Keiji Ito

1935 Born in Toki City, Gifu Prefecture
1958 Graduated from Musashino Art School (now Musashino Art University)
1960 Worked at the Design Office of the Gifu Prefectural Ceramics Testing Laboratory (- ’65)

Major awards
1978 World Crafts Council, Japan Illustration Competition, Bijutsu Shuppansha Prize
1981 39th Faenza International Ceramic Art Exhibition, Faenza, Italy
2006 Gifu Prefecture Art and Culture Award
2007 Governor’s Prize, 4th Enku Grand Prize Exhibition
2013 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Local Culture and Arts, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
2017 Dedication of 83 Treasures of Heisei Era, Yakushiji Temple, Japan
Gold Prize, The Ceramic Society of Japan Award, 2016

Selected Exhibitions
1981 “Faenza International Ceramic Art Exhibition” (Italy)
2000 “Seeing Utsuwa: Crafts for Daily Life,” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 “3.11 Requiem Exhibition” Artemeister, Fukushima, Japan
2015 “Paramita Ceramic Grand Prize Exhibition” Paramita Museum, Mie, Japan
2016 “Innovative Crafts: Tradition, Avant-Garde, and Modernity” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery, Tokyo
　　　　When Man Meets the Earth” Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Aichi
2018 “Forms Born of Clay” Gallery NOW, Toyama
2021 “Hokuriku Craft Festival GO FOR KOUGEI” Shoukouji Temple, Takaoka, Japan
2022 “Keiji Ito Exhibition” Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
2023 “Keiji Ito and His Fellow Artists” Raku Suitei Art Museum, Toyama

Major Public Collections
National Crafts Museum　
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto　
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art　
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
Kikuchi Hiromi Memorial Chibi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan　
Shiga Prefectural Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Shiga
The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Gifu
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi　
Tajimi Mosaic Tile Museum, Gifu
Paramita Museum, Mie, Japan　
Raku Suitei Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
Everson Museum of Art, U.S.A.
Contemporary Museum Honolulu, U.S.A.
Hetjens Museum, Germany
Faenza Ceramics Museum, Italy
Ariana Museum of Art, Switzerland
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
World Ceramics Expo Foundation, Korea