Yoshiro Kimura

Biography

• 1946
  Born in Namikata Town, Ehime Prefecture
• 1970
  Graduated from Okayama Shoka University
• 1972
  Went on a ceramics study tour to 47 countries
• 1975
  Built his kiln "Taisogama Workshop" in Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
• 1976
  Yoshiro Kimura Ceramic Art Exhibition (Hiroshima '78 '80 '82 '86 '88 '90 '94 '96 '98 '10)
• 1977
  Yoshiro Kimura Ceramic Art Exhibition (Osaka Mitsukoshi '80)
• 1978
  Yoshiro Kimura Ceramic Art Exhibition (Ginza Kuroda Touen Tokyo '80)
• 1979
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 1981
  Yoshiro Kimura Ceramic Art Exhibition (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store '83 '85 '89 '91 '11 '14 '17 '22)
• 1987
  "Hekiyu no Bu (Song of Blue Glaze)" Exhibition (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store)
• 1992
  "Mizuno Wakusei (Water Planet) - Ryo" Exhibition (Hiroshima Mitsukoshi)
  Yoshiro Kimura Solo Exhibition (Akasaka Green Gallery, Tokyo ’94 '96 '98 ’00)
• 1994
  Lecturer at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
• 1995
  Yoshiro Kimura Solo Exhibition (Ginza Wako Gallery, Tokyo)
  "Jikuritsu (Space Time Rhythm)" Exhibition (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store '97 '99 '02 '05)
• 1996
  "KIMURA YOSHIRO" Exhibition at GALLERY DAI ICHI ARTS, New York)
• 1997
  Visited elementary schools, junior high schools and high schools in Hiroshima to hold lectures* until 2007
• 1999
  Lecturer at University of Salamanca (Spain)
  Lecturer in Mosaraz, Portugal
• 2000
  "Aono Katachi (Shapes of Blue)" Exhibition (Ginza Wako Hall, Tokyo)
• 2002
  "Tenrai (Beautiful Poetry)" Exhibition (Shinjuku Park Tower Hall, Tokyo)
• 2003
  "Shinkokyu (Deep Breath)" Sanyo Shimbun Award Commemorative Exhibition (Hiroshima Mitsukoshi)
  Lecturer at Icheon World Ceramics Center (Icheon, South Korea)
• 2004
  Yoshiro Kimura Ceramic Art Exhibition (Kandori, Tokyo '06 '09)
  Lecturer at the Visual Art Center (Doha, Qatar)
• 2007
  "Shinkaron" Exhibition (Hiroshima Mitsukoshi)
• 2008
  "Taido (Fetal Movement)" Exhibition (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store)
• 2009
  "KIMURA YOSHIRO" Exhibition (PIERRE MARIE GIRAUD, Brussels '15 '20)
• 2020
  Awarded as Person of Cultural Merits (Arts and Culture) in the Hiroshima Area for 2020
• 2021
  Awarded as Person of Cultural Merits (Arts and Culture) for 2021 by the Agency for Cultural Affairs
• <Invited Exhibitions>
  Sanyo and Sanin District Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition , 100 Selections of Contemporary Japanese Craft Exhibition , Jingu Art Museum Special Exhibition "Expressions of Blue" , 100 Selections of Contemporary Japanese Craft Exhibition , “The Japanese Art of Tea: Modern Teaware from the Collections of the Tanabe Museum of Art” , "Tradition and Innovation" Pottery and Urushi Exhibition , The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art Exhibition , Doha Cultural Festival , Quintessence of Modern Japanese Ceramics , Modern Crafts from the Museum Collection 2001 - 2005 , Avant-Garde et Tradition du Japan , "KAN" , Contemporary Forms - Life & Art , Japanese Contemporary Crafts Exhibition , Museum Collection Exhibition, Crafts Gallery for Kids: ¿! Collection Crafts / Gallery for Adults: Inviting Coolness , Ceramic Animal Paradise , Modern Japanese Ceramics , Masterpieces of the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo's Crafts Gallery, Shining Technique and Beauty – Modern Day Japanese Crafts , ”Path of the Elegance Between the East and the West" Villa Empain , Blue Cosmos from the Sky to the Sea , Japan The Land of Enchantment - The Elegance of Memory , Vallauris International Contemporary Ceramics Biennale 2012 , Contemporary KOGEI Styles in Japan , Twenty Artists Shaping the Future of Japanese Kougei , Japanese Ceramics for the Twenty-first Century ”The Besty and Robert Feinberg Collection , Ceramics Network Conference Joint Exhibition – What is Pottery? , Craft Arts: Innovation of "Tradition and Avant-Garde," and the Present Day , ”Japon！ Design er arts decoratifs des annees 1950 a 2000” , Next Generation "Mitsukoshi's Art Selection 100" Exhibition , ”YuFuku POP-UP” , 83 Selected Treasures of the Heisei Era , "Utsuwa" Dramatic Exhibition , "Contemporary Japanese Crafts" Exhibition , Decorative Arts in Meiji and Heisei - Crafting Beauty and Technique Across 150 Years , Kōgei: Art Craft Japan , Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection , Ceramics of the Past and of the Future: The Timelessness of Traditional Japanese Craft Arts
• <Art Fairs>
  Design Miami/ Basel , Design London 2008 , Pavillon des Arts er du Design , TEFAF MAASTRICHT 2010 , Design Miami 2011 , collect 2012 , Art Stage Singapore , Asia Week "TSUBO : THE ART OF THE VESSEL" , Spring Masters New York 2016 , EAF MONACO 2016 , Art Miami 2016 , TEFAF NEW YORK SPRING , The Salon Art +Design 2017 , "Fine Art Asia"

Awards

• 1984
  Received the Excellence Award at the Tanabe Museum of Art Award "Arts of the Tea Ceremony" Exhibition (received the same award in '93)
  Received the Incentive Award at the 31st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1985
  Received the 3rd Hiroshima Cultural Encouragement Award
• 1989
  Received the Quasi-Grand Prize at the 1st Ceramics Biennale ’89
• 1990
  Received the Hiroshima Art Grant Award '90
• 1991
  Received the Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award '91
• 1994
  Received the Hiroshima Cultural Award
• 2000
  Received the Bronze Award at the Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards
• 2001
  Received the Kaneshige Toyo Award at the Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2003
  Received the 34th Sanyo Shimbun Award (Cultural Achievement Award)
• 2005
  Received the 62nd Chugoku Cultural Award from Chugoku Shimbun
• 2020
  Received the Excellence Award (Asahi Shimbun Award) at the 68th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Public Collections

• The British Museum
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• National Crafts Museum
• Imperial Household Agency
• The Japan Foundation
• Ise Jingu, Geku Kaguraden
• Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
• Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art
• The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
• Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
• Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
• Hagi Uragami Museum
• Tanabe Museum of Art
• Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum
• Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art
• Okayama Shoka University
• Hiroshima University
• Yakushiji Temple
• Sèvres National Ceramics Museum
• International Museum of Ceramics
• University of Salamanca, Hispanic-Japanese Cultural Center (Centro Cultural Hispano Japonés)
• Casa Lis, Art Nouveau & Art Deco Museum
• Magritte Foundation
• National Azulejo Museum
• Art Gallery of NSW
• New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum
• Auckland Museum
• Visual Art Center
• Icheon World Ceramics Center (South Korea)
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium