Takao Tahara

1982 -
  • Ceramics
  • Awarded 6 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range $1,000 - 4,000
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  • Category
    Ceramics
  • Techniques
    Hagi ware, Iron glaze
  • Born
    1982 -
  • Based in
    Yamaguchi
  • Membership
    Full member, Japan Kogei Association

Style

Mainly producing Hagi ware tea vessels.

Biography

  • 1982
    Born as the first son of 13th Generation Tohbe Tahara
  • 2005
    Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture（Received the Sugawara Award at the Graduation Work Exhibition）
  • 2007
    Completed the Master's Course at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts, Sculpture Course
    Part-time assistant at Yokohama College of Art and Design (– 2010)
  • 2009
    Selected for the Kobe Biennale 2009 Contemporary Ceramic Arts Competition
  • 2010
    Started training in Mino (studied under Seiya Toyoba)
  • 2011
    Started producing ceramics under his father
  • 2015
    Selected for the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (twice)
    Selected for “Arts of the Tea Ceremony” Exhibition at Tanabe Museum of Art (5 times)
    Submitted to "Hagi ware Today" (Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi)
  • 2016
    Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (7 times)
  • 2017
    Submitted to Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2017 (Yeoju, South Korea)
  • 2018
    Japanese tea ceremony in the Salon Gustave Eiffel, a program for Japonismes 2018 (Paris, France)
    Artwork exhibition and lecture at the Lyon CIty Hall (Lyon, France)
  • 2019
    First Solo Exhibition "Hagi – Takao Tahara Ceramics Exhibition" (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store)
  • 2023
    Received the Honorable Mention at the Hagi Taisho (Grand Prix) of Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition (selected 3 times)

Awards

  • 2014
    Received the Asahi Shimbun Incentive Award at the 37th Yamaguchi Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (also in 2016 and 2017)
  • 2016
    Received the Excellence Award at the Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Exhibition
  • 2019
    Received the Japan Kōgei Association Yamaguchi Branch Manager Award at the 42nd Yamaguchi Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2020
    Received the Incentive Award at the Japan Ceramic Society "Modern Ceramics Encouragement Prize" Chūgoku / Shikoku Exhibition
  • 2022
    Received the Grand Award at the Bubgi Ceramic International Exhibition (South Korea)

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