1953 Born in Hokkaido, Japan
Currently lives and works at Seto, Aichi
Education
1975 Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Shozo Michikawa, Sokyo, Lisbon
Haiku in Clay, Silverlens. Manila
2021 Shozo Michikawa, Erskine Hall & Coe, London
Shozo Michikawa, Japan Art, Frankfurt
Shozo Michikawa, Hostler Burrows, Los Angeles
2020 SHOZO MICHIKAWA in London, Erskine Hall&Coe, London
2019 Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
MICHIKAWA + VANGSØ: POWER OF SIMPLICITY, Lucy Lacoste Gallery, MA, U.S.A.
2018 40ans Shozo Michikawa, Galerie MIZEN Fine Art International Paris, France
40ans Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Friedrich Mueller, Frankfurt, Germany
40ans Shozo Michikawa, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
2017 40years 40pots, Erskin, Hall&Coe, London
Shozo Michikawa, Lacoste Gallery, MA, U.S.A.
Nature into Art, Silverlens Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2016 Shozo Michikawa, Centro Cultural Las Condes in Santiago, Santiago, Chile
Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Friedrich Muller, Frankfurt, Germany
Nature into Art, Di Legno Gallery, Singapore
NATURE INTO ART, Seto Ceramics and Glass Art Center, Seto, Japan
Shozo Michikawa, Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Italy
2015 The Forbidden City, Erskin, Hall&Coe, London
Ballades en Terres, Mizen Fine Art, Paris
Shozo Michikawa, Puls Contemporary Gallery, Brusels, Belgium
2014 Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Friendrich Muller, Frankfurt, Germany
Shozo Michikawa, Helene Aziza, Paris, France
Nature into Art, Galerie hu, Nagoya, Japan
2013 Shozo Michikawa, Erskine, Hall &Coe, London
Shozo Michikawa, Peter Kummermann, Geneva, Switzerland
Shozo Michikawa, Nihonbashi MITUKOSHI Art Gallery, Tokyo
2012 Nature into Art, MATERIA, Quebec, Canada
Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Helene Poree, Paris
2011 Shozo Michikawa, Erskine, Hall &Coe, London
The Nature of Clay, Cavin- Morris Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Shozo Michikawa, Puls Contemporary Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Shozo Michikawa, Terra Rossa, Leipzig, Germany
Nature into Art, Galerie hu, Nagoya, Japan
2009 Nature into Art, Galerie Besson, London
Shozo Michikawa, Art Gallery Oyama, Osaka
2008 Shozo Michikawa, Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris
Shozo Michikawa, Gallerie hu, Nagoya
2007 30 years 30 pots, Galerie Besson, London
30 years 30 pots, IZUKAN GALLERY, Manila
Shozo Michikawa, Gallery Tokyo Eizo, Tokyo
2006 Shozo Michikawa, Puls Contemporary Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2005 Shozo Michikawa, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
Returning to Nature’s Simplicity and Truth, Shandong Museum, Shandong, China
Returning to Nature’s Simplicity and Truth, Forbidden City, Beijing ,China
Shozo Michikawa, Wa-noi, Shizuoka, Japan
Shozo Michikawa, IZUKAN GALLERY, Manila, Philippines
2004 Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Besson, London
2003 Shozo Michikawa, IZUKAN GALLERY, Manila
Shozo Michikawa, Matsuzakaya Department Store Gallery, Shizuoka
Shozo Michikawa, TOBU Department Store Gallery, Tokyo
2001 Shozo Michikawa, UlaanBaatar Art Gallery, UlaanBaatar, Mongolia,
Shozo Michikawa, TOBU Department Store Gallery, Tokyo
2000 Shozo Michikawa, TOBU Department Store Gallery, Tokyo
Shozo Michikawa, Mitsukoshi Department Store Gallery, Okayama, Japan
1997 Shozo Michikawa, Hiraya Gallery, Manila
Shozo Michikawa, Tokyu Department Store Gallery, Tokyo
1996 Shozo Michikawa, Hiraya Gallery, Manila
1995 Shozo Michikawa, Hankyu Department Store Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Fog Design +Art, Hostler Burrows
Art Fair Philippine, Silverlens
2022 Art Basel, Taka Ishii Gallery, Basel
TEFAF NY, Hostler Burrows, New York
SIZED/Sougetu, Los Angeles, USA
FOG DESIGN + ART, San Francisco, USA
MATERIALS OF THE EARTH,Vessel or Not?, Sokyo Gallery, Lisbon
Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine Hall & Coe Gallery, London
Salon art + Design, Hostler Burrows, NY
Response to and contrast with contemporary Japanese ceramics, Sokyo Annex, Kyoto, Japan
Japan Art Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
2021 Art Basel Hong Kong, Taka Ishii Gallery
ARCO LISBOA, Lisbon, Portugal
DESIGN MIAMI/BASEL, Basel, Switzerland
Ceramic and Paintings, Japan Art, Frankfurt
