Nagae Shigekazu

1953 Born in Seto, Aichi
1974 Completed Special Ceramic Study Course, Seto Ceramics Training Institute
1977 Lecturer at Special Pottery Study Course, Seto Ceramics Training Institute
1999 Lecturer at Bunsei Art College
2001 Jury member, Trienniale de la Porcelaine Contemporaire, Nyon, Switzerland
2002 Joined International Academy of Ceramics (IAC)
2004 Cultural Prize, Art Selection by Aichi prefecture


Selected Solo Exhibitions:

1983 Maruei Craft Gallery, Nagoya
1984 Gallery Akane and Gallery Sancrayon, Nagoya
1986 Maruzen (Sapporo, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Fukuoka)
Ikebukuro Seibu Art Salon, Tokyo
1988 Atelier Nouveau, Tokyo
Inui Gallery, Tokyo
1989 Kawatoku Diamond Hall, Morioka
1990 Gallery IF, Tokyo
Seto Culture Center, Seto
1991 One Two One, Nagoya
1992 Abanti, Tokyo
1996 Gallery Fû Nagoya
Love Collection Gallery, Nagoya
1997 Kato-tei tono Kakawari, Nagoya
Shirakura,Tokyo
Dream, Fukuoka
1998 Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo (again in 1999, 2005, 2008, 2010)
Oribe-tei Oh Enkyo, Ichinomiya
Tôsô-an, Nagoya
Kôraku-kama Gallery, Tokyo
1999 Gallery Anri, Nagoya
Meguro Pottery Hall, Yokkaichi
2000 Gallery PLANNET, Nagoya
Gallery Kurimoto, Nagoya
Galerie Le Vieux-Bourg, Switzerland
Tile Museum, Tokoname
Gallery Enbu, Nagoya
2001 Gallery Kai, Tokyo
Gallery Mozu, Osaka
2005 Gallery Tôsai, Tokyo
2010 Liquid Porcelain: the Sculptural Art of Nagae Shigekazu, Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., NY




Selected Group Exhibitions:

1978 Faenza International Ceramics Exhibition, Faenza, Italy (again in 1979, 1980)
1979 Exhibition of Ceramics, Sakura Gallery, Nagoya
1988 Zui Exhibition, Electric Culture Hall, Nagoya (again in 1990)
1990 Asahi Ceramic Exhibition, Australia
Ceramic Annex Shigaraki ’91, Modern Art Museum of Shiga Prefecture
Modern Ceramics for Tomorrow I, Furukawa Art Museum, Nagoya
1992 Selected Exhibition of Rokkoyo “Six Old Kilns of Japan”, Seto Culture Center
1994 Asahi Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Tokyo and Osaka
Exhibition of Selected Ceramics and Porcelain Artists, Craft Center of Itami City
1996 Rin-Beauty of Contemporary Ceramics, Shiga Cultural Ceramic Park
Tôkai, Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Nagoya
Seto Pottery and Porcelain Exhibition, Jingdezhen, China
Presentation of Ceramics- Development in the 1990s, National Modern Art Museum, Tokyo
1999 Three-man Porcelain Exhibition, SOFA, New York
Ceramics of Japan: 100 Selected Products of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Mitsukoshi Ètoile Gallery, Paris,
2001 Invited Triennale de la Porcelain in Nyon, France
Yakimono of 21st Century Exhibition, Ibaraki Prefectural Museum
Entry to the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
2002　 Asia-Pacific Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Taipei Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Small Universe Exhibition, Ichinokura Sakazuki Art Museum, Nagano
2003 Worlds of Porcelain and Celadon, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki
Challenging Design and Art, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
2005 Essence of Japan Ceramics for 100 years, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
Tôji (Avant-garde et tradition du Japon), Musée Nationale de Cèramique, Sèvres
Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Japan Society, New York
2008 Collect 2008, Victoria Albert Museum, London
2009 Collect Art Fair 2009, Saatchi Gallery, London
2010 Collect Art Fair 2010, Saatchi Gallery, London


Awards:

1978 Encouragement Prize, Chûnichi International Ceramics Exhibition
1979 Grand Prize, Chûnichi International Ceramics Exhibition
Prize ‘79, Asahi Ceramic Exhibition
Bronze Medal, Pottery and Porcelain Design Competition
1982 Ceramics Prize, Asahi Ceramic Exhibition
1983 The Excellent Prize, Asahi Ceramic Exhibition
1985 Special Prize, Asahi Contemporary Craft Exhibition
1986 Grand Prize, Chûnichi International Pottery Exhibition
1989 Special Award, Japan Ceramics Biennale
The Excellent Prize, Asahi Ceramic Exhibition
1991 The Second prize, Japan Ceramics Biennale
1992 Grand Prize, Asahi Ceramic Exhibition
The Bronze Medal, Mino International Ceramic Festival
1997 Grand Prize and The Katsura-no-miya Prize, Japan Ceramics Exhibition
1999 Grand Prize, Triennale de la Porcelaine Contemporarie, Nyon, Switzerland
Grand Prize, Mino International Ceramics Festival
2009 The Paramita Museum Prize, Mie


Ceramic Installations:

1983 Ceramic walls and decorative tiles for Okayama Culture Hotel
1989 Ceramic monument, “Today to Tomorrow,” at Nagoya Castle in their Design
Exposition (now permanently installed in Seto Higashi Kôen)
1995 Outdoor monument, “Fragrant Form”, Shimoyama Village, Aichi
1997 Transom, “A Un (alpha and omega)” ,for Touyasan-Jogen Temple of the Sôtô Sect
Wall relief for Hotel Granvia, Kyoto
2004 Ceramic monument, “Togi” MURO project, Okayama Tsuyama Central Hospital


Selected Museum Collections:

Chazen Art Museum, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Japan Foundation, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
Musée Nationale de Cèramique, Sèvres
Musée Asiana, Geneva, Switzerland
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN
National Gallery of Australia
Seto City Art Museum, Seto
Shiga Cultural Ceramic Park
Tokoname City Museum
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

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