Koichiro Takeuchi

• Category
  Ceramics
• Techniques
  Ash glaze
• Born
  1977 -
• Based in
  Aichi
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Member of the Tokoname Ceramic Artist Association

Style

Reproducing old Tokoname ware and taking on new challenges using clay from the mountains of Tokoname.

Biography

• 1977
  Born in Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture
• 1995
  Graduated from Aichi Prefectural Tokoname Senior High School, Ceramic Department
• 1997
  Graduated from Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Industry High School, Ceramic Art Advanced Course
  Trained at the Jiro Kinjo Kiln, Miyatobo in Yomitan Village Okinawa (up to 2006)
• 2007
  Joined Kyouei-gama Co., Ltd.
  Instructor and manager at Kyouei-gama Ceramic Art School
• 2010
  Selected for the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (selected consecutively from this year onward)
• 2013
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (selected 7 times from this year onward)
  Solo exhibition at Gallery Kyouei-gama (Tokoname)
• 2015
  Japan Kogei Association East Japan and Tōkai Selection "The Presentness of Traditional Crafts" Exhibition (MOA Museum of Art)
• 2017
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
  Submitted to Singapore and Tokoname International Ceramic Art Exchange Exhibition (Singapore)
  Submitted to Japan - Korea Exchange Ceramic Art Exhibition (Nagoya)
  Solo exhibition at Gallery Cera (Tokoname)
• 2018
  Submitted to "Suzu and Six Old Kilns" Exhibition (Bizen Pottery Museum)
• 2019
  Submitted to Singapore and Tokoname International Ceramic Art Exchange Exhibition (Singapore)
  Submitted to "KOGEI" The Next Generation – Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (Tajimi)
  Solo Exhibition at Gallery Yu (Nagoya)
• 2020
  Submitted to Aichi Art and Craft 2020 (Furukawa Art Museum)
  Solo exhibition at Gallery Cera (Tokoname)

Awards

• 2012
  Received the NHK Nagoya Broadcasting Station Manager Award at the 43rd Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2013
  Received the NHK Nagoya Broadcasting Station Manager Award at the 44th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2014
  Received the Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education Award at the 45th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2017
  Received the Ando Award at the 48th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2021
  Received the Nagoya Board of Education Award at the 52nd Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2023
  Received the Mie Prefectural Board of Education Award at the 54th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition