Kuriki Tatsusuke

1943 Born in Seto, Aichi Prefecture
1966 Graduated from Kyoto Municipal University of Arts and Music; working first at a glass works, then ceramic designer for mass-production ware studied under Tomimoto Kenkichi, Kondo Yûzo, and Shimizu Hiroshi while in school
Started ceramics in Seto
1976 Built own kiln
1980 Ceased participation in large official, competitive exhibitions
1981 Became an official member of International Ceramic Academy
1983 Lecturer at Kyoto Municipal University of Arts and Music (Currently Professor)
Moved to Kyoto
1994 Invited scholar to England

Awards:
1978 Grand prize, the Japan Ceramics Association
1983 Grand Prize, Asahi Ceramics Exhibition
2000 The 12th Okada Mokichi Award, MOA Art Museum, Atami

Solo exhibitions:
1980 Akasaka Green Gallery, Tokyo
1983 Matsuzakaya Department Store Gallery, Nagoya
1984 Akasaka Green Gallery, Tokyo
1988 Mitsukoshi Department Store Gallery, Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka
1998 The 30th Anniversary solo exhibition, Matsuzakaya Department Store Gallery, Aichi

Group exhibitions:
1967 The Nitten Exhbition (until '80)
1969 Asahi Ceramics Exhibition (until mid 1980s)
1982 Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, a travel exhibition, Italy (then to Canada in ’83), sponsored by Japan Foundation
1984 One Hundred Dishes, Suntory Museum, Tokyo
Japanese Design Show, Seibu Museum, Tokyo
1985 Ceramics of Japan, Kure Municipal Museum
1986 Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, a travel exhibition in the U.S. and Eastern Europe, sponsored by Japan Foundation
1986; 1989 Exhibited work in Suntory Museum, Tokyo
1987 Kyoto Modern Japanese-style Painting and Ceramics, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto
1989-90 Europaria ‘89 Japan, Belgium and Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
1992 the 24th Nitten Exhibition
1993 Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections, the Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C., New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu
Contemporary Ceramics 1950-1990, Aichi Prefectural Museum, Aichi
1995 Japanese Studio Craft, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
1997 Contemporary Japanese Crafts, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1999 The 40th Japan Ceramic Association Award exhibition, Wako Hall, Tokyo
2001 Leaders of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics: Exploring Techniques and Forms for the New Century, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki
2001-02 Kyoto Crafts: 1945-2000, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Tokyo
2002 The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, Part1: From Artisan to Artist, The Evolution of Japanese Ceramic Art, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
2005 Exhibited and published, Contemporary Clay: Japanese ceramics for the new century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2006 The Quintessence of Modern Japanese Ceramics, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki
Exhibited and published, The Musée Tomo, Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony, Free Creativity and Atypical Usage, Musée Tomo, Tokyo

References:
Gendai Nihon no Togei vol.15 (Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, vol.15) Kodansha,1985.
Nihon no Toji Gendai-hen vol.8 (Japanese Ceramics: Contemporary, vol.8) Chuo Koron-sha, 1993

Kuriki Tatsusuke Interview, Honoho Geijutsu vol.44. 1995

Kuriki Tatsusuke Interview, Honoho Geijutsu vol. 45. 1996

Honoho Geijutsu vol.48. 1996

Exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Clay: Japanese ceramics for the new century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2005:pp. 20-2

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