Hiroshi Kikuchi

Biography

• Born in Koishikawa, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo
  Interested in ceramic art while at university, and joined Seitou Fukuda, Kasama City
  Graduated Department of Business Administration, Meiji Gakuin University
  Enrolled Aichi Prefectural Seto Pottery Senior High School Advanced Course, and studied under Yasutaka Kawahara
• 1975
  Started training for ceramics at a Kasama ware pottery
• 1982
  Opened his studio Sanogama in Gozen Yamamura Village (present Hitachiomiya City)
• 1988
  Selected for the '88 International Ceramics Exhibition
• 1989
  Selected for the 1st Ceramics Biennale '89 and again in 1991
• 1990
  Selected for the 30th Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition (Selected every year to date)
  Selected for the 37th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (Selected 14 times to date)
• 1991
  Selected for the 20th Anniversary Chozan Awards
  Selected for the Ceramics Biennale
• 1993
  Solo exhibition, Matsuya Ginza Art gallery (solo exhibitions held every other year to date)
• 1995
  Full member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 1996
  Traveled to France to study ceramics sponsored by Japan Foundation
  Participated in Group Exhibition at Artist Atelier, Paris
  Exhibit at Kansai International Airport Art Space, supported by the Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.
• 2000
  Submitted to "Ibaraki Contemporary Ceramics" Celebrating the Opening of the Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
• 2004
  Submitted to Special Exhibition "Ibaraki Contemporary Ceramics" Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
  Submitted to Special Exhibition “The Beauty of Ceramics” Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
• 2005
  Submitted to 4th Modern Ibaraki Artists Exhibition, the Museum of Modern Art Ibaraki
  Participated in the planning of the Japan and France Contemporary Ceramic Exchange Exhibition 2005 in Kasama, Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, and other galleries
  Submitted to Special Exhibition "Liveliness of Patterns" Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
• 2006
  Jury member, Ibaraki Art Festival Exhibition (also in 2012)
  Invited to submit to Special Exhibition "Japan Ceramics" Musée National de la Céramique, Paris
  Submitted to Special Exhibition "Ceramics with Lines" Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
• 2007
  Submitted to 5th Anniversary of Modern Ibaraki Artists Exhibition, the Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki
  Group Exhibition, the Carlin Gallery, Paris, France
  Purchased and collected by Musée National de la Céramique, France
  Group Exhibition, Ross & Rayner Ceramic International, Netherlands
• 2010
  "KASAMA, Roots and Development" Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
  "Insistent Ceramics, Kikuchi Hiroshi Exhibition" planned by Joyo Geibun Center
• 2011
  Selected for the 21st Japan Ceramic Arts Exhibition
• 2012
  Submitted to 7th Modern Ibaraki Artists Exhibition, the Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki
  Produced a flower vase for the offering of flowers to celebrate 550th Anniversary of Ikenobo Origin of Ikebana; collected by Ibaraki Prefectural Office

Awards

• 1985
  Received the Grand Prize at the Ibaraki Art Festival Exhibition, and again in 1990
• 1987
  Received the Best New Artist Award at the 42nd Shinsho Kogei Exhibition
• 1999
  Received the Mainichi Incentive Award at the Northern Kanto Ceramics Exhibition
• 2000
  Received the Itaya Hazan Prize at the Ibaraki Art Festival Exhibition
• 2001
  Received the Mainichi Runner-up Award at the Northern Kanto Ceramics Exhibition
• 2005
  Received the Governor of Hokkaido Prize at the 2005 Otaki Hokkaido Ceramics Exhibition
• 2010
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the 38th Ceramics Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the Silver Award at the Otaki Hokkaido Ceramics Exhibition
• 2011
  Received the Second Prize at the Tokyo-New York Friendship Ceramic Competition