2000 Diploma, Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center, Gifu
1998 Diploma, Tokyo Designer Institute, Ceramic Department
1976 Born in Saitama Prefecture
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Kawabata Kentaro, Savoir Vivre, Tokyo (’04, ’05, ’07, '12)
Organs, TOMIO KOYAMA Gallery, Hikarei Shibuya, Tokyo
IMPRINT, Keiko Art International
2014 Silver Shell, Tokyo
Métamorphoses, Galerie Mizen Fine Art, Paris
Gallery Suki, Aichi
Gallery Bogatei, Nagano
2013 Gallery Tousei, Osaka
Gallery Tohka, Miyazaki
Mazuzakaya, Nagoya
2012 Perceptions in Clay, KEIKO Gallery, Boston
KAMOSISUSE, Ohka Shorin, Gifu
Gallery So, Hokkaido
Takeshina- Gallery Bogatei, Nagano
2011 Kuroda Toen, Ginza
K-House Gallery, Tokyo
2010 ZUZUZU, Gallery Shunyo, Gifu Gallery Hashimoto, Tokyo
2009 Gion Konishi, Kyoto (’06)
Fused Beauty, KEIKO Gallery, Boston
2008 Ouka Shorin, Nagano
Sinsaibashi Daimaru, Osaka
Gallry Utsuwa-kan, Kyoto
2007 Akamanma, Gunma
2006 Meguro Tohgeikan, Mie (’09)
Bougate, Nagano ('08)
2005 Tuchi-no-hana, Tokyo
2004 Kuroda Tohen, Tokyo (’06,’09)
2003 Porcelain Sculpture, Galleria Ceramica, Tokyo
Gallery Kouketsu, Gifu (’07)
2002 Gallery Shunkei, Gifu (’06)
Group Exhibitions
2015 8 Ceramic Artists, 8/ Art Gallery/ Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
MINO, Kakiden Gallery, Tokyo
Nippon! Contemporary Arts and Crafts from Japan, ESH Gallery, Milan, Italy
Dialogue with Materials: Contemporary Japanese Arts an Crafts, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
2014 Phenomenon of Contemporary Ceramics, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
TAKASHIMAYA MUSEUM of ILLUSION, Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya, Osaka
International Japanische Progressive Keramik Trifft auf Japanische Avantgardistische Malerei, Galerie IAC-Berlin-Koigswinter and Tenri Kultur Werkstatt, Cologne
Dialogue with Materials: Contemporary Japanese Arts an Crafts, Ahmed Adnen Saygun Sanat Merkezi, Izmir, Turkey
2013 La céramique Japonaise, Association Culturelle Franco-Japonaise de TENRI, Paris, Luxembourg
Traditional and Contemporary, Historical Museum, Pavlikeni, Bulgaria
2012 RUSU Aki and KAWABATA Kentaro, Kohodo Gallery, Gifu
Ceramics Now Exhibition, 3rd edition, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2011 Contemporary Tea Utensils, Ishihara Bijutus, Gifu
2009 World Ceramic Biennale 2009, Korea
KAWABATA Kentaro and YOKOYAMA Takuya, Gallery SORA, Tokyo
The Power of Decoration - A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kogei (studio craft), The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2008 Contemporary Ceramic in Tokai Are for the young artist, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
2007 SOFA Chicago
Hanayagi-no-Katachi, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Gallery X, Tokyo
2004 Mino Ceramics Now, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
Izushi Porcelain Competition, Gifu
2003 Carouge International Ceramic Exhibition
Asashi Ceramic Competition
2002 Asahi Modern Craft Competition
Mino International Porcelain Competition
Asashi Ceramic Exhibition
2001 “Mino Ceramics Now 2001” Gifu Contemporary Museum of Ceramics Tjimi, Gifu
Awards
2007 Grand Prize, Paramita Museum Ceramic Exhibition, Mie
2005 International Ceramic Festival Mino
2004 Kamota Shoji Award, Mashiko Ceramic Exhibition
2002 Judges Award, Mashiko Ceramic Exhibition
2001 Grand Prize, Oibe-no-Kokoro, Ceramic Exhibition
Collections/ Public Art
Anadole University Museum, Eskisehir, Turkey
Mashiko Ceramic Museum
City of Toki
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN
Press
2012 Hono Geijutsu, spring/ summer
2011-12 Ceramics Now
