12th

• Period of Exhibition

  Sep. 30, 2021 － Oct. 17, 2021

• Venue

  Ceramics Park MINO

• Theme

  “Where Ceramics Go”

• Number of applications

  2435

• Award Winning Works

  17

• Works

  167

JUDGES

Ceramics Design Category

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  Terunobu Fujimori

  Japan

  Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo / Director of EDO-TOKYO MUSEUM

  He was born in Nagano prefecture in 1946. He completed a doctoral course at the University of Tokyo. Currently, he is a director of EDO-TOKYO MUSEUM in Tokyo, professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, and specially appointed professor of Kogakuin University. He authored numerous publications related to modern architecture, the city planning and the street observation such as Meiji no Tokyo Keikaku (Meiji Plans for Tokyo) (Iwanami Shoten, Mainichi Publication Culture Award), Kenchiku Tantei no Boken: Tokyo Hen (Adventures of an Architectural Detective: Tokyo) (Chikuma Shobo, Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities), Nihon no Kindai Kenchiku the first / the second volume (The Architecture of Modern Japan) (Iwanami Shoten), Jinrui To Kenchiku No Rekishi (The History of Human and Architecture) (Chikuma Shobo), Kenzo Tange (Shinkenchiku-sha).

  As his architectural works, he designed and supervised the Student Dormitory for Kumamoto Agricultural College (AIJ Prize of Architectural Design Division), Kusayane (grass roof) of Omihachiman LA COLLINA, Mosaic Tile Museum Tajimi, and more. Recently, he produces freestyle tea houses overseas.

  As his architectural exhibitions, he worked on Venice Biennale Architecture 2006, “Terunobu Fujimori. Architect Works” (Museum Villa Stuck in Munich) (2012), Terunobu Fujimori: “Architecture with Nature and ‘ROJO’ ” (Art Tower Mito / Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art) (2017)

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  Masahiro Karasawa

  Japan

  Director of National Crafts Museum

  Born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan in 1964.
  He received master’s degree in fine arts from Aichi University of the Arts. After working as a curator at Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, he became a chief researcher at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in 2003, the chief of craft section in 2010 and the director of National Crafts Museum form 2020. In 2021, he became the director of National Crafts Museum.

  He received a prize at the 39th Koyama Fujio Memorial Award in 2018.
  He is an expert in modern and contemporary history of craft and a judge of Japan Ceramic Society Award.

  He authored Kamabetsu Guide Nihon no Yakimono Seto (Guide to Japanese Pottery by Kilns in Seto) (Tankosha Publishing), and he is a co-author of Kamabetsu Guide Nihon no Yakimono Mino (Guide to Japanese Pottery by Kilns in Mino) (Tankosha Publishing), Nihon Yakimonoshi (History of Japanese Pottery) (Bijyutsu Shuppansha).

  He has curated exhibitions such as:
  “Seiji o Kiwameru‐Okabe Mineo Ten”(Mineo Okabe; A Retrospective)
  “Gendai Kogei He No Shiten, Chaji O Megutte” (About the tea ceremony-A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kōgei)
  “Nihon Dento Kogei Ten 60kai Kinen, Kogei Kara KŌGEI He” (From Craft to KŌGEI, Commemoration of the 60th Japan Kōgei Exhibition)
  “Seiji No Ima –Uketsugareta Waza To Bi Nanso Kara Gendai Made” (Celadon Now: Techniques and Beauty Handed Down from Southern Song to Today)
  “The Bizen ∸Tsuchi to Honoh Kara Umareru Zoukeibi∸” (Bizen: From Earth and Fire, Exquisite Forms)

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  Takahiro Kaneshima

  Japan

  Program Director of Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK) / Guest Professor of Kyoto University of the Arts

  He was born in Tokyo in 1977, lives in Kyoto. After he received master’s degree in graduate school of Media And Governance of Keio University, he worked at Nokia Corporation, TOSHIBA CORPORTATION, TOKYO GALLARY +BTAP, and ART iT. And he founded FEC in 2007.

