Makoto Saeda

1973 -
  • Ceramics
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 11

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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

    Public Collections

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