Machiko Ogawa

Machiko Ogawa
Machiko Ogawa was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 1946.
In 1969 She graduated from Tokyo National University of the Arts, Department of Crafts, majoring in ceramics. After graduating the University, she studied ceramics at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliques et des Métiers d’Art in Paris. (~’71)
From 1972 to 1975, she also studied ceramics in West Africa.

Major awards
1992 Takashimaya Cultural Foundation New Artist Encouragement Award
2001 The Japan Ceramic Society Award
2008 The 58th Minister of Education and Culture Award for Fine Arts
2019 The Japan Ceramic Society Award, Gold Prize

Selected Exhibitions in Recent Years
2002 “Ogawa Machiko: Li2, NaO, Al2O3, Sio2 Breathing Bubbles” The Museum of Modern Art Kamakura & Hayama, Kanagwa, Japan
2011” Machiko Ogawa – Archetypal Vessels” Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2014 “Tradition on fire”, Asian Art Museum, USA
2016 “Machiko Ogawa Solo Exhibition” Erskine, Hall & Coe, UK
2017 “Machiko Ogawa Solo Exhibition: Memory of the Moon”, Gallery NOW, Toyama, Japan
2018 “NEW FORMS, NEW VOICES”, New Orleans Museum of Art, USA

Major Public Collections
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo,
Musée Tomo, Tokyo
The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
SUTORY MUSEUM of Art, Tokyo
Tokyo Sogetsu Museum of Art, Tokyo
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
Rakusuitei Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
The Baltimore Museum of Art, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
Brooklyn Museum, USA
Yale University Art Gallery, USA
Samuel P.Harn Museum Of Art, USA