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BIOGRAPHY

1943	Born in Tokyo
1965	Graduate from Craft design Dept., Musashino Art Junior College
1965-9	Employment at Craft design office, Musashino Art University
1967	Grand Prix, Exhibition "1967 Japan New Craft" at Ginza Matsuya, Tokyo, organized by Japan Craft Design Association
1970-3	Employment at Gustavsberg Design Studio, Sweden as an assistant of Stig Lindberg
1973	Established private studio in Gyoda, Saitama
1974	Exhibition "Craft Design in Japan '74"
1975	Exhibition "Craft Design in Japan '75" One-man Exhibition "Hands series" at Craft gallery, Ginza Matsuya, Tokyo One-man Exhibition at Ikebukuro Seibu, Tokyo Participate in Fam product design group
1976	Exhibition "Craft Design in Japan '76" Bronze Award, Design Forum '76 at Matsuya Ginza, organized by Japan Design Committee
1977	Exhibition "Craft Design in Japan '77"
1978	Exhibition "Craft Design in Japan '78"
1979	One-man Exhibition "Crinkle Series" at Craft gallery, Ginza Matsuya, Tokyo Exhibition "Craft Design in Japan '79" <Crinkle series, super bag K3 & KV3> Silver Award, Design Forum '79 at Matsuya Ginza, organized by Japan Design Committee "International Competition for Contemporary Ceramic Art" at International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy Kitaro Kunii Industrial Craft Award, organized by Japan Arts and Craft Foundation
1980	Exhibition "Japan Style" at Victoria & Albert Museum in UK Exhibition "International Ceramic and Glass Design" in Spain One-man Exhibition "Wine Glass" at Ikebukuro Seibu
1981	Exhibition "Metal Sculpture" at Ginza Mikimoto, Tokyo, organized by Japan Design Committee Exhibition "Osaka Design Center's 20th Anniversary"
1982	Exhibition "On the Table" at Ginza Mikimoto, organized by Japan Design Committee Exhibition "Modern Japanese Craft" in Southeast Asian countries, organized by Japan Design Committee "International Competition for Contemporary Ceramic Art" at International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy One-man Exhibition at Omai Dining Studio at Ikebukuro Seibu Exhibition "Visual Circus, Illusion" at Ginza Matsuya, Tokyo
1983	Exhibition "Design Message form Japan" in USA '83 Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition at Osaka Hankyu
1984	Exhibition "Arango Design Competition" in USA One-man Exhibition at Ginza Matsuya, Tokyo One-man Exhibition, "Infinity" at Craft gallery, Ikebukuro Seibu, Tokyo
1985	Exhibition "A Panorama of Contemporary Art in Japan-Design-Design of Daily Life" at The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
1986	Grand Prix, "The 1st International Ceramics Contest '86, Mino Japan" at Tajimi city special Exhibition Hall Grand Prix, "30th Ceramic Design Competition" at Ceramic Design center, Nagoya
1986
1987	One-man Exhibition "Joint" at Design Gallery, Ginza Matsuya One-man Exhibition at COM Gallery, Tokyo
1988	Exhibition "East Meets West", USA
1990	Exhibition "A Perspective on Design", Canada One-man Exhibition "SPIN" at Yurakucho Seibu, Tokyo
1991	Exhibition "The Message of 91, Gallery 91 New York", USA
1993	Exhibition "Modern Ceramics, Utsuwa-Ko", at The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
1995	Exhibition "Today’s Japan Design Sampling 95" in Canada organized by Japan Design Committee
1997	Exhibition "International Competition for Contemporary Ceramic Art, 50th Anniversary" at International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy Design Forum '97
1998	Exhibition "Domestic Object" at mudac, Musee de design et d’arts appliques contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
1999	Professor of Musashino Art University Inaugural Exhibition "The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art" at Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu Design Forum 1999
2000	Project "Korea-Japan Cultural Exchange of Ceramics", Korea
2001	Exhibition "Outline" at Flow Gallery in London, UK
2002	Exhibition "Design & Craft" at Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum Opening Exhibition "KUU Series" at Mono Gallery, Tokyo Exhibition "Wabi", Clotworthy Arts Centre, Ireland Korea ,China, Japan International Ceramic Workshop at WOCEF, Korea
2003	International Ceramic Art Symposium at OICS, Oslo in Norway Exhibition "Function & Beauty" at Aichi Ceramic Art Museum, Japan Exhibition "Challenge of Design & Art" at Contemporary Ceramic Art Museum, Gifu in Japan
2004	Exhibition "NATUR GANZ KUNST" at Museum Fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany East Asian International Invited exhibition at Beijing, China
2005	Ibaraki Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
2006	Topics in Focus "Ware of pour" at MoMA, USA Craft Competition in Takaoka Exhibition 20th, Toyama Prefecture The International Academy of Ceramics in Riga, Latvia
2007	The 4th World Ceramic Biennale 2007, KOREA International Ceramic Exhibition Japan, Korea, China at The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
2008	Shanghai World Modern Ceramics Art Show, China The 2008 First china International Modern Pot Biennale Exhibition, China Exhibition "WA-l'harmonie au quotidien - Design Japonais d'aujourd'hui" at Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris, France, organized by Japan Foundation MAKOTO KOMATSU EXHIBITION -design+humour at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2009	Exhibition "Repetition Form" at Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Japan Exhibition "Amusing Form"at The Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan Workshop & Exhibition"Schule im Berg" at Art Biotop Nasu, Japan
2010	Exhibition "Shining Technique and Beauty" at Kagawa Prefectural Art Muaseum, Japan International Ceramic Art Symposium "ARCTICLAY" in Posio, Finland One-man Exhibition at Ishikawa Shiko Memorial Museum, Kanazawa, Japan
2011	Exhibition "MAU Vol.1" at Gallery Mami Site Omotesando, Tokyo Exhibition "Japon Tradition Innovation" at Canadian Museum of Civilization, Quebec,Canada
2012	Exhibition "Giappone Terra Di Incanti" at Pallazo Vecchio in Firenze, Italy International Workshop at J.E.P University, Dubi, Czech
2013	International Mug Cup Symosium in Dubi, Czech Cheongju International Craft Biennale "Main Exhibition" in Cheongju, Korea
2015	One-man Exhibition at Gallery Le bain / MITATE Roppongi, Tokyo Guest Artist at The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan