Kaneta Masanao

1953
Born in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
1977
Graduated from Department of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of Education, majored in sculpture
1979
Completed degree in sculpture in the Fine Art Research Department of the graduate school of Tsukuba University
1981
Participated in Hagi International Sculpture symposium (stone carving)
1985
Became an official member of the Japan Art and Crafts Institute
1989
Symposium of Asobi at Gallery Saitoan, Hagi, Yamaguchi
1991
Retired from the Japan Arts and Crafts Institute
1994
Featured on NHK Television station, "The ceramics of Japan"
1998
Featured on NHK Television, "Yakimono Tambo"
2000
Became Assistant Professor at Tsukuba University
2005
Become the 8th generation of Tenryûsan Kiln

Solo Awards:

1981
Award of Excellence, Kyûshû Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition
Yamaguchi Prefecture Governor's Award,Western Japan Ceramics Exhibit
1983
Iwataya Isetan Award, Crafts Exhibition
1984
Mainichi Shibun Award, Kyûshû Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition
1989
Received the Michisuke Sugi Award
Miyazaki Prefecture Governor's Award, Western Japan Ceramics Exhibition
1990
The MITI Minister's Award, Western Japan Ceramics Exhibition
1996
Award of Promotion and Encouragement for Art and Culture in Yamaguchi Prefecture
1999
Enargia Award for Contemporary Artist
2004
Yamaguchi Prefectural Culture Contribution Award

Solo Exhibitions:

1981
Seibu Department Store Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo
1983
Kuroda Tôen, Tokyo
1984
Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Art Gallery, Tokyo (also 1986, 2003 and 2005)
1985
Daimaru Art Gallery, Tottori
1986
Sun Gallery, Nagoya
1988
Fukuya, Hiroshima
1991
Mitsukoshi Department Store Gallery, Osaka
1992
Matsue Ichibata, Matsue
1993
Daimaru Art Gallery, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto
1995
Garth Clark Gallery, New York
1996
Gallery Kurimoto, Nagaoka
1997
Gallery Sheale, Utsunomiya Sun Gallery Sumie, Nagoya
1998
Akasaka Yû Gallery, Tokyo
1999
WORK 99, Gallery Saitôan, Hagi
2000
WORK 2000, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
2001
WORK 2001, Hankyû Art Gallery, Osaka
2002
Gallery Ryôsai, Kyoto Kokura Tamaya, Fukuoka Gallery Teruyama, Tokyo Denenchôfu, Tokyo
2005/6
Installation of tea room using only his functional and sculptural work, Hagi Uragami Museum
2006
Tachikichi Gallery, Kyoto Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Nihonbashi, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions:

1990
Chigusa-kai Exhibition, Hotel Okura, Tokyo
1992
Contemporary Ceramics II, Higashi Hiroshima Museum of Art, Hiroshima
1993
Three Contemporary Artists in Hagi, Takashimaya Department Store Gallery, Okayama
1995
The Hagiyaki, Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamaguchi
1996
Art Works on the desk IV, V, Contemporary Art NIKI, Tokyo
1998
Three Contemporary Artists in Hagi, Takashimaya Department Store Gallery, Osaka
2001
400 years of Hagi Ware, Suntory Museum, Tokyo and Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi
2002
The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu Museum of Modern Ceramics, Gifu
2003
Contemporary Master Ceramists of Western Japan, Ibaragi Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki
2006
Saza — Beyond the Mountains, Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Uragami Museum
2006/7
Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Japan Society, New York

Selection of Public Collections:

* Brooklyn Museum of Art The Japan Foundation, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Ceramic Art, Gifu Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco
* National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
* Philadelphia Art Museum Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamaguchi
* Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Uragami Museum
* Yokohama Sogô Museum of Art, Yokohama

References:

* Toh: Kaneta Masanao, vol. 29. Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin, 1992.
* Wege zur Japanischen Keramik: Tradition in der Gegenwart, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst zu Berlin, 2005.

Download Artist Biography (PDF 63 K)