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


Awards:

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


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 and '06)
Raku kûkan Gion Konishi, Kyoto
2003 Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo
2006 Yufuku Gallery, 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 in 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
2001 Céramiques à L'ENAD, Maison du Limousin, Paris
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
The First Taiwan Ceramics Biennale 2004, Taipei
2007 Soaring Voices – Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga


Public Collections:

Rhode Island School of Design Museum
Foundation of Shigaraki Ceramics Cultural Park, Japan
Auckland Museum, New Zealand
The International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
L'ENAD de Limoges, France
Paramita Museum, Japan
Taipei Country Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan


Selected References:

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

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