Koichi Nishi

Style

Using the "neriage" technique where different colors of clay are piled up and kneaded together.

Biography

• 1948
  Born in Gifu
• 1982
  Selected for the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition (selected 7 times in total from this year onward)
• 1983
  Selected for the Chunichi International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts (selected 5 times in total from this year onward)
• 1984
  First Solo Exhibition at Gallery Moose (Seki City, Gifu)
  Holds many solo exhibitions from this year onward at Gallery Kohodo (Gifu), Nagoya Mitsukoshi, Takasaki Takashimaya, etc.
• 1986
  Selected for the International Ceramics Festival Mino '86 (selected 4 times consecutively from this year onward)
• 1989
  Artwork added to the collection of Mino Ceramic Art Museum, Tajimi
• 1993
  Artwork added to the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
• 1994
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 14 times in total from this year onward)
• 1999
  NHK BS2 program "Yakimono Tanbo - Seeking the Possibilities of Neriage" broadcasted
• 2012
  Appears on NHK General TV "Kintoku ― Yakimono Daihyakka (The Ceramics Encyclopedia)"
• 2013
  Awarded by the Seki City Board of Education
  "Koichi Nishi Art Exhibition - The Neriage Challenge" held at Shinoda Toko Art Space

Awards

• 1986
  Received the Tokyo Governor Award at the Nihon Shin Kogei Exhibition
• 1987
  Received the Asahi Ceramic Art Incentive Award at the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
• 1989
  Received the Special Award at the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
  Received the Judge's Special Award (selected by Takuo Kato) at the International Ceramics Festival Mino '89
• 2006
  Received the Grand Award at the Mino Togei Exhibition
• 2011
  Awarded for Achievement of Traditional Culture Inheritence in Gifu Prefecture
• 2014
  Received the 32nd Takuo Award

Public Collections

• The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
• Mino Ceramic Art Museum, Tajimi