MATSUNAGA Keita 松永圭太 was born to potter parents in 1986, Tajimi, Gifu prefecture, Japan.

2010　Graduated from Meijo University, Architecture Course
2013　Graduated from Tajimi City Pottery Design And Technical Center
2016　Graduated from Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo
works in Tajimi and Kani, Gifu

AWARDS
2013 Grand Prize, Takaoka Contemporary Craft Competition, Toyama, Japan.
2014 Judge Award, the 22nd Tableware Festival, Tokyo, Japan.
2014 Encouragement Award, by the Mayor of Kanazawa, the 70th Kanazawa Kogei Exhibition, Kanazawa, Japan.
2014 Selected for the 10h International Ceramic Festival Mino, Gifu, Japan.
2014 Encouragement Award, International Itami Craft Exhibition, Hyogo, Japan.
2015 Selected for the 23rd Japan Ceramic Exhibition.
2015 Selected for the 6th Kikuchi Biennal, Tokyo, Japan.
2016 Honorable Mention, the 24th Tableware Festival, Tokyo, Japan.
2016 Encouragement Award, the 72nd Kanazawa Kogei Exhibition, Kanazawa, Japan.
2017 Selected for the 11th International Ceramic Exhibition Mino, Gifu, Japan.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 KEITA MATSUNAGA, Nonaka-Hill, Los Angeles, United States
2019 layer, Tonoto, Kyoto, Japan
2019 Moulting Kinetics, pragmata, Tokyo, Japan
2018 KEITA MATSUNAGA, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi,Tokyo, Japan
2018 Monuke, Utsuwa Note, Saitama, Japan
2018 sukuu, Koubou Ikuko, Okayama, Japan
2018 fireworks, Gallery Suki, Aichi, Japan
2017 Horizon, atelier & gallery CREAVA, Ishikawa, Japan
2017 KEITA MATSUNAGA, Meguro tougeikan, Mie, Japan
2016 Mars GravityGallery, Utsuwa Note, Saitama, Japan
2016 KEITA MATSUNAGA, Ishoken gallery, Gifu, Japan
2016 KEITA MATSUNAGA, Gallery Tousei, Osaka, Japan
2016 void of space ,pragmata, Tokyo, Japan
2016 KEITA MATSUNAGA, Gallery kamokamo, Hokkaido, Japan
2015 A bode of Beginning, Space Ohara, Gifu, Japan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 X years later exhibition, Sakazuki Museum, Gifu, Japan

2018 Form of bowl, Gallery Voice, Gifu, Japan

2018 Form of early evening, Gallery Voice, Gifu, Japan

2018 On the Origin of Species, Sakenoutsuwa Toyoda, Kyoto, Japan

2017 Vessel for the celebration, atelier & gallery creava, Ishikawa, Japan

2017 NO PLANTS NO LIFE, Koubou IKUKO, Okayama, Japan

2017 Takahashi Yuma x Matsunaga Keita, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

2016 Art Fair Tokyo 2016, Tokyo international forum, Tokyo, Japan

2016 Sow.i, Hankyu umeda, Osaka, Japan

2016 Mino people, Gallery Suki, Aichi, Japan

2015 KIWAMI, SIN SIN Fine Art, Hong Kong, China

2015 Le Mino-yaki, cinq siècles de fascination Espace L’Une, Paris, France

2015 Sake plate exhibition, Suki Gallery, Aichi, Japan