Present Professor of Osaka University of Arts
1981 B.A. of Ceramics Course from Osaka University of Arts
1959 Born in Osaka, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Etsuko Tashima: Flowers in Bloom, Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa
2017 Etsuko Tashima: Records Clay and Glass, Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo
2013 Etsuko Tashima: Flowers, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
2012 Etsuko Tashima: Flowers, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
2010 Etsuko Tashima, Tenmaya Hiroshima Hachobori, Hiroshima
2004 Etsuko Tashima, Yurinso, Ohara Museum of Art, Hyogo
1986 Etsuko Tashima: Fertile Forest, Suntory Art Box, Tokyo
1984 Etsuko Tashima Ceramics Exhibition, Gallery Haku, Osaka
Group Exhibitions
2021 Jungle – Paradise, National Crafts Museum, Kanazawa
2018 2018 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum
Heat and Pressure, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
SOFA Chicago, Habatat Gallery booth, U.S.A.
2017 Endless Energy, Toyama Glass Art Museum
2012 Son et Lumière 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
2010 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum
2009 Fumie Sasai and Etsuko Tashima in the Flower Garden, Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki
2006 The Quintessence of Modern Japanese Ceramics, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
2004 Cool & Light: New Spirit in Craft Making, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery
2002 Contemporary Japanese CraftsGaleri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur / National Gallery of Indonesia
1999 Expression of Glaze, Beauty of Ceramics,The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Pottery Museum
1998 Dialogue with Clay: The Spirit of Contemporary Ceramics, Rias Ark Museum of Art
1996 The Expression and the Potential in Contemporary Ceramics, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
1994 Clay Works, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
1993 Contemporary Ceramics 1950-1990,Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
1992 Modern Oribe: Flock of Basara, Sogetsu Art Museum
1988 Tomoko Sugiyama, Etsuko Tashima, and Manabu Nakanishi,ABC Gallery, Osaka
1987 Clay and Fire, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
Art Now '87, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe
1985 '85 Hinuma: Landscape of Clay, Lake Hinuma, Ibaraki
Awards
2005 Japan Ceramic Society Award
2004 Takashimaya Art Award
1992 Sakuya Konohana Award
Collections/ Public Art
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
Toyama Glass Art Museum
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Ishikawa Prefectural Kutani Ceramics Technical Training Center
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
Takashimaya Archives
The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
Ohara Museum of Art
Takamatsu Art Museum
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Chazen Museum of Art, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A.
Press
2011 Ceramics Monthly
2006 Etsuko Tashima cornucopia, Yamaki Art Gallery
2005 Etsuko Tashima at Yurinso, Ohara Museum of Art