  He deals with planning exhibitions of modern art and crafts, coordination of interaction projects, production support of artists and research on modern art of East Asia.

  After he became an executive director of Art Fair Tokyo from 2011, and an art director of Art Beijing from 2016, currently he is a program director of Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK) which is a new style art fair held at Kyoto International Conference Center from 2021 while being in the doctoral course of Science of Art, graduate school of arts at Kyoto City University of Arts. He is a part-time teacher of Kyoto University of Art & Design, and Kyoto City University of Arts.

  His major exhibitions are
  “Parallel Far East Worlds” (Chengdu, 2012)
  “Asia Cruise: Object Matters” (Taipei, 2013)
  “Object Matters Gainen To Sozai O Meguru Nihon No Gendaihyogen” (Japanese Modern Expression over Concepts and Materials) (Tajimi, 2014)
  “Find ASIA – Asia’s Creativities Meet In Yokohama” (Yokohama, 2014)
  “Yambaru Art Festival” (Northern Okinawa, 2017-2018)
  「KYOTOGRAPHIE Teppei Kaneuji Splash Factory」(Kyoto, 2019)

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  Patrick Reymond

  Switzerland

  Architect / Designer / Co-founder of atelier oï

  Patrick Reymond was born in 1962 in Switzerland. He studied architecture and design in Switzerland.
  Together with Armand Louis and Aurel Aebi, he founded atelier oï in 1991 in La Neuveville.
  atelier oï has been striving to dissolve barriers between genres and foster cross-disciplinary creativity for 30 years. Over the course of their achievements, architecture, design and set design have intertwined on an international scale. Transdisciplinarity, team spirit and an intimate approach to the material are their watchwords. Born of an intuitive and emotional affinity with the act of shaping different materials, their projects have been recognized the world over. atelier oï has a special relationship with Japan, a country in which they would like to continue to develop projects. Between experimentation, cultural exchanges and events devoted to their creations, they design for Alias, Artemide, B&B Italia, Bulgari, Chopard, Desalto, Foscarini, Louis Vuitton, Moroso, Nespresso, Parachilna, Passoni, Pringle of Scotland, Rimowa, Röthlisberger, USM, Victorinox, Zanotta and many others.
  Patrick Reymond also teaches in several schools around the world, like the university of Art and Design Lausanne (ECAL) for 13years.

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  Bai Ming

  china

  Artist / Writer / Director of the Ceramic Art Council of China Artists Association (CAA)

  Born in Yugan, Jiangxi Province of China.
  Director of the Department of Ceramic Art in the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University
  Executive Vice Director of the Art Museum in the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University
  Secretary-General of the Ceramic Art Council of China Artists Association
  Deputy Director of Ceramic Art Institute, China National Academy of Painting
  Member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) of UNESCO
  Member of China Oil Painting Society
  Executive Editor of Chinese Ceramist magazine
  Director of Shangyu Celadon Contemporary International Ceramic Art Center

  In 2004, the book Jingdezhen Traditional Ceramic-Making Techniques received the National Book Award. The book has also been translated into English and French, published in Europe.
  In 2010, at the invitation of IAC and Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, he held the “Oriental Ceramic Story-Bai Ming Ceramic Art Works Exhibition” in Paris. This exhibition was the only one that represented China in “Foreign Culture Week” held by Paris government that year.

  He held more than 20 solo exhibitions in China, France, Korea, the US and Spain.
  He has published 11 series of books for a total of 19 volumes and also 20 books regarding his own personal work and collections.

