Makoto Saeda

1973 -
  • Ceramics
  • Public Collections : MOA Museum of Art etc.
  • Price Range $3,000 - 3,500
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  • Category
    Ceramics
  • Techniques
    Blue underglaze
  • Born
    1973 -
  • Based in
    Shizuoka
  • Membership
    Full member, Japan Kogei Association
    Associate Professor of Aichi University of the Arts

Style

Blue and white porcelain with motifs of birds and fish

Biography

  • 1973
    Born in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture
  • 1999
    Graduated from Aichi University of the Arts, Ceramics Major (received the Kuwahara Award)
    Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
  • 2001
    Graduated from Aichi University of the Arts Graduate School, Ceramics Master's Course (artwork purchased)
    Studied under Sakusuke Kato and Kiminori Ota
  • 2003
    Completed course at Seto Blue and White Ceramics Training Center
    Becomes independent and builds a kiln in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture
  • 2005
    Selected for the Kikuchi Bienalle
  • 2010
    Solo exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store (also in 2012, 2014, 2017, 2021 and 2024)
  • 2011
    "Five by Eight: New Ceramic Art from Japan" exhibition at The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA
    Lecture at Stony Brook University, New York
  • 2015
    Judge and invited to submit to the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (also in 2019 and 2022)
  • 2016
    Solo exhibition at Niigata Mitsukoshi
  • 2018
    Blue and White Ceramics Makoto Saeda Ceramics Exhibition at JR Nagoya Takashimaya (2022)
  • 2019
    Submitted to the Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia Exhibition
  • 2020
    Judge at the Ceramics Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2021
    Selected for the International Ceramics Festival Mino
    Submitted to the Japan Cultural Expo Kōgei Dining 2021
  • 2023
    Solo exhibition at Iwataya Mitsukoshi
    Solo exhibition at Niigata Isetan
  • Currently producing ceramics in Ito, Shizuoka

Awards

  • 1998
    Received the Incentive Award at the Seto Blue and White Ceramics Exhibition
  • 1999
    Received the Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education Manager Award at the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2001
    Received the Nagoya Mayor Award at the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2002
    Received the Nagoya Board of Education Award at the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    Received the Blue and White Ceramics Award at the Seto Blue and White Ceramics Exhibition
  • 2003
    Received the Chunichi Award at the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2005
    Received the Tōkai Traditional Incentive Award (Matsuzakaya Award) at the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2006
    Received the Nagoya Mayor Award at the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2009
    Received the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education Award at the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2011
    Received the Aichi Governor Award at the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2013
    Received the Aichi Governor Award at the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2018
    Received the Japan Kōgei Association Incentive Award at the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    Received the Shizuoka Cultural Encouragement Award
  • 2020
    Received the Aichi Prefecture Arts and Culture Award, Cultural New Artist Award
  • 2023
    Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    Received the Incentive Award at the Kikuchi Bienalle
    Received the Best Member Award at the Shizuoka Kougei Exhibition
  • 2025
    NHK Nagoya Broadcast Station Manager Award, 56th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Public Collections

  • MOA Museum of Art
  • Aichi University of the Arts
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
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