Born in Nara, Japan, 1948.
Lives and works in Kyoto, Japan.
1980 Completed ceramic course, Ceramic Research Center, Tekisui Museum, Hyogo, Japan.
1999 Lectured at Suwon University, and Kyonhi University, Seoul, South Korea.
Northern Clay Center, MN; Wood Fire Conference, Iowa University （IA, USA)
2000 Lectured at Saint Catherine University, Minnesota (MN, USA)
2001 Artist in Residence in Seto, creating works, lecturing and offering workshops in Seto, Aichi, Japan.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 Takashimaya Art Gallery, Nihonbashi (Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan)
2014 Shinshō Fūkei, Lixil Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2010 Clara Scremini Gallery (Paris, France)
2006 Takashimaya Art Gallery (Kyoto, Jappan)
2004 Wacoal Ginza Art Space (Tokyo, Japan)
Gallery Nakamura (Kyoto, Japan)
1997 Gallery Shokando (Kyoto, Japan) (also in '01).
1995 Kuroda Toen, Ginza (Tokyo, Japan) (also in '02).
1992 Azabu Museum of Art & Craft (Tokyo, Japan)
1990 Gallery Maronie (Kyoto, Japan) (also in '94 and '96).
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Pure Form: Japanese sculptural ceramics, Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
2019 Infinite Blue Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum (New York, NY, USA)
Kyoto Capital of Artistic Imagination, Metropolitan Museum (New York, NY, USA)
2018 To the Ideal Land of Ceramics, Exhibition of International Contemporary Ceramic Works, The Tsinghua University Art Museum (Beijing, China)
2017 TEFAF New York (NY, USA)
Infinite Blue - Group Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum (New York, NY, USA)
New Forms, New Voices: Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection, New Orleans Museum of Art (LA, USA )
TEFAF Maastricht (The Netherlands) ('19, '20, '21).
2016 Sculptural Turn Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Kempner and Stein Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (CA, USA)
2015 Ancient to Modern - Japanese Contemporary Ceramics and their Sources, San Antonio Museum of Art (TX, USA)
Unfolding Worlds: Japanese Screens and Contemporary Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection, Houston Museum of Fine Arts (TX, USA)
2014 The Betsy and Robert Feinberg Collection: Japanese Ceramics for the Twenty-first Century, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (MD, USA)
Points of Departure: Treasures of Japan from the Brooklyn Museum, Japan Society Gallery (New York, NY, USA)
2013 Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo. Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA, USA)
2011-12 21stCentury Exhibition of Japanese Art (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Kanazawa, Toyama, Japan)
2011 Kikuchi Biennale IV, Musée Tomo (Tokyo, Japan)
Ceramica Viva: I Ceramisti Giapponesi Premiati a Faenza [Japanese awardees of International Faenza Ceramic Festival, Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Tokyo, Japan)
Pavillon des Arts et du Design (Paris, France)
Masters in the Making (Australia)
Ceramica Viva, Japanese award-winners exhibition of Faenza International Ceramic Art Competition, Italian Culture Institute (Tokyo, Japan)
Kyoto Art Crafts Creators Union Exhibition, the Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)
Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Sculptures by Four Women Artists, Asian Art Museum (San Francisco, CA, USA)
2010 21st Century Exhibition of Japanese Art, Tokyo Bijutsu Club (traveled to Kyoto, Kanazawa, Toyama and Osaka, Japan).
International Academy of Ceramics, le musée national céramique à Sèvres ( Sèvres, France)
Collect, the Saatchi Gallery (London, UK)
Cologne Fine Art & Antiques (Cologne, Germany)
Eiko Kishi, Emmanuel, Clara Scremini Gallery (Paris, France)
2009-10 Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists, Smith College Museum of Art (Northampton, MA, USA)
2009 Paramita Museum of Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition, Paramita Museum of Ceramic Art (Mie, Japan)
Through the Seasons: Japanese Art in Nature, Stone Hill Center, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA, USA)
2008-09 The Dauer Collection- Contemporary Studio Ceramics, California State University, Sacramento, University Library Gallery (CA, USA)
2007 Cheerful Kyoyaki Ceramics Exhibition: the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of Takashimaya Art Gallery, Takashimaya Art Gallery (Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan)
Soaring Voices - Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park (Shiga, Japan)
Exhibition traveled to New Otani Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Le Musée National Céramique
à Sèvres (Sèvres, France); Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, CA, USA).; The Katzen Arts Center at American University (Washington, DC, USA); The Crow Collection of Asian Art (Dallas, TX, USA); Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens (Delray Beach, FL USA).; The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA); Arizona State University Art Museum (Tempe, AZ, USA); Western Gallery at Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA, USA).; City Arts Center 'Oklahoma City, OK, USA); Maui Arts and Cultural Center (Kahului, HI, USA)
2006 Contemporary Clay: Japanese ceramics for the New Century, Japan Society (New York, NY, USA)
Tōji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise, Musèe national de cèramique (Sèvres, France)
2005 Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA, USA)
The 1st International Triennial of Silicate Arts 2005 (Kecskemet, Hungary)
2004 Taipei International Ceramic Art Exhibition, Taipei Ceramic Art Museum (Taipei, Taiwan)
Works from Artist in Residence in Seto, Shinjuku Park Tower Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2002 Kyoto Art & Crafts Association Exhibition, Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts & Culture (Kyoto, Japan )(there after annually until 2010)
Works from Artist in Residence in Seto 2001-2002, Seto City Culture Center (Seto, Aichi, Japan)
International Ceramic Exhibition (Vallauris, France)
2001 Art and Crafts Kyoto Exhibition, City Art Center (Edinburgh, UK)
Kyoto Craft Artist Association Exhibition, Takashimaya Grand Hall (Kyoto, Japan)
2000 Five McKnight Artists, Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
The WSU Exhibition, Winona State University (Winona, MN, USA)
1999 6th Ceramic Art Biennial
Japan and South Korea Women's Ceramic Art exhibition, Gallery Kopac (Seoul, Korea)
1998 Participated in the Fletcher Challenge (New Zealand)
Japan and South Korea Women's Ceramic Art Exhibition, Itami Municipal Crafts Center (Osaka, Japan)
1997 5th Ceramic Art Biennial '95
Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, the special exhibition for grand prix potters in commemoration of the 35th anniversary.
