Hideki Nishijima

Style

Producing raku ware, irabo, kohiki (white slip), celadon glaze and tenoku glaze tea bowls etc. Using inlay techniques for one-and-only items.

Biography

• 1948
  Born in Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture
• 1951
  Moved to Kameyama City, Kyoto Prefecture
• 1968
  Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Vocational Training School of Ceramics
  Studied under Hatoyuki Ono, raku ware artist
• 1972
  Became independent and established the Yanagi kiln
• 1978
  Selected for the 7th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1979
  Selected for the 23rd Kyoto Kōgei Art Exhibition
• 1982
  Selected for the 29th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1983
  Solo Exhibition at Osaka Mitsukoshi
• 1984
  Solo Exhibition at Ginza Kuroda Touen (Tokyo)
• 1985
  Solo Exhibition at Ginza Kuroda Touen (Tokyo)
  Selected for the 32nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1986
  Solo Exhibition at Ginza Kuroda Touen (Tokyo)
  Solo Exhibition at Osaka Mitsukoshi
  Selected for the 33rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1988
  Solo Exhibition at Osaka Mitsukoshi
• 1991
  Solo Exhibition at Osaka Mitsukoshi
• 1992
  Solo Exhibition at Gendai Kogei Sato (Niigata)
• 1993
  Solo Exhibition at Tokyo Vildar
• 1994
  Demonstration at Oklahoma State University (USA)
• 1995
  Solo Exhibition at Gendai Kogei Sato (Niigata)
  Demonstration at the Multigraphis Art Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)
• 1997
  Solo Exhibition at Kobe Mitsukoshi Gallery
• 2000
  Selected for the 47th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 2001
  Selected for the 48th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2002
  Selected for the 49th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Solo Exhibition at Kobe Hankyu
• 2003
  Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Takashimaya (Tokyo)
• 2006
  Workshop at Rio Del Mar, California (USA)
• 2020
  Selected for the 67th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Awards

• 1981
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the 10th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition