Kazuo Yamaji

1949 - 2025
  • Ceramics
  • Awarded once at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range $1,500 - 3,500
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    • Category
      Ceramics
    • Born
      1949 - 2025
    • Based in
      Ibaraki

    Biography

    • 1949
      Born in Kanda, Tokyo
    • 1968
      Goes to Montreal, Canada and starts making ceramics
    • 1973
      Builds a kiln in Kasama, Ibaraki
    • 1996
      Holds a workshop at Columbus College of Art & Design (USA)
      Sent to France by the Japan Foundation
    • 1998
      Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association

    Awards

    • 1988
      Selected for the East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (Selected 28 times)
      Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (Selected 22 times)
    • 1997
      Received the Special Award at North Kanto Ceramic Art Exhibition
    • 2002
      Received the Itaya Hazan Award at the Ibaraki Prefecture Art Festival
    • 2005
      Received the MEXT Award at the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (Selected 11 times)
    • 2006
      Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the Ceramics Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2007
      Selected for the Kikuchi Biennale Exhibition (Selected 2 times)
    • 2009
      Received the Special Award at the Korean International Ceramic Biennale (selected 2 times)
    • 2011
      Selected for the Choza Award Tokoname Ceramic Exhibition
    • 2013
      Received the Honorable Mention at the Hagi Taisho (Grand Prix) of Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
    • 2015
      West Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
      Received the Miyazaki Governer Award in Part 1 West Japan Ceramic Art Grand Prix Category
      Received the Excellence Award in Part 2 Practical Ceramics' Category
    • 2017
      Invited to the International SIVA Woodfired Arts Festival (Sponsored by Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts)
      "Kasama ware 10-Person Exhibition" at For Hub Gallery (Shanghai)
    • 2018
      "Kasama ware 17-Person Exhibition" at Jingdezhen China Ceramics Museum (景徳鎮陶芸博物館)
      Exhibition at Zhengzhou Art Museum
    • 2019
      Special Instructor at Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, International Collaboration Course
      Guest Professor at Pingdingshan University, School of Ceramics (Henan, China)

    Public Collections

    • The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
    • Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
    • World Ceramic Expo Foundation

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