Artist CV
Selected Public Collections
- Brooklyn Museum, NY
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- CADuxbury Art Museum, Duxbury, MA
- Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
- Ball State University Museum of Art, IN
- Dennos Museum Center, MI
- Arkansas Arts Center, AR
- Lowe Art Museum,
- University of Miami, FL
- Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Australia,
- Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
Artist Biography:
1955 Born in Hiroshima, Japan
1978 Graduated from Shimonoseki City College
1984 Determined to become a ceramic artist and entered to Gifu
- Prefectural Tajimi Industrial School, majoring in ceramics
1985 Received award in Asahi Ceramic Competition
1886 Built own in Koganei, Tokyo
1996 Selected for Asahi Ceramic Exhibition for Australia, New Whales State Museum
- Received award in Traditional Crafts New Competition
1996 Published self-selection catalogue Sugokoro Tougei
2000 Two artists exhibition with Jeff Shapiro, Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd., New York
2001 Solo exhibition at Wako Department Store Art Gallery
2002 Solo exhibition at Gallery Kogo
2003 Solo exhibition at Wako Department Store Art Gallery
2004 Solo exhibition at Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.
2005 Solo exhibition at Wako Department Store Art Gallery, Tokyo
2006 Solo exhibition at Wako Department Store Art Gallery, Tokyo
- Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Department Store Art Gallery, Tokyo
- Solo Exhibition at Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.
2007 Participated at Fired with Passion: Contemporary Ceramics of Japan, Towson University, Maryland
- Participated at SPIRIT OF THE FORM, Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino, Italy
2008 Solo exhibition at Wako Department Store Art Gallery, Tokyo
- Solo exhibition at Gallery Kizan, Tokyo2010 Participated at Cross Currents in 20th Century Art, Currier Museum of Art, NH2011 Solo exhibition at Wako Department Store Art Gallery, Tokyo Participated at International Ceramic Festival (Wales, UK)
2012 Two man show Jeff Shapiro & Shigemasa Higashida Exhibition at Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
2014 Participated at “tea bowls: From. Function. Expression. Exhibition” at Oxford Ceramics Gallery, UK
2015 Participated “The GRANEUR of Japanese Ceramics: From Tea Ware to Sculpture Exhibition” at Dai Ichi Arts, NY
2017 Participated “Contemporary Sake Vessels Exhibition” at Oxford Ceramics Gallery, UK
2019 Participated “THE SAKEVESSEL-CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATIONS” at The Stratford Gallery, UK
Solo Exhibition at Wako Department Store Art Gallery, Tokyo
2022 Group exhibition, "Dreaming in Mino: The Art of Oribe & Shino" at Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.
2023 Group exhibition, "Minoyaki: Contemporary Expressions" at Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.