Nagasawa Setsuko

1959-65 Kyoto Fine Arts University, BFA and MFA (Prof. K.Tomimoto)
1964-66 Collaboration with Claude Presset, Geneve, Switzerland
1967 Established first atelier in Kyoto
1973 Invited to Scripps College (Prof. P.Soldner), Claremont, California. U.S.A
1975-78 Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Geneva, Switzerland
Diploma: Sculpture (Prof. G. Stanulis)
1977-79 Teaching at Ateliers Pluridisciplinaires d’Expression Plastique de Fontblanche, Vitrolles, France
1979-84 Teaching at Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, Geneva
Become a member of the International Academy of Ceramics
1985 Artist in Residence at Keramische Verkcentrum, Heusden, the Netherlands
1985-05 Teaching at Ecole supérieure des Arts appliqués, then HES de Genève
1986- First atelier in Paris (rue de la Mare, then move to rue de Bagnolet in 1992)
1987 Guest lecturer at California State University at Long Beach, CA
1987-90 Collaboration with Marazzi Enterprise, Sassuolo, Italy
1991 Artist in residence at European Ceramics Work Centre (Opening-Project), S’-Hertongenbosch, the Netherlands, also a committee member until 1997
1991-92 Atelier in Geneva (Maison du Grutli de la ville de Beneve)
1991-05 Teaching at Ecole supérieure des Beaux-arts, Geneva
1993 Collaboration with Gien, France
1994-09 Council member of International Academy of Ceramics
1998-05 Council member of the Foudation Burkner, Carouge, Switzerland
2000-01 Committee member for Triennale de la Porceraine, Nyon, Switzerlad
2001 Conference at Kyoto Arts University, Design Department
2002-08 Vice-president of International Academy of Ceramics
2006 Conference at Ecole Supérieure d’Art appliqué, Dupérré, Paris
2007 Conference at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Art, Limoges, France
Jury, Travaux de Diplome, Design Céramique, Haute Ecole d’Art et Design, Geneva
2007-10 Organizing member for AIC 2010 France by AIC-AAF, Paris
2009 Jury, International Ceramic Concours, Carouge, Switzerland
2011 Jury, the 3rd International Triennale, Silicate Arts, Kecskemétm Hungary


Selected Solo Exhibitions

1996 Nakamiya Gallery, Osaka
1972 Imabashi Gallery, Osaka
1979 Musée Ziem, Martigues, France
1985 Palais de l’Athénée, Geneva, Switzerland. Awarded Boris Oumansky Prize
1986 Franz Halsmuseum, Haalem, the Netherlands
1988 De Witte Voet Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (also in 1992, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2009)
1994-5 Galerie Andata/Ritorno, Geneva, Switzerland
1995 Christa de Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland (also in 2001 and 2006)
1996-97 Musée Ariana, Geneva
1997 Setsuko Nagasawa Musée Ariana, Geneva; Musée d’art contemporain, Dunkerque
Galerie Kita, Lille, France
Teojacob, Geneva, Switzerland
2000 Tazawa Gallery, Kyoto, Japan (also in 2003, 2006 and 2009)
2004 Art Life, Mitsuhashi Gallery, Kyoto
2008 Hélene Porée Gallery, Paris, France
Marianne Heller Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany
2009 Marianne Brand Gallery, Carouge, Switzerland
COLLECT 09, Marianne Heller Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany and Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
The Geometry of the Essential, De Witte Voet Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tazawa Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2010 Capazza Gallery, Nançay, France
2011 Institut Franco-Japonais du Kansai, Kyoto


