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