The 16th Paramita Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition, in which works by the top six artists nominated by museums, galleries, and art critics nationwide as being “ceramic artists representing the times” will be exhibited, is to be held at the Paramita Museum in Mie Prefecture from June 9 to July 31, 2022. A Grand Prize of 1 million yen will be awarded to the artist who receives the most...
From March 26 to March 30, 2022, a solo exhibition by Hiroyumi Suzuki, a ceramic artist from Iga, Mie Prefecture, was held at the Gallery Hiirono in Eifuku, Tokyo. Gallery Hiirono is a long-established gallery that has been showcasing and selling ceramics made by contemporary artisans for more than 20 years. Since 2011, Hiroyumi has held a solo exhibition there every year. This year’s exhibi...
Exhibition • Event Information VOL.26
The 16th Paramita Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition, in which works by the top six artists nominated by museums, galleries, and art critics nationwide as being “ceramic artists representing the times” will be exhibited, is to be held at the Paramita Museum in Mie Prefecture from June 9 to July 31, 2022. A Grand Prize of 1 million yen will be awarded to the artist who receives the most...
Exhibition • Event Report VOL.13
From March 26 to March 30, 2022, a solo exhibition by Hiroyumi Suzuki, a ceramic artist from Iga, Mie Prefecture, was held at the Gallery Hiirono in Eifuku, Tokyo. Gallery Hiirono is a long-established gallery that has been showcasing and selling ceramics made by contemporary artisans for more than 20 years. Since 2011, Hiroyumi has held a solo exhibition there every year. This year’s exhibi...
Exhibition • Event Information VOL.25
The 118th Arita Ceramic Fair (organized by the Arita Chamber of Commerce and Industry) will be held in Arita, Saga Prefecture, for the first time in three years. For the past two years, the event had been canceled at the local venue due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The resumption of this major event, which had welcomed many tourists in previous years, has been greeted with joy by people invo...
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“Sustainability and development” are becoming major keywords for traditional crafts these days. It is noteworthy that, in addition to the high level of technical skills passed down from generation to generation, some artisans have begun to take on the challenge of developing a variety of new styles that will be carried on by the next generation, such as seeking styles that fit modern lifesty...
Exhibition • Event Information VOL.24
HULS Gallery Tokyo, a contemporary Japanese craft gallery located in Akasaka, Tokyo, will hold an exhibition of Takeyoshi Mitsui, a glass artist based in Toyama Prefecture. Tension and relaxation – an ambiguous gap is formed between the amalgamation of two opposing elements. Created based on the artist’s very own sense of aesthetics and form, Takeyoshi Mitsui’s glass works possess the ability to c...
Exhibition • Event Information VOL.23
Since its opening in 1987, Toguri Museum of Art has been holding exhibitions with its own collections as one of the few museums specializing in ceramics in Japan. In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the opening of the museum, a special exhibition of Nabeshima ware that the founder Toru Toguri passionately collected will be held from 1st April. Nabeshima ware is a type of porcelain which is p...
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