Ko Takenaka

• 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

Mainly producing white porcelain as well as blue and white porcelain and iron underglaze decorations.

• 1981
  Recieved the Japan Ceramic Society Award
• 2006
  Recieved the Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Merit Award
• 2016
  Recieved 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