Yoko Imada

Biography

• 1971
  Born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
• 1993
  Aichi University of the Arts, Faculty of Art, Design and Craft ,Ceramics
  Selected, NISSIN FOODS CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC ART GRAND PRIX EXHIBITION, Tokyo, Japan (ʼ94,ʼ95,ʼ96,ʼ97)
  Selected, The 21st Chozasho Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, Aichi, Japan
• 1994
  Selected, Northern sweets exhibition, Sapporo, Japan ('95)
• 1995
  Aichi University of the Arts, Graduate School Masterʼs Course, Ceramics domain
  “Yoko Imada - Cearmica works” Hoshigaoka Mitsukoshi, Nagoya, Japan (-'98)
  “Never Mind!”, Gallery Anri, Nagoya, Japan
• 1996
  Aichi University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Art, Research fellow
  “Vessel - cosmosʼ96 “ Gallery Anri, Nagoya, Japan
  “Aiʼs exhibition”, space E, Mie, Japan
  Selected, IAC Japan Conference '96 Nagoya: Tokai Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan
• 1997
  “Clay worksʼ97” Lovecollection gallery, Nagoya, Japan
  “Flower vessel exhibition”, space E, Mie, Japan
  Selected, IZUSHI PORCELAIN TRIENNALE COMPETITION 1997
  Selected, Takaoka Craft Competition 1998, Takaoka, Japan ('98)
• 1998
  Selected, 3rd International Ceramics Competition, Gifu, Japan
• 1999
  Royal College of Art, School of Arts and Humanities Ceramics & Glass Master of Art
  Royal College of Art Degree show, The Henry Moore Gallery, London
• 2000
  “Painting with Form “ Meitetsu , Nagoya, Japan
  “3×3”, SE1 gallery, London
  Studentʼs Gallery, London
• 2001
  “Warm White: Embrace of Vessels and Objects” INAX GALERIA CERAMICA, Tokyo, Hokkaido, Japan
  “Ceramic works” Tosouan, Tokyo, Japan
  “Eleventh Lunar Month” Savoir Vivre,Tokyo, Japan
  “Summer at Galleria Ceramica, Vessels, Small Objects and Tools” INAX Galleria Ceramica, Shinjuku,Tokyo, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
• 2002
  “Embrace of Vessels and Objects” INAX Tile Museum, Tokoname, Japan
  “The Structure of Form - 2002 -” Savoir Vivre, Tokyo, Japan
  “Exploration of Vessels” GALARIE141, Nagoya, Japan
  “Exhibition of Works by Eleven”Artists of INAX Galleria Ceramica INAX Tile Museum, Tokoname, Japan
  “Yoko Imada: new works” GALERIE petitbois, Osaka, Japan
  Selected, 20th The Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan ('09)
  Selected, 40th The Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Aichi Japan ('03)
  The 53rd The International Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Italy
• 2003
  “thinking” Savoir Vivre, Tokyo, Japan
  “Message from vessels” , TEPCO Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
• 2004
  “Ceramic works” Yufuku gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  “Objects for desk space ʼ04” NIKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  “Xʼmas Presents from Artists” NIKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• 2005
  “Yoko Imada: ceramic work” design select shop Toi, Osaka, Japan
  “Ceramic works” Tachikichi, Kyoto, Japan
  “vessel” design select shop Toi, Osaka, Japan
  “Message from vessels” MARUZEN, Nagoya, Japan
  “Grand Tea Ceremony” Living design center OZONE, Tokyo, Japan
  “New Sense Series, Works by 50 Artists”, Centrair International Airport, Aichi, Japan
  Selected, 18th JAPAN CERAMIC ART EXHIBITION,Tokyo, Osaka, Japan
• 2006
  “The Dining Tableʼs Small Objects” design select shop Toi, Osaka, Japan
  “White vessels” The Museum of Arts & Crafts ITAMI, Itami, Japan
  “2×2”, MINERA APPLIED ARTS, Osaka, Japan
  Selected, Itami International Craft Exhibition, Itami, Japan
• 2007
  “Message from vessels vol.1” Nori gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  “Yoko Imada 「vessels」” gallery shop Si, Kobe, Japan
  “Group exhibition”, KEIKO Gallery, Boston, USA
  Selected, Ceramic Art Today 1st Hagi Grand Prize Exhibition, Yamaguchi, Japan
• 2008
  “Ceramics and Drawing vol.2” Nori gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  “Exhibition of vessels with handles”, Gallery Voice, Tajimi, Japan
  Selected, 7th Mashiko ceramics competition, Mashiko, Japan
• 2009
  “Exhibition of Tokuri & Guinomi”, The Museum of Arts & Crafts ITAMI, Itami, Japan
  “UTSUWA, now and next”, Gallery Voice, Tajimi, Japan
  Selected, 3rd Kikuchi Biennale Ceramic Exhibition Tokyo, Japan
  Selected, 20th JAPAN CERAMIC ART EXHIBITION, Tokyo, Osaka, Ibaraki, Japan
  Selected, The KOBE Biennale, Kobe, Japan
  Selected, The 29th Chozasho Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, Aichi, Japan
• 2010
  “Message from vessels vol.3 “ Nori gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  “The 2nd new works” GALERIE petitbois, Osaka, Japan
  “The history of the twenty years, AICHI UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN AND CRAFT, CERAMICS”, Seto City Art Museum, Aichi, Japan
  “A Lidded FORM” Gallery Voice, Tajimi, Japan
