Ko Takenaka
- Ceramics
- 1941 -
Mainly producing white porcelain as well as blue and white porcelain and iron underglaze decorations.
Membership | Full member, Japan Kogei Association Holder of Intangible Cultural Property of Kyoto Prefecture |
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- 1941 Born in Fukui
- 1961 Studied under Master Yuzo Kondo at Kiyomizu Kyoto
- 1970 Built a kiln at Yamashina Kyoto
- 1983 Submitted to "Japan Ceramic Today" in London and Washington, DC
- 1986 Submitted to "The Beauty of White Porcelain" at Kyushu Ceramic Museum
- 1995 Submitted to "The Japanese Studio Craft Exhibition" at Victoria and Albert Museum
- 1996 Designated by Kyoto Prefecture as a holder of "Intangible Cultural Property"
Submitted to "New Expression in Porcelain: Development in the 1990s" at the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo - 1997 Takenaka Ko Exhibition at Dewazakura Art Museum (Tendo, Yamagata)
- 2001 Takenaka Ko Exhibition "The Beauty of Ceramics" at Chado Research Center Galleries
Takenaka Ko Exhibition "View point from Home" at Obama, Fukui - 2003 Submitted to "World of White Porcelain and Celadon" at Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
Guest artist at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park - 2004 Solo Exhibition at Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
- 2005 Submitted to "Contemporary Clay, Japanese Ceramics for the New Century" at Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- 2006 Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kochukyo, Tokyo ('08, '09, '12)
Solo Exhibition at Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka ('10, '11) - 2011 Becomes member of IAC International Academy of Ceramics
- 2013 Submitted to "Tradition and Creation – Artworks by Holders of Intangible Cultural Properties in Kyoto" Exhibition at the Museum of Kyoto
- 2014 Takenaka Ko Exhibition at Fukui Prefectural Museum of Ceramics
- 2015 Submitted to "Celebrating 400 Years of Rimpa, Exhibition of 200 Contemporary Artists in Kyoto" at the Museum of Kyoto
- 2016 Solo Exhibition "White Porcelain and Overglaze Enamels" at LIXIL Gallery, Kyobashi, Tokyo
- 2017 Ko Takenaka – The Art of Porcelain published by Single Cut Publishing House, Tokyo
- Solo Exhibitions (1973 – 2017)
Gallery Kochukyo, Kuroda Touen (Tokyo), Central Museum (Tokyo), Takashimaya, Daimaru, S. Michelle Asian Fine Art
- 1981Recieved the Japan Ceramic Society Award
- 2006Recieved the Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Merit Award
- 2016Recieved the Regional Cultural Merits Award from the Agency for Cultural Affairs
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- British Museum
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo
- The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto
- Kyoto-Fu
- Chado Research Center Galleries
- Dewazakura Art Museum
- Japan Foundation
- Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
- Musee Tomo
Price Range
$ 60 - 7,000
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