1981 Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Department of Crafts, majoring in ceramics
1982 Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
1983 Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Women's Ceramic Art Exhibition
1985 '85 Hinuma -Scene of Soil- Hinuma Miyamae-so premises, Ibaraki
1987 Soil and Flame Exhibition, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan
Art Now '87, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo, Japan
1988 Flower Expression Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
1990 Form of Human, Form of Beauty, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukushima, Japan
Art Now '80s in Kansai, The Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo, Japan
1991 Soil Message in Mino, Tajimi City Cultural Hall, Mino, Japan
1992 Sakuya Konohana Award, Fine Arts Division, Osaka, Japan
1993 Contemporary Ceramics 1950-1990, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
1994 Clay Work Exhibition, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
1996 Plants to Heal the Heart: Art Botanical Garden Exhibition, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
Young Standard-bearers of Contemporary Ceramics
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
How Women Have Been Represented, Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan
Invited to exhibit work at the Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition
1998 Contemporary Ceramic Forms, Rias Ark Museum of Art, Miyagi, Japan
1999 What a Wonder - Glaze Expression and Ceramic Beauty
Shiga Prefectural Ceramic Cultural Park
Ceramics Today: Morphology of Clay, Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo and Kyoto
2000 Korea-Japan Ceramic Culture College Exchange Exhibition, Gangnam University, Korea
THE SIX TAIWAN GOLDEN CERAMIC AWARDS
The Taipei County Yingko Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
2001 Four Artists Exhibition of Korean-Japanese Ceramic Art:
Yanagihara Mutsuo, Kyung Hwan Won, Tajima Etsuko, and Kwang-Yu Woo , Craft Space, Tokyo
2002 Contemporary Japanese Crafts Exhibition - Materials and Formative Thinking
Petronas Gallery, Malaysia / National Gallery, Indonesia
100 Years of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Gifu
Crafts Group I, Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo/Kyoto
2003 Contemporary Ceramic Flowers: Artists from Western Japan
The Museum of Ceramic Art, Ibaraki
Yanagihara Mutsuo and 14 Contemporary Ceramic Artists, The Museum of Art, Kochi
Contemporary Korean-Japanese Ceramic Art Exhibition, Geumho Art Museum, Korea
2004 Solo Exhibition, Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan
Crafts Group II, Takashimaya Department Store, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya
Ruthless Objects: Eleven Contemporary Craftsmen
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery
Takashimaya Art Prize, Takashimaya Cultural Foundation
2005 2004 Ceramic Society of Japan Award
2006 100 Years of Japanese Ceramic Art, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Ibaraki
Paramita Grand Prize Exhibition, Paramita Museum, Mie, Japan
2007 Four Phases of Ceramics, Art Court Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2007 Japanese Suppleness-Contemporary Art from Japan, Gjethuset Galleri SPOT, Denmark
Fascinated...Japanese Ceramic Art of Today
Shiga Prefectural Ceramic Cultural Park and other venues in Japan and abroad - 12
2008 Six Women Artists Exhibition: Contemporary Dynastic Scrolls
Dyeing and Seiryukan, Kyoto, Japan / Furukawa Art Museum, Aichi, Japan
2009 Solo Exhibition, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Gallery X, Tokyo
Women Ceramic Artists for the 21st Century, Paramita Museum, Mie, Japan
Touch Fire : Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists
Smith College Museum of Art, USA
Sasai Fumie & Tajima Etsuko In the Flower Garden, Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan
Invited to exhibit at the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
Takaramono of the Future, Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto
2010 Masterpieces of Modern Crafts “Flowers”,
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery
The Wonderful Things Entrusted to Us”
Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art Gifu, Gifu, Japan
IAC Exhibition / Musee National de la Ceramique de Sevres, France
Ohara BEST: Special Exhibition Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan
2012 Son et Lumière - Material, Movement, Time
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2013 Ohara Contemporary, Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama
2014 Flowers Etsuko Tajima Exhibition, Hyogo Ceramic Museum, Japan
2014 Flowers Etsuko Tajima flowers, Art Space KANEI, Kyoto
2017 Exhibited at Otani Memorial Art Museum Nishinomiya City, Hyogo
2021 “Crafts Museum for Kids & Adults: Welcome to the Jungle!
Welcome to the Jungle!”,The National Museum of Modern Art,Ishikawa, Japan
2022 “ETSUKO Kawamura & Tashima Two Persons Exhibition” Gallery Kei-Fu,Kyoto
“Collection Exhibition 1 Vessels”
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa,Ishikawa
“Glass Art: Flora Times Three”,Toyama,Ishikawa,Japan Flora Times Three”,
Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama
“Kansai Contemporary Art of the 1980s”
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo
Public Collections:
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
Ishikawa Prefectural Kutani-ware Technical Training Center, Japan
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Japan
Takashimaya Archives, Osaka, Japan
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo,Japan
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki, Japan
Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama,Japan
Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan
Takashimaya Archives, Osaka, Japan
Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan
Izu Kannami-cho Welfare Center, Japan
Ichikawa City Healthcare Center, Japan
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Museo de Arte Moderno, La Casa de Japón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Japan Arts and Crafts Museum, Argentine Republic
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan