Kato Tsubusa 加藤委 Japanese, b. 1962

Public Collections:

  • Aichi Prefecture Ceramic Museum
  • Kyoto Newspaper Company
  • The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Ishikawa Prefecture Kutani Institute of Technology
  • Brooklyn Museum, Tomo Museum
  • Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
  • Gifu Prefecture Contemporary
  • Ceramic Art Museum, River Retreat Garaku

 

BIOGRAPHY

1962    Born in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture
1979    Completed a training in Tajimi Municipal Ceramic Design Center
1983-4 Ceramics & People Exhibition, Yamanashi Prefectural Art Museum
1984    Became independent

  • Participated in Asahi Ceramic Exhibition

1986    Participated in the excavation of the old Anagama kiln site; carried a preservation campaign for the site
1987    Participated in Chunichi International Ceramic Exhibition
1989    Solo exhibition, Savoir Vivre, Tokyo

  • Moved to Tomika-city and built his own kiln

1990    Solo exhibition, Gallery F, Minokamo

  • Participated in Exhibition “Clay, Flame and Shuntaro Tanikawa”, Chiku-mura, Tajimi
  • Solo exhibition, Kuroda Toen, Tokyo

1991    Solo exhibition, Gallery F, Minokamo

  • Exhibition, Life Gallery Ten, Fukuoka
  • Exhibition, Gallery Isogaya, Tokyo
  • Exhibition “Shapes of Vessels”, AZ Gallery, Tokyo
  • Solo exhibition, ARTE SPAZIO, Tokyo
  • Exhibition “Clay – Message IN Mino”, Tajimi
  • Solo exhibition. Gallery Pousse, Tokyo
  • Solo exhibition, Gallery M, Tokyo

1992    Solo exhibition, Kuroda Toen, Tokyo

  • Solo exhibition, Gallery Enkyo, Ichinomiya
  • Solo exhibition, Gallery Ensha, Niigata

1993    Participated in Exhibition  “Contemporary Vessels Part I” Karaku, Tokyo

  • Solo exhibition, Gallery Enbu, Nagoya
  • Solo exhibition, Life Gallery Ten, Fukuoka
  • Solo exhibition, Gallery Tenjuku, Tokyo (thereafter ‘96, ‘98, ’00) 

1994    Invited to exhibit in Asahi Craft Exhibition

  • Solo exhibition, Gallery KOYANAGI, Tokyo
  • Solo exhibition, Karaku “Kai”, Tokyo

1995    Solo exhibition, Gallery Kandori, Tokyo (thereafter ‘98, ’01, ’02)
1996    “Rin – Beauty of Contemporary Ceramics”, Shiga Ceramic Park Museum 

  • “Young Leaders of Contemporary Ceramics”, Aichi Prefecture Ceramic Museum 
  • “Contemporary Ceramics of Tokai Region”, International Ceramics Academy, Nagoya
  • Solo exhibition, Gallery Yumanite Nagoya, Nagoya (thereafter ’98)
  • Solo exhibition, To Iwaoka, Sagamihara (thereafter ‘97-’00, ‘02)
  • Solo exhibition, Gallery NOW, Toyama
  • Solo exhibition, Masuda Studio, Tokyo (thereafter ’01)

1997    “Contemporary Ceramics in Mino ‘Tradition & Creation’”, Aichi Prefecture Ceramic Museum  

  • Solo exhibition, Utsuwakan, Kyoto (thereafter ’99)
  • Solo exhibition, Oukashorin, Nagano (thereafter ’99 & ’00)

1998    “Current Form of Ceramics”, Alice Ark Museum, Kesenuma

  • Solo exhibition, Gallery Yumanite Nagoya, Nagoya 
  • Solo exhibition, Hashimoto Bijutsu Gallery, Nagoya (thereafter ’01)

1999   Slide Lectures and workshops at Faenza, Aichi, and Seoul

  • Solo exhibition, Dojima Gallery, Osaka (thereafter ’01)
  • Solo exhibition, Yabuki Gallery, Okayama
  • Solo exhibition, Tamura Gallery, Hiroshima

2000    Solo exhibition, Toshin Gallery, Kamakura

  • Solo exhibition, Fujinoya Gallery, Sano
  • Solo exhibition, Saitouan Gallery, Hagi
  • Solo exhibition, Tsuchi no Hana, Tokyo
  • Solo exhibition, Bunmu Gallery, Shizuoka
  • Solo exhibition, Nakagen Gallery, Aichi

2001    Solo exhibition, Tanaka Gallery, Nagoya
Solo exhibition, Takashimaya Department Store, Nihonbashi Tokyo

  • Solo exhibition, Takumiya, Gifu

2002    “The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art” exhibition, Gifu Prefecture Contemporary Ceramic Art Museum

  • Solo exhibition, Asu Akebi, Ehime
  • 2003    “The World of White and Blue Celadon Glazed Porcelains” exhibition, Ibaraki Prefecture Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama
  • Kanazawa International Craft Forum 2003, Kanazawa

2004    “Shape of Heart, Shape of Living” exhibition, Gifu Prefecture Art Museum, Gifu

  • “Mino Ceramics Now” exhibition, Gifu Prefecture Contemporary Ceramic Art Museum, Tajimi
  • “Days of Deed”: Tsubusa Kato – Hono Kim” exhibition, Seto City New Century Craft Museum, Seto

2006    “’Touji’ Tradition and Avant-garde of Japanese Ceramic Art” exhibition
National Ceramic Art Museum of France, Sevre
2007     Fired with passion: Contemporary Ceramics of Japan, Towson        

  • University Asian Arts Gallery, Center for the Arts, Maryland

2008     Solo Exhibition Hot Ice, Dai Ichi Arts, New York
2014    Flow, exhibition organized by NCECA, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI