Izuru Nishimura

• 1971
  Born in Aki City, Kochi Prefecture
• 1993
  Graduated from Faculty of Law, Osaka University of Economics and Law
• 1993
  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

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.