Kondô Yutaka

1932 Born in Kyoto
1955 Graduated from ceramic department of Kyoto City University of Arts
1957 Studied with Tomimoto Kenkichi and Kondô Yûzô
1961 Appointed Assistant at Kyoto City University of Fine Arts
1962-63 Traveled to U.S. and Europe. Taught at Indiana University with Karl Martz
1964 Appointed Instructor at Kyoto City College of Fine Arts
1966 Japan Ceramics Association Award
1969 Participated in field research in Papua New Guinea
1971 Appointed Assistant Professor at Kyoto City University of Arts
1972 Invited to teach at Indiana University
1977 Participated in field research in Afghanistan and Korea
1979 Visiting instructor, Queen Elizabeth II Academy of Fine Arts in New Zealand
1980 Appointed Professor at Kyoto City University of Arts
1982 Studied medieval Korean ceramics and worked in Korea
1983 Died at the age of 50

Awards:
1957 Awarded the Kyoto Mayoral Prize at Kyo-ten (also in 1962)
1959 Awarded the “Tomimoto” Prize at Shinshô-kai
1960 Awarded the Emerging Artist Prize at Kyoto Shûsaku-ten
Awarded prize at Asahi Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
1981 Awarded the Merit Prize at Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition

Selected Solo shows:
1967 Shinjuku Isetan Art Gallery, Tokyo
1974 Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo (also in 1976, 1979)
1975 Kyoto Asahi Kaikan. Kyoto
1978 Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka (also in 1981)
1981 Tomimoto Kenkichi Memorial Museum, Nara
1983 Gallery Nakamura, Kyoto
1985 Posthumous works exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
1987 Posthumous works exhibition, Tomimoto Kenkichi Memorial Museum, Nara

Selected Group shows:
1955 Joined and exhibited in Kyoten (also in 1974, 1975, 1976)
1959 Joined and exhibited in Shinshô-kai (also in 1961)
1960 Joined and exhibited in Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition (also in 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1992)
Joined and exhibited in Kyoto Shûsaku-ten, Kyoto
Asahi Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
1964 Toji no shinsedai ten: New Generation of Ceramists, Goto Museum of Art, Tokyo
International Contemporary Ceramics; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Kyoto, Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume; Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
1965 Japan Traditional Crafts, Tokyo (also in 1966, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975-1982)
1966 Japan Ceramic Association Award Winner (also in 1976)
1968 New Generation of Contemporary Potters, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
1976 Japan Ceramic Exhibition, a traveling exhibition sent to New Zealand and Australia, organized by the Japan Foundation
Kyoto Prefectural Crafts and Arts
1981 Contemporary Ceramists in Kyoto, Daimaru Art Gallery, Kyoto
1982 Gendai no Chatô 100 tou ten: Contemporary 100 Ceramics for Tea Ceremony, a traveling exhibition sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper
1983 Selected Artists of Japan Traditional Crafts Winners
Japanese Ceramics Today, at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1991 Champions of Contemporary Japanese Ceramists, Emba Museum of Chinese Modern Art, Hyôgo
2007 Kondô geijutsu no sekai (Arts by the Kondô Family), Maruei Skairu Art Gallery, Aichi
2010 The World of Kondô Ceramics – Tradition and Innovation, Wako Art Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo
Kondo Yutaka: The Transformation of a Traditional Kyoto Family, Joan B Mirviss LTD, NY

References:

Tanigawa Tetsuzô, Gendai Chatô Taikan vol.4- Kyôyaki / Kutani (Contemporary Ceramics for Tea Ceremony, vol.4- Kyoto and Kutani ceramics), Tokyo, Shufu no tomo sha, 1979, pp68, 161

International Ceramists- An Introduction to the International Ceramics Association, Japan International Ceramic Association, May, 1964

Karl Martz, Works of Kondô Yutaka, Kyoto, Kyoto City University of Arts, Ceramic Department, 1985

Kondô Geijutsu no Sekai (Arts of the Kondô Family)exhibition catalog, sponsored by the Chunichi Newspaper and Tôkai TV broadcasting company, Aichi, 2007

Selected Public Collections:
Indiana University of Art Museum, Bloomington IN
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Musée Tomo, Tokyo
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

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