Ogawa Machiko

1946 Born in Sapporo, Japan

1969 Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Studied with three Living National Treasures: Fujimoto Yoshimichi (1919-1992), Kato Hajime (1900-1968), Tamura Koichi (1918-1987)

1969-71 Studied Ceramic at École des Métiers d'Art, Paris

1972-75 Studied Ceramics in West Africa

1991 Awarded the prize "Takashimaya Culture Trust Fund"


2001 Awarded Japan Ceramic Society Prize
2008 Art Encouragement Prize of the Ministry of Education and Culture


Solo Exhibition

s:

1986 
 Miharudo Gallery, Tokyo
 (also in 1987, 1991)
1987 Kandori, Tokyo
 (also in 1994,1997 and 2000)
1990 
 Gallery Ueda Ginza, Tokyo (also in 1993, 1996)

1991 Sogetsu Museum, Tokyo


Gallery Emon, Nagoya
1999 Seto City Cultural Center, Aichi
2000 Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
2002 Today’s Artists VIII: Ogawa Machiko Li2O2.NaO.Cao.Al2C.SiO2 Breathing Bubbles, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama
2004 MDS Gallery, Tokyo
2008 Aso Bijutsu Gallery, Tokyo
2009 Fire and Ice / The Dynamic Clay Art of Ogawa Machiko at Joan B. Mirviss Ltd. Sept.-Oct. 2009
2011 Umaretate no “Utsuwa” (Archetypal Vessels). Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi


Select Group Exhibitions:

1986 Crafts-The Standard Bearers at the End of the Century, Suntory 
Museum of
Art, Tokyo

1988 Connected Planets in Series, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo

1989 Aspects of Japanese Contemporary Arts and Crafts: Earth,
 Water, Fire and
Wind-Sympathy of Cosmic images, Azabu 
Museum of Arts and
Crafts, Tokyo
1990 On the Earth, AXIS Gallery, Tokyo

1992 Ceramics of Japan, Major Art of 100 Contemporary Creators,
 Mitsukoshi
Étoile Art Gallery, Paris; Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Tokyo

1993 Thinking about Contemporary Clay Vessels, The Museum of Modern Art
Saitama, Japan

1994 NICAF YOKOHAMA '94 Pacifico Yokohama,Kanagawa 
,
Art Spirit Hokkaido Biennial Hokkaido Museum of 
Modern Art, Japan

 Current Trends in Ceramic Vessels and Objects, Aichi
Prefectural Ceramic Museum

1995 The Now in Japanese Ceramics, Transmitting Vessels. 
Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art
Gallery, Tokyo and Kyoto
1996 New Expressions in Porcelain: Developments in the 1990's 
Crafts Gallery, The
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

 Expression and Potential in Contemporary Ceramics, Aichi Prefectural
Ceramic Museum, Japan

 The Suntory Prize '96 Exhibition; Challenges on Forms, Suntory Museum of

Art, Tokyo

1997 Two Approaches, Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo
. Exhibition with Lee U-Fan
Yakimono Tambô (Exploring Ceramics), Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
(also subject of NHK television documentary)
Materials – Emerging Visions, Masuda Studio, Tokyo (also in 1999)
9th Triennial-India, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, India
1998 The 3rd Australia International Crafts Triennial, Art Gallery of Western Australia
The Landscape, Galerie Humanité, Tokyo and Nagoya
2001 “Exhibition of Leaders of Contemporary Ceramic Art,” Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
2002 The Japan Ceramic Association Award Exhibition, Wako
2003 The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
“Another History: Contemporary Japanese Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama” at the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura
& Hayama
　　　　　　 The 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Now＆Now World Contemporary Ceramics
　 Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea
The Leaders in Modern Ceramics Art, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
2005 ”Ars Nova: Between the Contemporary Avant-garde Art and the Crafts”, Museum
of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
“Asian Potential -Art Nursed by Sea and Islands”, Aichi Prefectural Museum of
Art, Aichi
2005/6 Contemporary Clay: Japanese ceramics for the new century, Museum of Fine Arts
Boston and Japan Society, New York
2007 Works from the Soil, Tokyo Opera City Gallery, Tokyo (joint show with Akiyama Yô)
Breaking the Mold/ kata o yaburu. Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd. New York
“Elemental Strategy: Jankenpon:Rock-Paper-Scissors“ Museum of Modern
Ceramic Art, Gifu
2009 Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists, Smith College
Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Mirai no takaramono; The Future's Treasures, Takashimaya Art Gallery, Nihonbashi, Osaka, Shinjuku, Kyoto
2010 Third Musée Tomo Prize, Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony- Free Creativity, Musée Tomo, Tokyo
A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kôgei (Studio Crafts), National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2011 Archetypal Vessels / Umaretate no Utsuwa, Toyota Museum of Art,
Toyota City, Aichi


Selected Museum Collections:

Aichi Prefectural Ceramics Museum
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Hanford, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Musée Tomo, Tokyo
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Sôgetsu Museum, Tokyo
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton MA
Suntory Museum, Tokyo
Takamatsu City Museum of Art
Toyota Museum of Art
Yale University Art Gallery

References

Toh: Hokuriku Potters Vol. 67; (Kyoto Shoin: Japan), 1993.

Samuel Morse and Todate Kazuko, Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists, Smith

College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 2009, pp. 76-80.

Umaretate no “Utsuwa” (Archetypal Vessels) catalogue (Aichi: Toyota Municipal Museum), 2011.

Umaretate no “Utsuwa” (Archetypal Vessels) monograph (Aichi: Toyota Municipal Museum), 2011.

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