceramix Festival, S. Korea
2017 Icheon InterLocal Ceramic Festival, S. Korea
2016 Namiseom International Ceramic Festival, S. Korea
2015 Mehmet Nuri Göcen 2nd International, Turkey
2015 Jeju Island International Ceramix Festival, Jeju, S. Korea
2014 Namiseom International Ceramic Festival, S. Korea
2014 Mungyeong Chasabal Festival, S. Korea
2014 Niki Club Shule im Berg, Nature is Universal Language, solo workshop, Nasu, Japan
2014 University of Science, Penang, Malaysia
2013 GIC Inner-International Workshop, S. Korea
2013 Namiseom International Ceramic Festival, S. Korea
2013 Mungyeong Chasabal Festival, S. Korea
2013 Four University’s International Beach Firing, Huahin, Thailand
2012 Namiseom International Ceramic Festival, S. Korea
2012 Mungyeong Chasabal Festival, S. Korea
1996 INAX Corp., XSITEHILL, Sound of Earth, solo workshop, Tokyo
Performances
1997 Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Sound of Mashiko, Japan
1996 INAX XSITEHILL, installation, performance, Ark Mori Bldg., Tokyo
1995 Gallery Trax, Celebration for Jomon, earthworks, performance, Yamanashi, Japan
1995 Art Sphere, Ambient Opera PARTHENOGENESIS, stage art, performance, Tennozu Isle
1995 Sphere Mex Hall, Tokyo
1994 Naka River XenoMatrix, earthworks, art performance, Tochigi, Japan
1994 Sphere Mex Hall, KAMURYURAN, stage art design, performance, Tokyo
1990 Human Observation Lab, 2P with Loud Sounding Dream, Kansas City, Missouri
Produce/Organize
2019 Ceramic Recycling with David Binns in Mashiko, MCAA 6gallery, producer, co-organizer
2018 Japan/Korea Exchange, Mashiko Ceramic Museum, producer, co-organizer, Mashiko
2016 Korea/Japan Exchange, Cerapia Icheon World Ceramic Museum, co-organizer, S. Korea
Grant
2018 Nomura Foundation
Collections
Tamnara Republic, Jeju Island, S. Korea
Silpakorn University, Thailand
Terra Rossa Museum, France
UNICEF
Nami Island, S. Korea
Art Biotop, Nasu, Japan
Keramik Museum Westerwald, Germany
University of Science, Penang, Malaysia
Mungyeong Ceramic Museum
Private collections in Japan, throughout Asia, Europe, & the America’s