Akemi Kawai

1956 -
  • Ceramics
  • Price Range $1,000 - 3,500
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    • Category
      Ceramics
    • Techniques
      Bizen ware
    • Born
      1956 -
    • Membership
      Associate member, Japan Kogei Association
    Akemi Kawai

    Style

    Creating fun and beautiful pieces using various techniques such as openwork carving, chamfering, hand building etc. For dishes, I try to make them light and comfortable to use. For flower vases, I try to make something that harmonizes with the flower to create a natural "beauty".
    I use a special Bizen clay called hiyose and fire it for 10 days, 10 nights with pine wood. The vessel comes out in a beautiful red color.
    I devote myself to each and every piece and make each piece carefully with all my heart.

    Biography

    • Grandchild of Touko Konishi
      Graduated from Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design
      Trained at Okayama Prefecture Institute of Industrial Research, Ceramics Center
      Studied under Shunzan Kanai and Tomoyuki Matsui
    • 1978
      Selected for the Women's Association of Ceramic Art Exhibition (selected 11 times from this year onward)
    • 1980
      Selected for the Issuikai Ceramics Exhibition (selected 8 times from this year onward)
    • 1994
      Specially selected for the Flower Vessel Exhibition (8 times from this year onward)
    • 1995
      Selected for Nissin Foods Contemporary Ceramic Art Noodle Bowl Exhibition
    • 1997
      Selected for the Flower Vessel Exhibition without being judged
      Invited to submit to the National Selected Excellent Artists' Exhibition at the Tableware Festival, Tokyo Dome
    • 2006
      Selected for the Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 10 times up to 2019)
    • 2010
      Selected for the 57th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2015
      Sponsored to submit to EXPO 2015 Milan
    • 2016
      Selected to submit to Milano Salone 2016 (7th place among 60 items in the popularity vote)
    • 2019
      Selected to submit to "Designs and Techniques of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics 2019"
    • 2020
      Selected for the Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      Ceramics exhibition at Yokohama Sogo

    Awards

    • 1996
      Received the Grand Award at the Flower Vessel Exhibition (3 times from this year onward)
    • 1998
      Received the Incentive Award at the Women’s Ceramic Art Exhibition
    • 2009
      Received the Ishinomaki Mayor Award at the Sosaikai Exhibition
    • 2010
      Received the Excellence Award at the Sosaikai Exhibition
    • 2011
      Received the Kyoto Governor Award at the Women's Association of Ceramic Art Exhibition
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