Katô Yasukage

1964 Born as the first son of the 13th generation Mino potter
Katô Kagekiyo (Seizô)
1982 Studied under Yamamoto Tôshû, National Living Treasure, Bizen,
1987 Graduated from the Nagoya Arts University, Aichi Prefecture
1992 Became an official member of the Mino Ceramics Society
2001 Designated the 14th master in his distinguished family of Mino potters, and received the name “Yasukage”


Awards:

1989 Main prize, Gifu Prefecture Art Exhibition
1993 Prize, Tôkai Traditional Crafts Exhibition
1999 Grand prize, the Mino Ceramics Competition, winning work entered the collection of the Gifu Prefectural Ceramics Museum (2000)
2003 Shôroku Prize, Mino Ceramic Tea Bowls Exhibition, winning work enters collection of Gifu Ceramics Museum
2009 Rewarded his remarkable contribution in traditional cultural succession, Gifu government



Solo exhibitions:

1988 Kuroda Tôen, Shibuya, Tokyo (also in 1990)
1990 Meitetsu Marukoshi Gallery, Kanazawa
1991 Takashimaya Gallery, Nihonbashi, Tokyo (also in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003)
1993 Daimaru Gallery, Kyoto (also in 1996)
1994 Takashimaya Gallery, Yokohama (also in 1998)
Daimaru Gallery, Shimonoseki
1995 Fujisaki Gallery, Sendai, Miyagi (also in 2001)
1996 Isetan Gallery, Urawa
Nanba Takashimaya Gallery, Osaka (also in 1998)
1998 Kuroda Tôen, Ginza, Tokyo (also in 2002)
1999 T akashimaya Gallery, Gifu (also in 2006)
2000 Matsuzakaya Gallery, Yamagata
Matsubishi Gallery, Hamamatsu
2001 Bon Beruta Isejin Gallery, Mito
2002 Matsuzakaya Department Store, Nagoya
Kuroda Tôen, Ginza, Tokyo
Shirasaki Gallery, Yamagata
Bon Beruta Isejin Department Store Gallery, Hitachi
Gallery Sôkaku, Hamamatsu
2003 Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd., Asian Art Fair, New York
2004 Kawatoku Gallery, Morioka
Kuroda Tôen, Ginza, Tokyo
Mitsukoshi Gallery, Niigata
Isetan Gallery, Fuchû
Temmanya Art Gallery, Hiroshima
2005 Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
Matsuzakaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
Shirasaki Gallery, Yamagata
Gallery Sôkaku, Hamamatsu
Isetan Gallery, Matsudo
2006 Temmanya Art Gallery, Okayama
Youthful Energy Confronts Ancient Tradition: The Powerful Ceramics of Kato Yasukage at Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd., The International Exposition SOFA, NY
Kuroda Tôen, Ginza, Tokyo
2007 Itô Art Gallery, Tajimi city, Gifu


Group exhibitions:

1993 Entry to the Tôkai Area Traditional Crafts Exhibition
2003 Emuza Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Meitetsu Department Store Gallery, Kanazawa
2004 Three Mino Potters Exhibition, Yûfuku Shin Gallery, Tokyo
Three-person exhibition, Matsuzakaya Department Store, Nagoya, Ginza and Shizuoka
2005 Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2006 Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Japan Society, New York
2008-2009 The Dauer Collection, California State University, Sacramento, University Library Gallery


Selected Public collections:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

References:

Kuroda, Kazuya. “Kato Shôji: Ceramic Artists who I have met, no.47.” Honoho Geijutsu, no. 62 (Tokyo: Abe Shuppan, 2000): pp. 102- 103

“Shino no tôgeika [Shino Ceramic Artsis]” Tôjirô no. 30 (Tokyo: Futabasha, 2002): p. 49

Joe Earle, Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2005, pp. 32-33

Yellin, Robert. “Legacies live on in kingdom of Katô [Ceramic Scene].” The Japan Times (Saturday June 12, 1999): pp. 17- 18

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