Maeda Masahiro

1948 Born in Kyoto, Japan
1972 First entry to the Japan Traditional Art and Craft Exhibition
1973 Won entry to the Japan Ceramics Exhibition
Received BFA in ceramics from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts
1975 Completed graduate studies at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts under the direction of Fujimoto Yoshimichi, Tamura Koichi, and Asano Akira
Won entry to the Japan traditional Art and Craft Exhibition
1979 Appointed tutor at the Tama University of Fine Arts
1980 Held one-man show at a major Tokyo Gallery (also every year till the present)
1983 Exhibited in “Japanese Ceramics Today” at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1984 Appointed tutor at the Kutani Ware Institute of Technology
1986 Two-person exhibition at the Works Gallery, New York
1988 Won award at the Japan Traditional Art and Craft Exhibition
1990 Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo (also in 1992, 1995, 1998, 2002 and 2005)
Solo exhibition at Kandori, Tokyo (also in 1991—1997)
1991 Exhibited in "Open Up the Next Generation -- New Form for Tea Ceremony"
1992 Entry to “Japanese Ceramics Now 100 Artists” at Mitsukoshi Etoile, Paris and Tokyo
1993 Solo exhibition at Takanawa Art, Tokyo
1994 Solo exhibition at Fujinoya (Sano)
Exhibited in "Adventure of the Hands" at Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai
1996 Entry to “Contemporary Japanese Ceramics” (exhibition around Asia).
Japan Foundations Procurement (large bowl with gold & silver over-glazed enamel)
1997 Became a jury of the new works' exhibition of the Japan Traditional Art and Craft Exhibition (also in 2000 and 2001)
1998 Won the emerging artist prize at the new works' exhibition of the Japan Traditional Art and Craft
2000 Solo exhibition at Petit Musée in Daishin’en in Takahagi, Ibaragi.
Three-person show with Kakurezaki Ryûichi and Kuroda Taizô at the 2nd Tôbi Art Fair
2002 Jury of the Japan Traditional Art and Craft Exhibition
Exhibited in "Ceramics of Kanagawa, the Beauty of Containers" at Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama
Also exhibited in "100 years of Modern Ceramics Exhibition" at Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu in Tajimi
2003 Exhibited in both part 1 and part 2 of "Japanese Ceramics Today" at Musée Tomo, Tokyo
2004 Solo exhibition "Kutani" at Nippon Gallery Gen, New York
2005 Solo exhibition "Masahiro Maeda Ceramic Art Exhibition Iroe kin-gin sai " at Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
2005 Solo exhibition "Ceramic Art Exhibition" at Takashimaya, Yokohama
Solo exhibition at Matsuzakaya, Nagoya
2005-6 Wege zur Japanischen Keramik: Tradition in der Gegenwart, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst zu Berlin
2006 Solo exhibition at Wakô Hall, Tokyo
2007 Solo exhibition at Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum, Yamasaki-city, Kyoto
Solo exhibition at Kandori gallery, Tokyo
2008 Honorable Mention, “The Second Musée Tomo Prize: Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony,” Musée Tomo, Tokyo
Solo exhibition at Takashimaya, Tokyo and Fukuoka
2009 Solo exhibition “Aka, Kuro, Kin, Gin, Midori, Ao - in praise of colors-- Maeda Masahiro,” at Musée Tomo, Tokyo
2010 The 10th the 21st Century Exhibition of Japanese Art, Tokyo Bijutsu Club (traveled to Kyoto, Kanazawa, Toyama and Osaka)

Associations:
Permanent member of the Japan Craft Association
Member of the Japan Craft Design Association
Member of Nihon Kogei-kai; Japan Handicraft Society

Selected Public Collections:
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Musée Tomo, Tokyo
Philadelphia Museum of Art

References:
“Reflects the southern wind: Masahiro Maeda’s ceramics,” Ginka vol. 86, 1991

“Gendai nihon no tougeika to sakuhin: The Contemporary Potters and Works in Japan, vol. 3 (East division)”, p. 70

"The History of Polychrome Porcelain" Honoho Geijutsu, vol. 44 1995, p.15

"Attraction and Magic of Tea Bowl" Honoho Geijutsu, 1998, pp. 8-12

“ Maeda Masahiro Solo show; Ceramics Today’”, Honoho Geijutsu, vol. 62 (Abe Shuppan, 2000), pp. 48- 49

Ceramic Art "The world of Masahiro Maeda" DEPARTURES, vol. 1 (Japanese Edition), p.99 spring 2004

Musée Tomo, “aka, kuro, kin, gin, midori, ao – in praise of colors” exhibition catalog, Tokyo, 2009

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