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Hiroshi Taruta

樽田 裕史
Ceramic Artist • 1987 –

A ceramic artist living in Aichi Prefecture. He studied ceramics in Seto. While utilizing a technique called “hotaru-de” which creates translucent patterns, he continues to pursue his original aesthetic expressions full of limpidity.

BASED IN
Seto, Aichi Prefecture
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POINT OF VIEW

Fascinated by dignified and fantastic atmosphere of the light leaking out of the lines carved on the faintly blue surface. The limpid beauty may be the aggregation of each little enchantment that Mr. Taruta has found in nature and everyday life.

CRAFT ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

1987

Born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

2007

Graduated from Aichi Prefectural Seto Pottery Senior High School, Advanced Course in Ceramics

Apprenticed to Masanori Hatano, ceramic artist

2011

Highest Award, Porcelain Section, “Meshiwan Grand Prix Exhibition”

2012

Grand Prize, Ceramic Art Section, “65th Seto City Art Exhibition”

2021

Grand Prize, “Tableware Festival 2021 Online”

Excellence Award, “1st Japan Cultural Grand Prix”

2022

The Fragments of Homo Faber – The Future of Humans and Crafting – (Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi Prefecture)

Webinar at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Brand Promotion Project, Denmark

2024

TOKI Oribe Grand Prize, “The 16th Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony”

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