Izuru Nishimura

• Category
  Ceramics
• Born
  1971 -
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  

Style

In the field of Japanese traditional crafts my major work is a series titled Ryusamon (literally meaning crossing drifting sand), which has patterns representing the desert; in my regular work, I am not limited to sand designs, and I produce ceramics with natural themes such as wind or waves, aiming at a broad range of expression.

Biography

• 1971
  Born in Aki City, Kochi Prefecture
• 1993
  Graduated from Faculty of Law, Osaka University of Economics and Law
  Entered Yowa Kobo Co., Ltd., and studied under his father
  NISHIMURA Shigeru Started submission to competitions, and
  Kochi Traditional Crafts Exhibition
• 1999
  Selected for Kochi Prefecture Exhibition
• 2000
  Received the highest honors at Kochi Prefecture Exhibition; submitted
  to Shikoku Ceramic Arts Exhibition
• 2001
  Group Exhibition, Gallery A New Moon
  Recommendation at Kochi Prefecture Exhibition; submitted
  to Shikoku Ceramic Arts Exhibition
• 2002
  Exhibition, Nanzen-ji Zen Temple, Kyoto
  Selected for Kochi Prefecture Exhibition; submitted
  to Shikoku Ceramic Arts Exhibition
• 2003
  Selected for Shikoku Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition;
  submitted to Shikoku Ceramic Arts Exhibition
  Received a certificate of merit at Kochi Prefecture Exhibition
• 2004
  Submitted to "Thinking Village" Ceramic Art:Nishimura
  Shigeru and His Fellows Exhibition; selected for Japan
  Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
  Received a certificate of merit at Kochi Prefecture Exhibition;
  selected for Shikoku Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
• 2005
  Submitted to Kumo-no-kai Exhibition; received a
  certificate of merit at Kochi Prefecture
  Exhibition; selected for Shikoku Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
• 2006
  Selected for Kochi Prefecture Exhibition; submitted to Shikoku Ceramic Arts Exhibition
• 2007
  Received a certificate of merit at Kochi Prefecture Exhibition
• 2008
  Received a certificate of merit at Kochi Prefecture Exhibition
• 2009
  Selected for Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition; received a certificate of
  merit at Kochi Prefecture Exhibition
• 2010
  Selected for Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition; selected for Kochi Prefecture Exhibition
• 2011
  Nishimura Shigeru and Nishimura Iduru Two Ceramists Exhibition
  Full member, 58th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition Ceramics Category
• 2013
  Two Ceramists Exhibition with Nishida Nobuo, Kochi Daimaru Department Store art gallery
  Acknowledged as a Tosa no Takumi
  (master craftsman of Tosa)
  
  Present
  Director, Yowa Kobo Co., Ltd.; President, Uchiharano Pottery Center; full member,
  Japan Kogei Association; Tosa no Takumi