Takao Tahara
- Ceramics
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Price Range
$500 - 4,000
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- CategoryCeramics
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TechniquesHagi ware, Iron glaze
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Born1982 -
- Based inYamaguchi
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MembershipFull member, Japan Kogei Association
Biography
- 1982Born as the first son of 13th Generation Tohbe Tahara
- 2005Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture
Received the Sugawara Award at the Graduation Work Exhibition - 2007Completed 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) - 2009Selected for the Kobe Biennale 2009 Contemporary Ceramic Arts Competition
- 2010Started training in Mino (studied under Seiya Toyoba)
- 2011Started producing ceramics under his father
- 2015Selected 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) - 2016Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (7 times)
- 2017Submitted to Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2017 (Yeoju, South Korea)
- 2018Japanese 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) - 2019First Solo Exhibition "Hagi – Takao Tahara Ceramics Exhibition" (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store)
- 2023Received the Honorable Mention at the Hagi Taisho (Grand Prix) of Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition (selected 3 times)
Style
Mainly producing Hagi ware tea vessels.
Awards
- 2014Received the Asahi Shimbun Incentive Award at the Yamaguchi Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (also in 2016 and 2017)
- 2016Received the Excellence Award at the Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Exhibition
- 2019Received the Japan Kōgei Association Yamaguchi Branch Manager Award at the Yamaguchi Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2020Received the Incentive Award at the Japan Ceramic Society "Modern Ceramics Encouragement Prize" Chūgoku / Shikoku Exhibition
- 2022Received the Grand Award at the Bubgi Ceramic International Exhibition (South Korea)
Atelier
TAHARATOHBE Workshop
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Address1403 Fukagawayumoto Nagato , Yamaguchi MapOpen in new window
- Phone0837-25-3406
- Fax0837-25-3414
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