Sensa Kuroi

• 1945
  Born as the second son of Ichraku Kuroi (Important Intangible Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture)
• 1966
  Completed course at the Kyoto Municipal Kogei Training Center (current Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture)
  Started making ceramics under his father, Ichraku Kuroi, Important Intangible Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture
• 1980
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1981
  Selected for the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
• 1982
  First Solo Exhibition at Tenmaya Okayama
• 2002
  Collaboration Exhibition with the late Toshio Matsuo (recipient of the Order of Culture) at Tenmaya Okayama
• 2011
  Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Okayama Anniversary Exhibition (2011 - 2013 in Okayama, Tokyo etc.)
• 2014
  Primary Judge at the 57th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (also in 2019, 2020 and 2022)
• 2018
  50th Anniversary Exhibition at Tenmaya Okayama
  Invited to submit to and hold a lecture at the Miyagawa Kozan Retrospective Exhibition
• Held solo Exhibitions at various art museums and department stores Mitsukoshi, Daimaru, Sogo, Takashimaya nationwide, Tenmaya in Hiroshima, Fukuyama, Yonago and Takamatsu, Keio Department Store and Sanyo Department Store

Making pieces with quiet, rustic and simple colors using ash glaze which is a characteristic of Mushiake ware. My speciality is making inlaid pieces by shaving the surface of the base and inlaying clay of another color to create a gradation. I make various pieces from small tea utensils to large vessels.

• 2002
  Received the Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award
• 2007
  Received the Sanyo Shimbun (Cultural Merits) Award
• 2019
  Received the Marusen Special Cultural Award
• 2021
  Received the Toyo Kaneshige Award (Grand Award) at the 64th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

• Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
• Setouchi CIty Museum of Art

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