Tetsu Suzuki
- Ceramics
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Price Range
$1,000 - 8,000
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close - Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 8
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- CategoryCeramics
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Born1964 -
- Based inGifu
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MembershipFull member, Japan Kogei Association
Vice Secretary General of Japan Kogei Association Tokai Branch

Biography
- 1964Born in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture
- 1988Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Vocational Training School of Ceramics
- 1991Selected for the 38th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 26 times)
- 1994Selected for the 25th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected every year from this year onward)
- 1997Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association
- 2003Selected for the 17th Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
- 2005Selected for the 18th Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (nominated for an award)
Judge and invited to submit to the 36th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Appeared on NHK-BS1 TV Program "Utsuwa Yume Kobo" - 2007Selected for the 2nd Kikuchi Biennale
Tobi Art Fair (Tokyo Art Club) "The Form of Green - Tetsu Suzuki Exhibition"
Appeared on NHK-BS1 TV Program "Utsuwa Yume Kobo" omnibus program - 2008Submitted to the "Contemporary Ceramic Art in Tokai Through the Expression of Young Artists" Exhibition at the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
Judge and invited to submit to the 39th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Submitted to Mitsukoshi Art Division 100th Anniversary "Nouvelles Ailes - Art Today" Exhibition - 2009Selected for the 20th Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
Artwork selected and purchased by Tajimi City Cultural Atelier Gallery Voice at the 3rd Ushida Collection - 2010Submitted to Takashimaya Travelling Exhibition "Foresight of Art 2010 - Contemporary Vessels-"
- 2011Selected for the 21st Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
Judge and invited to submit to the 42nd Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Selected as Mino Pottery Permanent Preservation Artwork for 2010 (Tono Shinkin Bank, Tajimi CIty) - 2012Awarded for Achievement of Traditional Culture Inheritence in Gifu Prefecture for 2011
- 2016Paramita Ceramics Awards Exhibition
- 2017Flower Vessel with Green Glaze selected for the 64th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition purchased by the Imperial Household Agency
About the Artist
A Unique World Made with Green Glaze
"I try to make things that are unique and new, yet powerful with a strong presence. " As he says, ceramic artist Tetsu Suzuki's artwork is based on Oribe ware, but he doesn't just follow the tradition. He creates his own unique world by making polygonal forms with many sides and by using bright green glaze. He has been awarded several times at the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition where the top level artwork in Japan gather. He is currently working on tricolor glaze to make a beautiful gradation of colors with three different types of glazes, and continues his challenge to aim at a higher level.
Awards
- 1999Received the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education Award at the 30th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2001Received the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition Award at the 32nd Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2003Received the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition Award at the 34th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Received the New Artist Award at the 50th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition - 2005Received the Grand Award at the 1st Kikuchi Biennale
- 2007Received the Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition Award at the 38th Tōkai Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2008Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the 36th Ceramics Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2009Received the Incentive Award at the 3rd Kikuchi Biennale
- 2012Received the Incentive Award at the 32nd POLA Traditional Culture Award
- 2013Received the Ryukoku Incentive Award from Ryukoku University where he graduated from
- 2015Received the NHK Chairman Award at the 62nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2016Received the The Japan Ceramic Society Award for the year 2015
Public Collections
- The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
- Musee Tomo
- Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
- Mino Ceramic Art Museum, Tajimi
- Toshin Mino Ceramics Museum