Ceramics Arts Category

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  Sugaya Tomio

  Japan

  Art Critic / President of Tama Art University / Director of the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama

  Area of Expertise : Modern design, Photography, Contemporary Art

  Born in Kyoto prefecture in 1947.
  Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in French literature from Waseda University.
  After working as an editor of Geijutsu Shincho, chief researcher of The National Museum of Art Osaka, professor of Tama Art University, director of The National Museum of Art Osaka, and president of Kyoto City University of Arts, currently he is a president of Tama Art University. He is also a chairman of The Japanese Council of Art Museums and concurrently holds the posts of a director of The Museum of Modern Art SAITAMA, Kyoto Art Center and YAYOI KUSAMA MUSEUM.

  He was a Japanese commissioner for the Venice Biennale in 1990 and 1993 and an artistic director of Yokohama Triennale in 2001, Aichi Triennale in 2010, and “Asian Corridor” which was the main project of Culture City of East Asia Kyoto in 2017.

  As a poetry, he received Rekitei New Poet Award for Yohaku no ranna (Runners in the Margins), Takami Jun Award for Reido no inu (The Dog of Zero degrees), and Hagiwara Sakutaro Award for Shigo no ressun (Lesson of Dead Language).

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  Toru Enomoto

  Japan

  Advisor of Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu

  1946 Born in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa prefecture
  1965 Graduated from Yokosuka City Technical high school, department of Industry
  1973 Graduated from the department of Art & Design, the Tokyo University of Education
  1978 Received master’s degree in Art & Design from graduate school of the Tokyo University of Education
  1979 Worked as a curator at Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum
  1996 Worked as the Vice-Director at Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum until March 2002
  2002 Worked as a director of Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
  2016 Became an Advisor of Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu

  〈Main Theses〉
  “Early Hagi-Ware in the Literature” (Tokyo National Museum No.471, Museum Press, 1990)
  “The Mastery of Tea Bowl, Ceramic Art of Kyusetsu Miwa” (Honoh Geijutsu No.57, ABE PUBLISHING LTD., 1999)
  “The Change of Style in Hagi-Ware Tea Bowl” in the catalog of “Exhibition of Japanese Tea Bowl Masterpieces Used in Tea Ceremony” (Chado Research Center Galleries, 1999)
  “The Silk Road of Ceramics, Ceramic Art of Takuo Kato” (Honoh Geijutsu No.85, ABE PUBLISHING LTD., 2006)
  〈Main Publications〉
  Ceramic Art, Ryoji Koie (co-author / the volume 4 NHK Kogei Tanbou) (NHK Publishing, Inc., 1990)
  Art in Yamaguchi Prefecture(editing / author of “craft” part)(SHIBUNKAKU CO., LTD., 1995)

  〈Curated Exhibitions (with writing for the catalogs)〉
  “Modern Ceramic Art Series” 1/2/3/ (1982, 1984, and 1986)
  “Kohagi, Sono Genryu To Shuhen Ten” (Exhibition, Kohagi – Its Origin and Surroundings) (1981)
  “Chugoku Touji Nisennen No Nagare Ten” (Exhibition, The flow of 2000 Years of Chinese Ceramics History) (1985)
  “The Hagiyaki/Hakaku To Zenei No Zoukei Ten” (The Hagi-Ware, Conventional and Avant-Gard Figurative Arts Exhibition) (1995) at the Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum
  “Hagiyaki 400nen, Dentou To Kakushin Ten” (Exhibition, 400 Years of Hagi-Ware, Tradition and Innovation) (2000) at Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris and Suntory Museumof Art 〈His Experience as a Judge〉
  Japan Kōgei Exhibition
  Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
  West Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
  International Ceramics Competition MINO
  Taiwan Ceramics Biennale
  and prefectural art exhibitions of Yamaguchi, Hiroshima and Mie prefecture

