Tomohiro Kitagawa

1967 -
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    • Category
      Ceramics
    • Techniques
      White porcelain
    • Born
      1967 -
    • Based in
      Hokkaido
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association

    Style

    Mainly producing white porcelain and tohakuji (pale pink porcelain). I use motifs of natural phenomenons that can be seen in the winter in Hokkaido such as icicles, ice and snow to create cooler and sharper designs. I try to make pieces with soft and warm designs using the technique I named tohakuji, which is inlaying metal on a white porcelain base. After firing, the inlayed metal and glaze create a gray-pink color.

    Biography

    • 1967
      Born in Hokkaido
    • 1991
      Graduated from Doshisha University, Faculty of Law, Department of Law
    • 1995
      Studied under Shunri Nonaka and Shunpo Nonaka
    • 2002
      Built a kiln in Ebetsu, Hokkaido
    • 2004
      Selected for the Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition (also in 05, 07 – 11, 13 – 19, 21 – 22)
      Solo Exhibition at Gallery Mona, Tokyo
    • 2005
      Moves studio and kiln to current location
      Solo Exhibition at Kogei Ima (Ginza, Tokyo) (also in 06 – 08, 10, 12, 14)
    • 2008
      Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (also in 09, 12, 16, 18, 19, 21)
    • 2010
      Submitted to An Experiment Tea Gathering – The EZO Tea Ceremony (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
      Submitted to "Ceramics = Expressing" Exhibition at Gallery Monma (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
    • 2011
      "Tomohiro Kitagawa Exhibition – Large White Porcelain Bowls and Icicle Patterns –" at the Ebetsu City Ceramic Art Center (Ebetsu, Hokkaido)
      Solo Exhibition at Ishinokura Gallery Hayashi (sapporo, Hokkaido)(also in 12 – 15 and 17)
    • 2013
      Selected for the Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony (also in 14, 15 and 19)
    • 2014
      Selected for the Mino Tougei Shoroku Chawan Competition (also in 2016)
      Selected for the ITAMI International Craft Exhibition
      Solo Exhibition at Sapporo Mitsukoshi (also in 16, 18 and 20)
    • 2015
      Solo Exhibition at Kairou Gallery Mon (Kasama, Ibaraki)
    • 2016
      Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
      Solo Exhibition at Tobu Department Store (Ikebukuro, Tokyo)
    • 2017
      Solo Exhibition at Gallery Okariya (Ginza, Tokyo) (also in 19 and 21)
      Solo Exhibition at Tokyu Department Store Sapporo (Sapporo, Hokkaido) (also in 19 and 21)
    • 2018
      Selected for the Tobiten (also in 19)
      Submitted to "Ceramics – Techniques and Forms of the New Generation" at Sapporo Art Park (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
    • 2019
      Selected for the Hagi Taisho (Grand Prix) of Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition V
      Selected for the Kikuchi Biennale
      Lecture "Producing Porcelain in Ebetsu" at the 47th Convention of the Japan Society of Oriental Ceramic Studies
    • 2020
      Part-time Lecturer at Hokusho University, School of Education and Culture, Department of Art and Design

    Awards

    • 1998
      Received the Village Assembly Chairman Award at the Hokkaido Traditional Kōgei Exhibition in Otaki Village
    • 2016
      Received the Incentive Award at the 1st Japan Ceramic Society "Modern Ceramics Encouragement Prize" Hokkaido Exhibition
    • 2020
      Received the Hokkaido Cultural Encouragement Award

    Public Collections

    • Ebetsu City Ceramic Art Center

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