Suzuki Gorô

1941 Born in Toyota city, Aichi
1961 Won entry to Nitten
Awarded for Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
1962 First Prize at Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
1964 Selected to the 50th Anniversary of Kôfukai Exhibition
1966 First Prize at Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
1969-70 Visited the U.S.
1970 Solo exhibition at "Q" in L.A.
1971 The Encouragement Award from the 3rd Chinese and Japanese Ceramics Competition
1975 Asahi Ceramics Exhibition award winner
Visiting scholar at the Rhode Island School of Design, U. S.
1977 Solo exhibition at Seibu Art Gallery, Ikebukuro Tokyo (also in 1981)
1978 Solo exhibition at Maruei Art Gallery, Nagoya (biannually through 1988)
1979 Solo exhibition at Kan Gallery, Tokyo
1982 Visiting scholar at Cranbrook Academy of Art, U.S.
1986 Solo exhibition "Tableware" Daiichi Gallery, Nagoya (annually to 1992)
1989 Solo exhibition "The World of Mishichida" Maruei Art Gallery, Nagoya
1990 Solo exhibition at Akamatsu Gallery, Tokyo (also in 1991 and 92)
1993 Solo exhibition "Ceramic Box" at Maruei Department Store, Nagoya
1994 Solo exhibition "Big Plates" and "Coffee Cups" at Gallery Emiko, Kariya (also in 1995)
1995 Solo exhibition "Tea Bowl" at Fujinoya, Sano
Solo exhibition "Cups" at Kan Gallery, Ashikaga
1996 Solo exhibition "Cups" at Isetan Department Store, Shinjuku
1997 Solo exhibition "The World of Suzuki Gorô" at San Gallery, Nagoya
1998 Solo exhibition at Seigetsudô Gallery, Tokyo
Solo exhibition "55 Tea Bowls" at Maruei Department Store, Nagoya
2000 Solo exhibition "Gorô's Universe" at Takashimaya Gallery, Tokyo
2002 Group exhibition "Charaku san'nin ten; Three Tea Pots Masters" with Kakurezaki Ryûichi & Miwa Kazuhiko, Seigetsudô Gallery, Tokyo
Two-man show with Suzuki Goro at Wako Tokyo celebrating their receiving Nihon tôji kyôkai shô (the top coveted prize of Japanese Ceramic Society
2003 "Narumi Oribe Exhibition" at Gallery Goro
2004 "The Exhibition of Kizeto World" at Gallery Goro
2005 Solo exhibition " Clay Patchwork: Suzuki Goro Exhibition" Takashimaya
Art Galleries in Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo (and other venues)
2006 Solo exhibition "The World in Black" Gallery Sumie, Nagoya
"Tea sets" and "Twenty New Works" at Gallery Goro
2008-2009 The Dauer Collection, California State University, Sacramento, University Library Gallery

References:

"Ceramic Artists in Aichi." Honoho geijutsu, no. 70 (Abe shuppan, 2002): 19-23.

Exhibition Catalogue, Suzuki Gorô ten [Suzuki Gorô's ceramic box]. (Nagoya: Maruei, 1993)

Sasayama Hiroshi, ed. Towards a 20th Century Renaissance in Ceramics, "Suzuki Goro- Master of the Potter's Wheel", vol. 1, (Tokyo: Dohosha, 1997), pp. 237-264.

The Contemporary Potters and Works in Japan, vol. 2 Central Division. (Tokyo: Shogakkan, 1996): 216

Exhibition Catalogue, Suzuki Gorô gojû-go wan ten [55 tea bowls by Suzuki Gorô]. (Nagoya: Maruei, 1998)

Exhibition Catalogue, Gorô no uchû: Momoyama no shûru [Goro's Universe: Sur Realism in the time of Momoyama period]. (Tokyo: Nihon keizai shinbunsha, 2000)

Exhibition Catalogue, Suzuki Gorô: Tôgei yobitsugi no sekai ten [Ceramics to be transmitted for the 21st century]. (Toyota: Toyotashi nôgakudô, 2000)

"Oribe niwa yaritsukusarete inai koto ga madamada aru" [Issues that Remain to be Discussed Regarding Oribe]" Tôjirô 30 (Tokyo: Futabasha, 2002): 35-38.

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