Present Lecturer at Kyoto Saga University of Arts
2003 A.F.A., Kyoto Saga Art College
1999 B.A., Doshisha University
1976 Born in Kyoto, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Wrapped Togoro, Kyoto
2017 Porta Gallery Hana, Kyoto
2016 Coquille-Eclosion par Shinya TANOUE, MIZEN Fine Art: Paris
Moriguchi Keio, Osaka
Gallery Tosei, Osaka
2015 Takashimaya, Kyoto
2014 Tenmaya Hiroshima Hachobori, Hiroshima
Tenmaya, Okayama
2012 Utsuwakan, Kyoto Reijinsha Gallery, Tokyo
2011 JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan , Osaka Japan Tokyo Mitsukoshi, Tokyo , Japan
2010 Kyoto Daimaru, Kyoto (also in ’08, ’06)
2008 Gallery Kouketsu, Gifu, Japan Galeria Ceramica, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2018 Asia Contemporary Art Show, Conrad Hong Kong by wamono art
THE GROVE Contemporary Clay,, kadoya gallery, Colorado USA
Collect2018, London by Seatchi GALLERY
Shino,Oribe: From Momoyama to Nowadays, Yokohama Sogo Museum, Kanagawa
BLUE: signs from the sea, ESH Gallery, Milan
2017 Art Geneva, Switzerland, by ESH Gallery
Japan Style, HOAG Gallery, Sangre de Cristo Aarts Center, Colorado
International Ceramics Festival Mino, Gifu
The Beauty of Use, Kyoto Takashimaya
Installation in 1717, Kyoto Takashimaya
Tresor Contemporary Craft, Basel by ESH Gallery, Mizen Fine Art
KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa, Kumu Kanazawa, by Minnano Gallery
2015 Nippon! Contemporary Arts and Crafts from Japan, ESH Gallery, Milan, Italy
Dialogue with Materials: Contemporary Japanese Arts an Crafts, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
59th Premio Faenza, The International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy
Japan Ceramic Exhibition, Tokyo, Osaka, Ibaraki
2014 International Japanische Progressive Keramik Trifft auf Japanische Avantgardistische Malerei, Galerie IAC-Berlin-Koigswinter and Tenri Kultur Werkstatt, Cologne
Aspirations of Ceramics in Kyoto: Techniques beyond Techniques, Gallery Rin, Tokyo
Dialogue with Materials: Contemporary Japanese Arts an Crafts, Ahmed Adnen Saygun Sanat Merkezi, Izmir, Turkey
2013 Traditional and Contemporary, Historical Museum, Pavlikeni, Bulgaria
La céramique Japonaise, Association Culturelle Franco-Japonaise de TENRI, Paris, Luxembourg
2012 JAPANESE CERAMICS FROM THE WILLILAM BAYER COLLECTION, curated by Hiroshi Fuchigami, Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery Santa Rosa, CA
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Collection of Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mingei International Museum, San Diego CA
Ceramics Now Exhibition, 3rd edition, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2011 Moderne Japanische Keramik, TENRI Japanese Deutssche Kultur Werkstatt, Germany
Synchronicity, Kyoto Takashimaya, Kyoto Japan
Seven Viewpoints on Ceramic form Kyoto, Saga University of Arts
Gallery PARC, Kyoto Japan
The Cool Ceramics of 4 , Gallery Tose , Osaka Japan
2010 Kyoto Kougei Shinei Exhibition “Kyoto Craft Biennial”
The Museum of Kyoto (also in ’06)
Futa no Aru Katachi Exhibition, Gallery Voice, Gifu
Craft in Heisei, Dance on a Dinner Table, Petite Luxe, Tokyo
Japan Modern Craft Exhibition, France
Untitled, iPRECIATION, HongKong
2009 Art Fair Tokyo 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
Shell Form Karakeitai, Gallery Suki, Aichi, Japan
Vessels,Small Objects and Tools Exhibition, INAX Galeria Cerammica, Tokyo
Yakimono Shinkankaku Series Galaria Ceramica’s eleven 2008
INAX Tile Museum, Aichi, Japan
CAMARD & Associés CRÉATIONS JAPONAISES CONTEMPORAINES
Drout Richelieu, France
Koube Biennial, Kobe Meriken Park, Hyogo, Japan
The Collection of Kyoto Prefecture; Selected Art Craft Exhibition
Kyoto Prefectural Government, Kyoto
2008 Kyoto Saga University of Arts Faculty Exhibition : Craft form
The Museum of Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto
Techniques and Materials of Ceramic Exhibition
The Museum of Ceramic Art Hyogo
Sanowa Exhibition, Ourindou Gallery, Tokyo
KANSAI 3 CERAMICS, Gallery Suki, Aichi
Kyoto Saga University of Arts Alumni Exhibition; Shape of Flowers
Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
2007 Japan Ceramic Exhibition, Daimaru Museum, Tokyo
Kyoto Saga University of Arts Faculty Exhibition
The Conversation with Materials, Kyoto
Asahi Ceramic Exhibition, Nagoya (also in ’03)
Chouzan Award Modern Ceramics Exhibition
Centrair Gallery and Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art etc
Kobe Biennal Modern Ceramics Exhibition, Kobe Meriken Park, Hyogo
2006 Asahi Modern Craft Exibition, Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Umeda, Osaka
Masuko Ceramic exhibition, Masuko Ceramic Museum, Tochigi
Design in Ceramic Vessel Exhibition, Aichi
2005 Golden egg exhibition, Shisaibashi Gallery, Osaka
International Ceramic exhibition, Ceramic Park MINO, Gifu
Touten, Craft Gallery Shu, Kyoto
2004 Tousanin Exhibition, Doujidai Gallery, Kyoto
Nagazaqra Exhibition, Craft Gallery Gen, Kyoto
Craft Competition, hosted by Tachikichi, Kyoto (also in ’02)
Toubako Exhibition, Craft Gallery Gen, Kyoto
2003 Thesis show at Kyoto Saga University of Arts
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
Kyou Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
Awards
2007 Japan Ceramic Exhibition, Daimaru museum Tokyo, Incentive Award
Asahi Ceramic Exhibition, Award for Excellence
2005 International Ceramic exhibition, Ceramic Park MINO, Jury’s Special Award
2003 Kyoto Saga University of Arts Thesis Exhibition, Incentive Award
2002 Craft competition, hosted by Tachikichi, Incentive Award
Collections/ Public Art
The Museum of Kyoto
The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
INAX Tile Museum
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, U.S.A.
Tweed Museum of Art, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, U.S.A.
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Phoenix Art Museum, AZ
Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
Press
Ceramics Now, winter 2011-2012
