Shigeo Takemura

1953 -
  • Ceramics
  • Awarded 3 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range Under $4,000
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    • Category
      Ceramics
    • Techniques
      Ash glaze
    • Born
      1953 -
    • Based in
      Kyoto
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
      Member, Kyoto Association of Craft Artists
    Shigeo Takemura

    Style

    I make ceramics using ash glaze, which is a glaze that has been used from long ago, made from ashes of burnt wood.
    I use various ashes from cedar, grapes, sunflower etc. The various ashes bring out different expressions.

    Biography

    • 1953
      Born in Yamashina, Kyoto
    • 1972
      Graduated from the Ceramics Course at Kyoto Municipal Hiyoshigaoka High School
      Studied under Morinobu Kimura
    • 1975
      Selected for the 4th Japan Kogei Association Kinki Branch Exhibition for the first time. Selected every year to date
    • 1978
      Selected for the Kyoto Craft Arts Exhibition
    • 1980
      Became independent and established the Dainichi-gama kiln in Yamashina
    • 1988
      Selected for the 35th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
    • 1990
      Selected for the 37th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
    • 1998
      Selected for the 53rd Shinsho Kogei Exhibition (54 times)
    • 2001
      Kyoto Craft Artists Association Exhibition – the Start of the 21st Century
    • 2002
      Selected for the 49th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
    • 2007
      Selected for the 54th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
    • 2008
      Selected for the 55th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
    • 2009
      Selected for the 56th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
    • 2010
      Judge at the 39th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Kinki Exhibition
      Selected for the 57th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition

    Awards

    • 1996
      Received the Incentive Award at the 25th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Kinki Exhibition
    • 2007
      Received the Kyoto Board of Education Superintendent’s Award at the 36th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Kinki Exhibition
    • 2008
      Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the 36th Ceramic New Works Exhibition held by the full members of the Japan Kogei Association Ceramics Section
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