Makoto Wakao

• Category
  Ceramics
• Techniques
  Celadon
• Born
  1959 -
• Based in
  Gifu
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Manager of the Japan Kogei Association Ceramic Art Department

Biography

• 1959
  Born in Tajimi City
• 1980
  Studied under Toshisada Wakao
• 1996
  Selected for the '96 Tanko Biennale
• 1997
  Submitted to the Tokai Ceramic Art Exhibtion at the Nagoya Congress Center
• 2000
  ”Flower-shaped Bowl with Grayish Blue Glaze" selected as Mino ware artwork for permanent preservation and added to the collection of Mino Ceramic Art Museum, Tajimi
• 2003
  Article published on quarterly magazine "Tsukuro Tojiro 24 (Invincible Gas Kilns)"
• 2004
  Broadcasted on NHK BS ”Utsuwa Yume Kobo (Enchanted by Blue)"
• 2005
  Trained by Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property for Shino ware, Osamu Suzuki
• 2008
  Submitted to ”Beauty of Mino- 103 Splendors of Tea Vessels" at Furukawa Art Museum (Nagoya)
• 2011
  Submitted to "Secret Relationship Between Ceramics and Colors" at Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
  Awarded as Person of Merit in Inheritance of Traditional Culture (celadon porcelain) in Gifu
• 2012
  Flower-shaped Large Plate with Grayish Blue Glaze selected for the 58th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition puchased by the Imperial Household Agency
• 2015
  Selected for the 6th Kikuchi Biennale
• 2016
  Awarded by Tajimi City at the Municipal Government 76th Anniversary Commendation Ceremony
• 2017
  Submitted to "DISCOVER THE ONE JAPANESE ART 2017" (UK)
  Withdrawed from Mino Togei Association
• 2020
  Two-person Exhibition at Gallery Enishi, Tokyo
  Solo Exhibition at Matsubishi Department Store
• 2021
  Solo Exhibition at Yokohama Takashimaya
  Solo Exhibition at Hiroshima Mitsukoshi
  Solo Exhibition at Kobe Hankyu
  Solo Exhibition at Yonago Takashimaya
  Solo Exhibition at Okayama Takashimaya
• <Solo Exhibitions at various places around the country>Takashimaya (Yokohama, Gifu, Osaka Namba, Okayama, Yonago) / Matsuzakaya Nagoya / Sapporo Daimaru / Takasaki Suzuran Department Store / Sanyo Department Store / Fukui Seibu / Kobe Hankyu / Matsubishi Department Store
• <Galleries> Ginza Kuroda Touen / Shinjuku Kakiden Gallery / Art Salon Kogen / Gallery Enishi

Awards

• 1999
  Received the Kikyo Award
• 2009
  Received the Grand Award (Japan Kogei Association Award) at the 40th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2015
  Received the TOKI Oribe Excellence Award at the 8th Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony (artwork purchased by Toki City)
• 2016
  Received the TOKI Oribe Excellence Award at the 9th Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony (artwork purchased by Toki City)
  Received the Aichi Board of Education Awar at the 47th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2018
  Received the Incentive Award at the 5th Tobiten
  Received the Gifu Board of Education Award at the 49th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Public Collections

• Shizuoka Ceramic Art Museum
• Toshin Mino Ceramic Art Museum

Official Site / Social Media etc.

• Official Site