  “Tea Ceremony”, National Museum of Modern Art, National Crafts Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  “Territoires en mouvement de la Ceramique contempotaine japonaise”, Espace Culturel, Bertin Poiree, Paris, France
  “The 44th Womenʼs Association of Ceramic Art”, Kyoto, Japan
  “The 7th Exibition of Female Painters”, Galerie Nichido, Nagoya, Japan
• 2011
  Ceramics Exhibition, Saito Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
  The 11th CRIA Exhibition, Kyoto Art Center, Kyotom Japan
  “Moderne Japanische Keramik “, Koln, Germany
  “The Mignon Exhibition”, Galerie Nichido, Nagoya, Japan
  “Japan Zu Gast”, Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg, Germany
  Selected, Kyoko Exhibition 2011, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
  Selected, 30th Chozasho Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, Aichi, Japan
• 2012
  “Porcelain Silhouettes by Yoko Imada” Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  “Yoko Imada - Ceramic works - ” Inazawa city Oguiss Memorial Art Museum, Aichi, Japan
  “Across the grass“, Aichi university of the Arts, Department of Design and Craft, Ceramicsʼs Alumni Exhibition vol.1, Aichi Arts Center 12F Art Space G, Nagoya, Japan
  “Collect 2012”, Saatchi Gallery, London (-'15)
• 2013
  “PORCELAIN AT ITS FINEST”, Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg, Germany
  “Sakeware exhibition”, Gallery Suki, Aichi, Japan
  “Little Christmas”, GALERIE petitbois, Osaka, Japan
• 2014
  “Rhapsody in Blue - Porcelain by Yoko Imada” Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  Selected, 69th Shinsho Kogei Exhibition, Kyoto, Tokyo, Japan
  Selected, 10th International Ceramics Competition, Gifu , Japan
• 2015
  “Ceramic Exhibition by Yoko Imada” Gallery Suki, Aichi, Japan
  “Utsuwa” from Tokai・Koshinetsu, The Museum of Arts & Craft. ITAMI, Itami, Japan
  Selected, 30th Chozasho Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, Aichi, Japan
• 2016
  “thinking of blue - Yoko Imada” Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  “Art Stage Singapore 2016”, Mariana Bay Sands, Singapore
  “Ceramic Art and Design, AICHI UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN AND CRAFT,CERAMICS”, Seto City Art Museum, Aichi, Japan
  Selected, 3rd TOBI Ceramic Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
  Selected, 113th Arita International Ceramics Competition, Saga, Japan
• 2017
  “Special Exhibit of Porcelains by 6 Contemporary Artists in Tea Houses in the Garden,” Nezu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  “CERAMIC DESIGN EXHIBITION FROM JAPAN - Aichi University of the Arts Graduateʼs Works exhibition In Malaysia - “ yamagiwa lighting Gallery, Malaysia
• 2018
  “The Art of Japanese Porcelain”, Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg, Germany
• 2019
  “POP-UP EXHIBITION YUFUKU GALLERY IN LONDON “, London
  Award of Fine Work, Ceramic Art of Today, 5th Hagi Grand Prize Exhibition, Yamaguchi, Japan
  Selected, 8th Kikuchi Biennale Ceramic Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
• 2020
  Selected, 7th TOBI Ceramic Art Exhibition, Tokyo ,Japan
• 2021
  “RE: OPENING CEREMONY” , A lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
  Selected, 117th Arita International Ceramics Competition, Saga, Japan
• 2022
  “Sun and Moon - A Hundred Bowls by Yoko Imada” A lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
  “Masterpiece London”, The Royal Hospital , Chelsea, London
• 2023
  LAPADA Art Fair, Berkeley Square, Michael Goedhuis Gallery, London
  Selected, 119th Arita International Ceramics Competition, Saga, Japan
• 2024
  WAN a variety of forms, Gallery voice, Tajimi, Japan
  Treature house fair, The Royal Hospital, Michael Goedhuis Gallery, Chelsea, London, UK
  LAPADA, Berkeley Square, Michael Goedhuis Gallery, London, UK
  Selected, 55th Tokai Traditional Kogei Exhibition
• 2025
  JAPANESE BRONZE FLOWER VESSELS 1600 - 1900 AD at Tomasso, Michael Goedhuis Gallery and TOMASSO
  Selected, 120th Arita International Ceramics Competition, Saga, Japan
  Selected, 56th Tokai Traditional Kogei Exhibition
• 2026
  Selectet, 54th Traditional Japanese Ceramic Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
  FORM AND FLUIDITY: THE ART OF CHINA AND JAPAN with Michael Goedhuis Gallery ×Afridi Gallery, London, UK

Awards

• 2001
  Outstanding performance Award, 19th The Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan
  Incentive Award, Kanazawa Craft Competition, Kanazawa, Japan
• 2008
  Mr. T Award, 42nd Womenʼs Association of Ceramic Art, Kyoto, Japan
• 2009
  Kyoto City Mayorʼs Award, 43rd Womenʼs Association of Ceramic Art, Kyoto, Japan
• 2010
  Board of Education Award, 47th Inazawa Citizens Exhibition, Aichi, Japan
• 2011
  Honorable Award, Southern Japan Women Art Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
• 2013
  Art Peace Award, 19th Honolulu Festival, Hawai

Public Collections

• INAX Tile Museum, Japan
• National Gallery of Australia
• Kanazawa City, Japan