Izuru Nishimura
- Ceramics
- 1971 -
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.
| Membership | Full member, Japan Kogei Association |
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- 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