Tadashi Nishihata

• Category
  Ceramics
• Techniques
  Ash glaze
• Born
  1948 -
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  

Style

Akadobe (engobe that develops a glossy reddish-brown color), natural glaze, kiln mutation effects, straw ash glaze (Yuki Hyakkei)

Biography

• 1969
  Started making ceramics
• 1978
  Selected for the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
• 1986
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (1988, 1990 – 1996, 1998 – 1999, 2002, 2006 – 2008)
• 1989
  Selected for the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition for the first time (1991)
• 1990
  Evaluator at the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1992
  Invited to submit to 100 Selections of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics Exhibition in Paris (sponsored by NHK)
• 1993
  Solo exhibition at Sogo Hiroshima (1996), Gallery Shuman Yamaso, Kyoto
• 1994
  Solo exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2013, 2015, 2018)
• 1999
  Solo exhibition at Gallery Dojima (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
• 2001
  Solo exhibition at Fukuoka Mitsukoshi
• 2004
  Solo exhibition at Touching Stone in Santa Fe (USA) (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013)
  Father-and-Son Exhibition at Sogo Hiroshima
• 2005
  Submitted to the "Pottery of Hyogo" Exhibition at the Akashi City Museum of Culture
  Akadobe Jar purchased by the Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
• 2006
  Submitted to the "Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century" Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Japan Society New York
  Solo exhibition at Yokohama Takashimaya (2008)
  Father-and-Son Exhibition at Matsuyama Takashimaya
  Toshunkai Exhibition at Sogo Yokohama
• 2007
  Invited to submit to the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (2009, 2011, 2013)
  Submitted to the "Pottery of Hyogo" Exhibition at the Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
• 2008
  Toshunkai Exhibition at Funabashi Seibu, Sogo Hiroshima
• 2009
  Solo exhibition at Sendai Mitsukoshi
• 2010
  Submitted to Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony
  Solo exhibition at Sogo Kobe (2013)
• 2011
  Solo exhibition at Joan B Mirviss, New York (USA)
• 2013
  Submitted to "Master Teabowls of Our Days" Exhibition at Musee Tomo
  Solo exhibition at Gallery Miyazaki
• 2014
  Solo exhibition at Chiba Sogo
• 2016
  Submitted to "Ceramics that Add Color to Our Life – Vessels for Food –" Exhibition at Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art
• 2017
  Submitted to Joan B Mirviss 40th Anniversary Exhibition in New York, USA

Awards

• 1976
  Received the Incentive Award at the Hyogo Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 1988
  Received the Matsushita Award at the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1989
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association President Award at the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the Handon-no-kai Oikawa Memorial Award
• 1990
  Received the Incentive Award at the “Arts of the Tea Ceremony” Exhibition (1997, 2007, 2008)
• 1991
  Received the Grand Award at the “Arts of the Tea Ceremony” Exhibition (2005, 2006)
• 1992
  Received the Excellence Award at the “Arts of the Tea Ceremony” Exhibition (1993, 1996)
  Received the Hyogo Prefecture New Artists Incentive Award
• 2016
  Received the Hyogo Prefecture Cultural Award

Public Collections

• The Tanabe Museum of Art
• The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
• National Crafts Museum