Masashi Miyajima

Style

Pottery made by hand-building: potter's clay, colored clay, inlay, colored glaze

Biography

• 1953
  Born in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture
• Selected for the following:
  Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition 6 times (traditional 4 times, free design twice)
  Asahi Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition 3 times
  Chozasho Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition 8 times (10 pieces)
  Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition 4 times
  Tobiten 9 times (awarded once)
  Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten) 12 times
  Kasama Ceramic Award Exhibition once
  Kikuchi Biennale once (Musee Tomo)
  "Exhibition of Tea Ceremony Today - Utility and Form" once (Musee Tomo)
  Issuikai Ceramics Exhibition once
  International Ceramics Festival Mino, International Ceramics Competition twice (Ceramics Park Mino)
  Kobe Biennale Contemporary Ceramic Arts Competition once (Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo)
  Kogei World Competition in Kanazawa once (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)
  The Hagi Taisho (Grand Prix) of Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition 4 times (Hagi Uragami Museum)
  Northern Confectionery Vessel Exhibition 3 times
  ITAMI International Craft Exhibition (Shuki / Shuhaidai) once
  Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony (8 times)
  Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition once
  Arita International Ceramics Competition (Kyushu-Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition) 5 times
  Nihon Shinkogei Exhibition 8 times (submitted as member 5 times)

Awards

• 1996
  Received the Incentive Award at the 7th Northern Confectionery Vessel Exhibition
• 1997
  Received the Gold Award, Silver Award and other awards 4 times at the Hokkaido Kōgei Exhibition（-2002）
• 2000
  Received the Brewery Award at the 6th Sake Vessels Exhibition (Ehime)
• 2001
  Received the Ueno Royal Museum Award at the 23rd Nihon Shinkogei Exhibition
• 2003
  Received the Nihon Shinkogei Award at the 25th Nihon Shinkogei Exhibition
• 2009
  Received the Choza Award at the 29th Chozasho Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition (Traditional category)
• 2010
  Received the Honorable Mention Award at the Hagi Taisho (Grand Prix) of Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition II (Hagi Uragami Museum)
• 2013
  Received the TOKI Oribe Excellence Award at the 6th Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony
• 2014
  Received the Honorable Mention Award at the Hagi Taisho (Grand Prix) of Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition III (Hagi Uragami Museum)
  Received the Gold Award at the 20th Mino Tougei Shoroku Chawan Competition
• 2016
  Received the Yomiuri Shimbun Award at the 113th Arita International Ceramics Competition
• 2018
  Received the Mino Chawan Grand Award at the 23rd Mino Chawan Exhibition (former Mino Tougei Shoroku Chawan Competition)
• 2019
  Received the Honorable Mention Award at the Hagi Taisho (Grand Prix) of Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition V (Hagi Uragami Museum)
• 2021
  Received the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Award at the 117th Arita International Ceramics Competition
• 2022
  Received the Incentive Award at the 9th Tobiten
  Received the Saga Ceramic Art Association Award at the 118th Arita International Ceramics Competition

Public Collections

• Toshin Mino Ceramic Art Museum
• Otaki Craft Museum