Tsubusa Kato
Tsubusa Kato
Biography
1962 Born in Onada-cho, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
1979 Completed training at the Tajimi City Design Research Institute
1986 Participated in the excavation and preservation project of the ancient kiln site at Nigahone
1993 Publication of Ceramics Vol.85: Tsubusa Kato by Kyoto Shoin
1996 Exhibited in The Expression of Porcelain: Developments in the 1990s at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1999 Delivered slide lectures and conducted workshops at Seoul Institute of Technology, South Korea
2002 Exhibited in 100 Years of Modern Ceramics at the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
2003 Exhibited in The World of White Porcelain and Celadon at the Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
2006 Solo exhibition at Dai Ichi Arts, New York
2013 Established a new kiln in his hometown, Onada-cho, Tajimi
Selected Exhibitions
1996 Rin – Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Beauty, The Shiga Prefectural Ceramic Cultural Park (Shiga)
1996 Young Leaders of Contemporary Ceramics, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum (Aichi)
1996 Modern Ceramics of the Tokai Region, International Academy of Ceramics–related exhibition (Tokai, Japan)
1999 Lecture & Workshop, Seoul Institute of Technology (Seoul, Korea)
2002 100 Years of Modern Ceramics, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu (Gifu)
2003 The World of White Porcelain and Celadon, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum (Ibaraki)
2004 Forms of the Heart and the Home, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu (Gifu)
2009 select & collect – Focus on the Ichigyu Collection, Gallery VOICE (Tajimi)
2011 Tea Ceramics: Contemporary Expression through Form and Design 2011, Gallery VOICE (Tajimi)
2012 MINO Ceramics Now, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu (Gifu)
2016–17 PUNK Craft – Salvation of the Soul, Rakusuitei Art Museum (Toyama), traveled to Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum (Ibaraki, 2017)
Awards
2012 (announced 2013) Japan Ceramic Society Award
2013 7th Enku Grand Prize
2023 Keiji Ito and the Artists Influenced by His Ceramics, Rakusuitei Art Museum (Toyama, Japan)
Public Collections
Rakusuitei Art Museum (Toyama, Japan)
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum (Aichi, Japan)
Kyoto Shimbun (Kyoto, Japan)
The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, USA)
Ishikawa Prefectural Kutani Technical Research Institute (Ishikawa, Japan)
Brooklyn Museum (New York, USA)
Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Tomo Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
Mary & Jackson Burke Foundation (New York, USA)
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu (Gifu, Japan)
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum (Ibaraki, Japan)
Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK)
