Kazu Fujiwara

• Category
  Ceramics
• Techniques
  Bizen ware, Klin effects
• Born
  1958 -
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association/Japan Kogei Association Chugoku Branch
  The Academic Society of Japan
  Advisor, Urasenke Tankokai Federation Okayama Branch and the Youth Division
  Director, Bizenyaki Touyuukai
  Chairman, Kei Fujiwara Art Museum
  Guest lecturer, Holland Universietit Leiden

Style

FUJIWARA continues his ceramic production inspired by the Fujiwara Bizen philosophy established by his grandfather Kei and father Yu: Simple and Clear, Bold and Bighearted. He explores the theme of his own ideal Bizen, and the creation of Bizen ware for modern times.

Biography

• 1958
  Born in Honami, Bizen City, eldest son of FUJIWARA Yu, a living national treasure
• 1980
  After graduation from Meisei University, returned to his hometown; studied under his grandfather Kei and father Yu and started production of ceramics
• 1990
  First kiln firing In March. First solo exhibition, 1st Fujiwara Kazu Ceramic Art Exhibition, Tenmaya, Okayama
• 1991
  1st Fujiwara Kazu Ceramic Art Exhibition, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store, Sabie-Zen, Harajuku Quest Hall, Tokyo
• 1992
  Made an offering of "Koro" to Jakoin, Daitoku-ji Temple, Kyoto, along with "Hanaire" and "Shokudai" by his father Yu
• 1993
  Sabie-So, Spiral, Aoyama, Tokyo
  Selected for the Japan Kogei Association Chugoku Branch Exhibition at the first attempt. Selected and awarded many times to date
• 1994
  Selected for the Tanabe Museum of Art "Arts of the Tea Ceremony" Exhibition at the first attempt
  Selected for the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition at the first attempt
  Member, Japan Kogei Association Chugoku Branch
  Bizen Fujiwara Three Generations Exhibition sponsored by the Asahi Shimbun Company, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, and Osaka Takashimaya Department Stores
• 1995
  Selected for the 2nd Yakishime Ceramics Exhibition at the first attempt
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition at the first attempt. Selected for the 1996 and 1997 exhibitions successively
• 1996
  Submitted a vase for flower arrangement to 21st Century Cultural Conference "Playing with Japanese Culture and Crafts:The Future in the Past" Exhibition, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store)
• 1997
  "Cordes de feu Mille ans de ceramique japaniaise, a Bizen," National Museum of Ceramics, France
• 1998
  Object for Benesse Birdhouse Project, Naoshima
  Relief, Takamatsu City
• 1999
  "Japanese Pottery The Rising Generation From Traditional Japanese Kilns" Exhibition, sponsored by the Japan Foundation; flower vase and large bowl purchased
• 2003
  50th Anniversary of South Korea and Japan Cultural Exchange "South Korea and Japan Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition," Seoul, South Korea
• 2005
  Relief, ANA Hotel, Okayama
• 2006
  Australia-Japan Year of Exchange:Government-Certified Project "Bizen, Fujiwara Kazu" Exhibition, Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney
• 2007
  25th Anniversary of Production of Ceramics Exhibition, Okayama Tenmaya, Takashimaya Department Stores
• 2008
  Produced "Fujiwara Kei & Yu:Father and Son Exhibition," Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
• 2009
  “Japanese Art Program,” dispatch program by the Japan Association for the Promotion of Arts
  Held a Japanese culture course "Firing in a Field" at Leiden University, Holland
• 2010
  Presided over "Firing in a Field:Inujima Island" an event participated in Art Setouchi 2010
• 2011
  "from bizen" a private organization mainly consisting of young Bizen ware artists
  Held 1st Great East Japan Earthquake Support Charity; held every year to date
  Produced "Ekinaka Museum" in JR Okayama Station
  "Bizen Ware Today:The Origins of Fujiwara Bizen," Japan Cultural Institute, Paris
• 2012
  Monument, Heart Disease Center Sakakibara Hospital, Okayama City
• 2013
  Presided over an event participated in Art Setouchi 2013
  Presided over a campaign "From a Station × Bizen Ware" by West Japan Railway Company

Awards

• 1993
  Selected for the Okayama Art Exhibition at the first attempt, and received the Incentive Award. Awarded many times to date
• 1995
  Received the Excellence Award at the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
• 2001
  Received the Cultural Incentive Award from the Okayamanichinichi Shimbun
• 2002
  Received the Distinguished Service Award from the Academic Society of Japan