Hidehito Ito

Biography

• 1971
  Born in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture
• 1991
  Completed course at Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center
• 1998
  MINO CERAMICS NOW 2004 (also in 2012) at the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
• 2007
  Selected for the 54th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition ('10 - '12)
• 2010
  Solo exhibition at Shibuya Kurodatoen ('11 - '17)
• 2011
  "White Period" exhibition at Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art
  "Contemporary Ceramics in Tokai - Thinking New Generation" at Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
• 2012
  Participated in workshop at the Icheon Ceramics Festival
• 2013
  Master Teabowls of Our Days at Musee Tomo
• 2014
  Solo exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
  Artwork selected for the 61st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition purchased by the Imperial Household Agency
  "Japanese Ceramics for the Twenty-First Century" at the Walters Art Museum
  Selected for the 28th Mino Ceramics Permanent Preservation Program by Tono Shinkin Bank
• 2015
  Exhibited at the 8th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale (South Korea)　
• 2016
  A Palette for Genius "Japanese Water Jars for the Tea Ceremony" at Joan B Mirviss Ltd (New York)
  Art Fair Tokyo, solo exhibition at Shibuya Kurodatoen
  Kōgei (Modern Crafts) and the Tea Ceremony Ⅱ at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery
  Took part in the China - Japan - Korea Celadon Symposium at Zhejiang Ocean University (Zhoushan, Zhejiang)
• 2017
  Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony at Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
  Awarded as Person of Merit in Succession of Traditional Culture of Gifu Prefecture for the year 2016 (preservation and succession of white porcelain, celadon and marbled decoration)
• 2018
  "Blue Period" exhibition at Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art
• 2021
  Exploring the Tile: From Diversified Perspectives of Ceramic Artists" exhibition at the Mosaic Tile Museum
  "Classical Dignity, Contemporary Beauty: Ito Hidehito" exhibition at Joan B Mirviss Ltd. (New York)
• 2022
  Ceramics of the Past and of the Future: The Timelessness of Traditional Japanese Craft Arts at the National Crafts Museum etc.
  "The Fragments of Homo Faber - the Future of Humans and Crafting -" at Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum

Awards

• 1998
  Received the Silver Award at the International Ceramics Festival Mino '98
• 2000
  Received the Gold Award at the 2nd Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony (Toki City, Gifu Prefecture)
• 2002
  Received the Judge's Special Award at the International Ceramics Festival Mino '02 (also in '11)
• 2013
  Received the Grand Award at t he Paramita Ceramics Awards Exhibition
• 2018
  Received the Japan Ceramic Society Award for 2017

Public Collections

• The Japan Foundation
• Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
• Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
• Rakusui-tei Museum of Art (Toyama)
• Paramita Museum (Mie)
• Chazen Museum of Art (USA)
• Toshin Mino Ceramic Art Museum (Gifu)
• Mino Ceramic Art Museum, Tajimi (Gifu)
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA)
• Cincinnati Art Museum (USA)
• Mosaic Tile Museum Tajimi (Gifu)
• Southern Song Dynasty Imperial Kiln Museum (Hangzhou, China)

Official Site / Social Media etc.

• Instagram