Sakurai Yasuko

1969 Born in Kyoto
1991 Graduated from Kyoto Seika University
1991-92 Worked at Kyoto Seika University as Graduate Student
1993 Completed ceramic course of instruction at Kyoto City Industrial Research Center
1993-94 Worked at Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park as Studio Artist (also in '98)
1999-01 Worked at L'ENAD de Limogesa Artist in Residense supported by scholarship of the French Government
2003-05 Worked at the Oribe Institute of Design as Guest Designer
2008 to present Lecturer at Kyoto University of Art and Design

Awards:

1996 Premier Prize, The 20th Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award 1996, Auckland, New Zealand
2007 Bronze Prize, Fourth World Ceramic Biennale Korea, Korea
2011 Kyoto City Emerging Artist Award

Solo Exhibitions:

1992 Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto (also in '94)
1994 Gallery Beni, Kyoto
1997 Gallery Haku, Osaka
1998 Hodge Podge, Kyoto
1999 Galerie Pousse, Tokyo
2001 Galerie desétudes, ENAD site Limoges, France
2002 Gallery Yufuku, Tokyo (also in ’04,’06, ’08 and '10)
Raku kûkan Gion Konishi, Kyoto (also in ’08)
2003 Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions & Competitions:

1992 Annex Shigaraki '92, Shiga Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
1993 Shigaraki Exhibition Hall of Traditional Industry
1994 Exhibition of Works Created at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art (also in '99)
Kyoto Outdoor Ceramic Exhibition, Umekoji Park
Outdoor Workshop '94, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
1995 Kyoto Art Festival '95 Art Competition "Kyô-o-tsukuru”
1997 The 50th International Ceramics Art Competition, Faenza, Italy
1998 The 5th International Ceramics Competition '98, Mino, Gifu
The 36th Asahi Ceramics Art Exhibition, Nagoya
1999 The 6th Ceramics Biennale '99, Nagoya
2000 Limoges Hors les Murs, Fiera Ceramica, La Bisbal, Catalonia, Spain
2001 Céramiques à L'ENAD, Maison du Limousin, Paris, France
The 39th Asahi Ceramics Art Exhibition, Nagoya
2002 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award, Sidney, Australia
2003 Porcelain Works of the 21st Century "Boulevard en Travaux," Limoges, France
Japan-Korea Ceramic Artists Crossing Exhibition 2003, Gallery SAGAN, Seoul
2004 Gifu Design Innovation, AXIS Gallery, Tokyo (also in ‘06)
The First Taiwan Ceramics Biennale 2004, Taipei
2005 Exhibition of Ceramic Masterpieces from Paramita Museum Collection, Paramita Museum, Mie
2007-12 Soaring Voices – Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga. Exhibition traveled to New Otani Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; le musée National Céramique à Sèvres, Sèvres, France; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; The Katzen Arts Center at American University, Washington, DC; The Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX; Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach, FL; The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ; Western Gallery at Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK; Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI
2007 SOFA New York, with Joan B Mirviss LTD(also in ’08,’09,’10,’11)
Breaking the Mold, Leading Japanese Women Ceramists, Joan B Mirviss LTD
2008 Soaring Voices – Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists, New Otani Art Museum,Tokyo, Shizuoka Art Gallery
Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Celebrating Kyoto –Modern Arts from Boston’s Sister City, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2009 Breaking from Tradition Japanese Ceramics Today, Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen in conjunction with Joan B. Mirivss, LTD., New York
Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Resonances –Contemporaines 25 Ceramistes Japonaises, Musée Nationalde Céramique à Sèvres, France
Cerakmica Multiplex, City Museum in Varazdin, Croatia
Concurs International de Ceramica l’Alcora, Museu de Ceramica de l’Alcora, Spain
2010 Center for Visual Art at Metroporitan State College of Denver ,CO
　　　　　 SOFA WEST – Santa Fe, with Joan B Mirviss LTD. ,New York (also in ‘11)

Public Collections:

Auckland Museum, New Zealand
L'ENAD de Limoges, France
Foundation of Shigaraki Ceramics Cultural Park, Japan
Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida
International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
New Orleans Museum of Art
Paramita Museum, Japan
Rhode Island School of Design Museum
Taipei Country Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Selected References:

Samuel Morse and Todate Kazuko, Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists, Smith
College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 2009, pp. 84-85.

Soaring Voices – Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists; The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, 2007

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