Tsutomu Yamato

1965 -
  • Ceramics
  • Price Range $2,500 - 11,000
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 17

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    • Category
      Ceramics
    • Techniques
      Hagi ware
    • Born
      1965 -
    • Based in
      Yamaguchi
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
      Part-time lecturer at Yamaguchi Prefectural University
      Director of the Japan Kōgei Association Yamaguchi Branch

    Biography

    • 1965
      Born as the second son of Yasuo Yamato, Intangible Cultural Property of Yamaguchi Prefecture
    • 1988
      Graduated from Yamaguchi College of Arts, Department of Life Arts
    • 1989
      Submitted to and selected for the first time for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 18 times from this year onward)
    • 1993
      Selected for the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition for the first time (nominated for award once, selected 6 times)
      Recommended as Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
      Artwork purchased and added to the collection of the British Museum
    • 1994
      Artwork purchased and added to the collection of Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum
    • 1996
      Invited to submit to the Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition
      Kiln visited by Imperial Prince Mikasanomiya Takahito and Princess Mikasanomiya Yuriko
    • 1998
      Artwork purchased and added to the collection of the Japan Foundation
    • 1999
      Submitted to "Japanese Pottery: The Rising Generation from Traditional Japanese Kilns" overseas traveling exhibition sponsored by the Japan Foundation
    • 2000
      Submitted to "HAGI - 400 ans de ceramique" Exhibition in Paris
    • 2001
      Lecturer at the Mendocino Art Center (California, USA)
    • 2004
      Artwork added to the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
    • 2006
      20 Years of Pottery - Hagiyaki Tsutomu Yamato Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
    • 2008
      Artwork added to the collection of Nomura Art Museum
    • 2010
      Passing Down 400 Years of Tradition to the Present - Tsutomu Yamato Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
    • 2011
      Submitted to ”Ceramica Viva–I Ceramisti Giapponesi Premiati a Faenza"
    • 2016
      Received the ”Minister of Justice’s Certificate of Appreciation" from the Ministry of Justice

    Awards

    • 1993
      Received the Excellence Award at the West Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (awarded 7 times)
      Awarded at the Yamaguchi Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (awarded 16 times)
    • 1999
      Received the Yamaguchi Prefecture Art Culture Promotion Encouragement Award
    • 2008
      Received the West Japan Ceramics Grand Award at the West Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
    • 2017
      Received the 40th Anniversary Grand Award at the Yamaguchi Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2020
      Awarded as Person of Artistic and Cultural Merits by Yamaguchi Prefecture

    Public Collections

    • Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum
    • Sogo Museum of Art (Yokohama)
    • The British Museum (London)
    • The Japan Foundation
    • The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
    • Nomura Art Museum
    • Hagi Uragami Museum

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