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  Akihiro Maeta

  Japan

  Ceramist / The Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property

  1954 Born in Kawahara Town, Tottori.
  1977 Graduated from Ceramic Course of Crafts Department, Osaka University of Arts
  1991 Received the Mainichi Shimbun Award at “The 11th Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition”
  1997 Received the Excellence Award at “The 10th MOA Okada Mokichi Award Exhibition”
  2000 Received the Asahi Shimbun Prize at “The 47th Japan Kōgei Exhibition”
  2002 Invited to submit to “The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art” (Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu)
  2003 Received the 50th Anniversary Award at “The 50th Japan Kōgei Exhibition”
  2004 Received the Japan Ceramic Society Award
  2005 Received 60 times Memorial Award at “The 60th new Takumi Craft Exhibition”
  2007 Invited to submit to “Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition” (British Museum, UK)
  Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon
  2010 Received the Tottori Prefecture Cultural Merit Award
  2013 Certified as a Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property “White Porcelain”
  2014 “The Present of Living National Treasures” (Tokyo National Museum, Heiseikan)
  2015 Submitted to “Treasures of the World from the British Museum” (National Museum of Singapore)
  2018 Submitted to “TEFAF Maastricht 2018” (Netherland)
  2020 The Japan Ceramic Society Gold Prize
  
  Present
  Director Vice Chief Director of Japan Kogei Association ( Japan Kogei Association)
  Chairman of Ceramics Category of Japan Kogei Association
  Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property
  Guest Professor of Osaka University of Artspreviousnextclose
  

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  Claudia Casali

  Italy

  Art Historian / Director of the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza (Italy).

  Degree in Preservation of the Cultural Heritage, specialization in History of contemporary art and aesthetic at the University of the Studies in Udine, plus Doctorate (PhD) in the aesthetic field, contemporary art and art critic.

  In 1997 she started a collaboration as art historian and critic with the Modern Art Gallery in Verona, the GAM in Bologna (the contemporary MAMBO), the MAR in Ravenna and since 2011 she has been managing the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza.

  She collaborated with several international museums, taking part to art competitions and commissions for the selection of prizes, in particular in the ceramic field, such as Keskemet Prize (Hungary), the Westerwald Prize (Germany), the Danish Prize (Denmark), the Gmunden Symposium (Austria), Ceramics Academy of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Icheon Biennale Symposium (Korea), Mino International Ceramic Competition (Japan), Latvian Ceramic Biennale (Latvia), Future Makers Award Kilkenny (Ireland), Franz Rising Star Project (Taiwan), Biennale Vallauris (France), Blanc de Chine (China).
  Since 2011, she is the responsible of the International Competition “Faenza Prize”, the longlasting competition in the world devoted to ceramic art (active since 1938) and she is the Director of “Faenza” the oldest review devoted to ceramic research (founded in 1913).

  She often has experiences as lecturers at international symposiums, she curated different exhibitions in Europe and China, she curated books devoted to contemporary art and ceramic art and she constantly follows with a particular care the evolution of contemporary languages of the ceramic art, focusing on new talented and young artists.
  She collaborates with art reviews and, in general, with communication and media focused on art. She teaches history of the art, history of ceramic art and museum disciplines for training course post-degree.

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  Lee Jung Suk

  Republic of Korea

  Professor, Dept. of Ceramic Art & Design, Seoul National University of Science & Technology

  1970 Born in Seoul (Korea)
  1996 B.F.A in ceramics Seoul National University of Technology (Seoul Korea)
  1999 M.F.A in ceramics Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Art and Music (Nagoya Japan)

  〈Exhibition〉
  2015 Traditional East Asian Ceramic Art / Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum / Korea
  2016 Painting into Ceramics / Icheon World Ceramic Center / Korea
  2017 Thematic Exhibition in Gwangju GICB2017 / Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum / Korea
  2019 Collect / Korea Craft & Design Foundation, England Craft Council / Saatchi Gallery / London

  〈Awards〉
  2005 The 3th World Ceramic Biennale International Competition – Special Judge’s Award / Korea
  2005 The 7th International Ceramics Competition Mino – Gold Award / Japan
  2009 The 4th World Ceramic Biennale International Competition – Special Award / Korea

  〈Present〉
  Professor, Dept. of Ceramic Art & Design, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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