Selected Group Exhibitions since 2005

1963 Japanese Contemporary Ceramics, Kyoto
1965 23rd International Ceramic Competition, Faenza, Italy
1968-72 Tôka-kai Annual Exhibition, Galerie Miyuki, Tokyo
1972 Yufu-kai Annual Exhibition, Matsuzakaya Art Gallery, Osaka
1973 Kyoto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1975 18 Artists and Earth, Galerie Noella Gest, St-Remy-de-Provence, France
1976 5th International Biennale of Ceramics, Vallauris, France. Won Honor Prize
1977 6 Sculptors and Earth, Galerie Noella Gest, St-Remy-de-Provence, France
Setsuko Nagasawa and Yuichi Otake, Palais de l’Athénée, Geneva, Switzerland
1978 Raw Earth, Galerie du Centre Genevois, Geneva, Switzerland
International Academy of Ceramics Exhibition, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland (also in Kyoto 1980, Paris 1981, Budapest 1982, Athens 2000 and 2002, Sèvres, France 2010)
Young Ceramic, Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
Philippe Lambercy and his pupils, Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland (Invited)
Research and Experiences, Palais de l’Athénée, Geneva, Switzerland
1980 Raku, Cooked and Smoked Earth, Galerie du Centre Genovois, Switzerland
38th International Ceramic Competition, Faenza, Italy
1981 Artists of Geneva II, Mixed Media, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
Raku, Musée Cantini, Marseille, France
1982 Tendencies of Contemporary Ceramics, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzeland
Raku International, Galerie Labyrinthe, Uzes, France
Birth of Terre, Galerie Noella Gest, St-Remy-de-Provence, France
La Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1983 Four Swiss Ceramicist, Galerie Kara, Geneva, Switzerland
Path of Earth, Bourges, France
Gaze over Today’s Japanese Art, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
Biennial of Swiss Ceramics, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
1984-85 The Scripps Clay Connection, Lang Gallery, Claremont, CA
Foire Internationale d’Art Conteporain, Chicago
Exhibition of Nation Switzerland, Faenza, Italy, Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland, Dusseldorf, Germany
1985 Foire Internationale d’Art Conteporain, Zurich, Switzerland
1986 Exhibition, Foundation Camille Cludel, Evry, France
1990 Toninstallation, Stadische Gallery, Waldkirch, Germany
Installation Terre, Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
1991 In Situ (Sculpture / Land Art), Banon, France
1992 The Opening Project Exhibition, European Ceramic Work Center, ‘S-Hertongenbosch, Germany
Installation Losange, Triennale de la Porcelaine International, Esplanade du Musée de Nyon, Switzerland
1994 Ceramic Art Exhibition – Switzerland and Germany, Centro Espositivo della Rocca, Perugia, Italy
Biennale de la Céramique Contemporaine, Château de Aubonne, Switzerland (Invited)
1995 20 Years of the Gallery <<20 x 20 x 20>>, Galerie de Witte Voet, Amsterdam
Gaze over Today’s Japanese Art, Office Fédéral de la Cultre Suisse. Athens, Greece and Musée Vela, Ligornetto, Switzerland
Hayashi-Nagasawa, Galerie de Witte Voet, Amsterdam
Carte blanche to Bernard Dejonghe, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
1996 Swiss Ceramics – 38 Ceramic Maker in Switzerland, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
1997 Mise en scene végétales de 9 créateurs (Set on vegetation scene of 9 creators??), Musée des Arts décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
1998 Material and Spirit, Centre A. France and Galerie Ouss’art. Clermont-Ferrand, France
New Object of Pleasure, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
Swiss Ceramics, Muséo National de l’Algelos, Lisbon, Portugal
Ceramic Road 2000, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000-01 13 Portraits of School and Their Professors, Keramion Frechen, Saarbruken and Mannheim, Germany
2002 Craft Design, Sangyo Tenjikan, Shigaraki, Japan
2003 Biennale of Ceamics in Contemporary Art, Second Edition, Albisola, Italy
2004 The Scripps College’s 60th Ceramic Annual 2004 Exhibition, Claremont, CA
2005 30 years of the Gallery, Galerie de Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherland
Kunst Rai, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Crossed Look Over Ceramics, Rencontre Europe-Japon 2005, Espace Culturel Bertin Poiree, Paris
2006-07 Toji: Avant-garde and Tradition in Japanese Ceramics, Musée national de Céramique, Sèvres, France
2007 OBJECT, Hélene Porée Gallery, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2008 Black and White, Capazza Gallery, Nançay, France
2009 Katakuchi, Tazawa Galery, Kyoto, Japan
Fundamental Sculpture Galerie Capazza, Nançay, France
2010 Galerie 22 Jamoz, Cabrieres, d’Avignon, France (also in 2011)
Galerie XXI, Paris
2011 Musée de Design et d’Arts appliqués Contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
2012 French Connection, Joan B. Mirviss LTD, New York
2013 8 artistes & la terre, Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland




Public collections:

Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
Banque Hypothécaire du Canton de Geneve, Switzerland
Boymans van Beauningen Museum (Ceramic Industrial Design), Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Benaki Museum, Athens; Musée Ariana, Geneva
Fonds de Céramique et Art Verrier, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
Fonds Décoration Contonal de Geneve, Switzerland
Fondation Camille Claudel, Paris, France
Musée Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
Musée des Arts Décoratifs de la ville de Lausanne, Switzerland
Musée Cantioni, Marseille, France
Musée de Carouge, Carouge-Geneva
Musée de Design et Art appliqués Contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
Musée Franz Hals, Haarlem, the Netherlands
Museuo Nationale do Azulejos, Lisbon
National Museum, Scotland
Musée national de céramique, Sèvres
Musée national de Vallauris, France
Musée Zeim, Martigues, France
The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan

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