1995 Ceramics Festival International-Mino 1995 (Tajimi, Gifui, Japan)
1994 EXTREME OSAKA: Kansai International Airport Commemorative Exhibition (Osaka, Japan and Milan, Italy)
1993 Choza Memorial Ceramic Art Exhibition, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan.
Kyoto City Exhibition (thereafter annually)
3rd Ceramic Art Biennial '93
1991 Gymnasium in Aichi, Azabu Craft Museum (Tokyo, Japan) and Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (Aichi, Japan) (also in '93 and '94)
Kyoto Exhibition of Works by Outstanding Ceramic Artists, Kyoto Daimaru Art Gallery (Kyoto, Japan)
The 8th Contemporary Kyoto Ceramic Artists Exhibition, Kyoto Daimaru Museum (Kyoto, Japan)
Vanguards of Ceramic Art, Itami Municipal Crafts Center (Hyogo, Japan) (also in '94).
Contemporary Ceramic Artists of Kyoto, Kyoto Daimaru Museum (Kyoto, Japan) (also in '94 and '96) .
1990 Asahi Ceramics Exhibition (Sydney, Australia)
1989 Asahi Exhibition of New Works by Selected Ceramic Artists, Nagoya Maruei (Aichi, Japan)
1988 Yagi Kazuo Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition
The European Coffee Cup Exhibition (France, Belgium, etc.)
1987 Asahi Exhibition of New Works by Award-Winning Ceramic Artists, Seibu Ikebukuro Gallery Sui (Tokyo, Japan)
1986 Asahi Ceramics Exhibition: Works by four Award- winning Artists, Seibu Gallery, Ikebukuro, Gallery Sui (Tokyo, Japan)
Yagi Kazuo Prize Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition (Kyoto, Japan) (also in '86).
Chūnichi International Exhibition of Ceramic Art, Mitsukoshi Art Gallery (Nagoya, Aichi, Japan)
1984 Asahi Ceramics Exhibition (thereafter annually).
1983 Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Kyoto Prefectural Center for Art and Culture, Kyoto, Japan (also in '84, '85, '87, '94 and '97).
1981 Women's Association of Ceramic Art Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan (annually until '89) .
Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (also in '85, '87, '91, '93 and '95)
Selected Public Collections
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
Brooklyn Museum (New York, NY, USA)
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI, USA)
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minnesota State University (Minnesota, MN, USA)
Hamilton Art Gallery (Australia)
Institute of Arts (MN, USA)
International Ceramic Museum (Faenza, Italy)
Istituto Statale d’Arte per la Ceramica F.A. Grue (Castelli, Italy)
Kecskemet International Ceramics Studio (Hungary)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, USA)
Minnesota Municipal Museum (USA)
Musée Cernuschi (Paris, France)
Musée nationale de ceramiques (Sèvres, France)
Museum of Art and Design (New York, NY, USA)
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA, USA)
National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh, UK)
New Orleans Museum of Art (LA, USA)
Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Philadelphia Museum of Art (PA, USA)
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA)
Seto City Culture Center (Aichi, Japan)
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park (Shiga, Japan)
Smith College Museum of Art (Northampton, MA, USA)
Taipei County Yingee Ceramics Museum (Taiwan)
Tokoname City (Aichi, Japan)
Victoria & Albert Museum (London, UK)
Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT, USA)
Awards
2013 Education Ministry Prize, Kyoto kōgei bijutsuka kyōkai ten, Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts & Culture
2000 Memorial Award, Kyoto Craft Artists' Association Exhibition, Kyoto Prefectural Center for Art and Culture (also in '02).
1999 Silver Medal at the 51st International Competition for Contemporary Ceramic Art (Faenza, Italy)
1998 The McKnight Residency Grant (USA)
1995 Second Prize, '95 Stoneware Exhibition, Tenmaya Art Gallery (Okayama, Japan)
Encouragement Prize, the 4th Ceramic Art Biennial '95.
1992 Kyoto City Mayor Prize, Kyoto City Exhibition
1991 Kyoto City Mayor Prize, Kyoto City Exhibition.
Excellence Prize, the 2nd Ceramic Art Biennial '91.
20th Chōzō Prize, Commemorative Exhibition of Ceramic Art at Tokoname, Aichi, Japan.
Memorial Prize, '91 Stoneware Exhibition, Tenmaya Art Gallery, Okayama, Japan.
1987 Encouragement Prize, Asahi Ceramics Exhibition.
1985 Education Ministry Prize, the Women's Association of Ceramic Art Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Kyoto, Jappan)
Grand Prize, Asahi Ceramics Exhibition.
1984 Encouragement Prize, Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition.
1980 Mainichi Newspaper Award, the Women's Association of Ceramic Art Exhibition, Municipal Museum of Art (Kyoto, Japan)