Céramique Japonaise, La Borne, France
Tougei no Shisa, Mosaic Tile Museum, Tajimi, Japan
2020 Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
NOMAD, St. Moritz, Switzerland
BICMA 2020, Marratxi, Spain
2019 Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
Watchfire, Silverlens, Manila
2018 60th edition of the Faenza prize, MIC, Faenza, Italy
About a Vace, Museo Montelupo, Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy
NIHON NOW, Galerie Du Don, France
Modern Masters, Munchi Germany
Masterpieces-400 years of japanese ceramics, Hoganas Sweden
2017 Design Basel, Pierre Marie Giraud, Basel, Switzerland
Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens Gallery, Manila
Love and Violence, Mizen Fine Arts, Padova, Italy
2016 Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Officine Saffi, Milano, Italy
Singapore Contemporary Art show, Di Legno, Singapore
2015 International Ceramics, Shimada City Museum, Shimada, Japan
International Ceramics, Erskin, Hall &Coe, London
2014 Art Ceram, Sevres, France
Japanese Ceramics, Erskin, Hall &Coe, London
Tea Bowl Show, Oxford Ceramics Gallery, Oxford
ICC DELHI 2014 Art Fair, Delhi, India
2012 International trade fair, Modern masters, Munich, Germany
NCECA, The World in a Cup, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
SOFA New York, Erskin, Hall &Coe, New York
COLLECT, Erskin, Hall &Coe, London
HANHYANGLIM/ONGGIMUSEUM, Heyri, Korean
2011 Pots from Seven Countries, Galerie Besson, London
Art of pacfic Asia Show, Cavin–Morris Gallery, New York
International Ceramics Exhibition, Sasama, Shizuoka, Japan
2010 SOFA New York, Galerie Besson, New York
COLLECT, Galerie Besson, London
Pots & Paper, Museum Ludwig, Koln, Germany
Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London
Keramicos Collection, Harlem, Netherlands
2009 Soft Beauty of Traditional Shino, Concord University, Athens ,WV, U.S.A.
The Art of Japanese Craft 1870 to the Present, Philadelphia museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
SOFA Chicago, Galerie Besson, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
2008 SOFA NY, Galerie Besson, NewYork
A Japanese Dialogue, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, U.K.
The Great North Art Show, Ripon, U.K.
Twenty Years - Twenty Pots, Galerie Besson, London
Tutor Exhibition, Sussex Barn Gallery, Chichester, U.K.
International Ceramics, Giroussens, France
2006 Japanese Clafts Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London
2005 Ceremica Mosaico Exhibition, Ravenna, Italy
Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London
With Joy Brown, The Signature shop and Gallery, Atlanta, U.S.A.
2004 Japanese Ceramics, Galerie Besson, London
Maiden Bridge Exhibition, Maiden Bridge Farm, Lancaster, U.K.
SOFA Chicago, Galerie Besson, Chicago
2003 Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London
2002 Accompaniments of Tea, Daiichi Gallery, New York
1999 Gallery pots, Gallerie Besson, London
1996 101Pitcher Exhibition, Terres de Provence, Paris
Awards
2022 Encouragement Public, Paris
2019 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, Finalist
2018 The Bavarian State Prize at the International Trade Fair in Munich, Gold medal, Munchi, Germany
Ceramics Now : Faenza Prize is 80 years old, Faenza, Italy,
2005 CERAM ICAM OSAICO, Grand Prix, Ravenna, Italy,
1991 Design Forum in Seto, Shinpei Asai Prize, Seto, Japan
Collections
U.S.A.
Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Worcester Art Museum, MA, U.S.A.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, U.S.A.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, U.S.A.
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A.
U.K.
Ashmolean Museum of Art, Oxford, U.K.
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, U.K.
University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, U.K.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Europe
The Museum in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Italy
Musee Cernuschi, Paris, France
International Museum of Ceramic in Faenza, Faenza, Italy
Modern Glass & Ceramic Museum of Coburg, Coburg, Germany
Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France
China
China-Japan Exchange Center, Beijing, China
Qinglingsi Temple, Xi'an, China
Japan
Shimada City Museum, Saitama, Japan
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki, Japan