Cornucopia 09-Y8, 2009
Stoneware, pigments, pâte de verre glass
18 1/2 x 19 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches
Inv# 7018
$11,000
Stoneware, pigments, pâte de verre glass
18 1/2 x 19 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches
Inv# 7018
$11,000
Artist Bio
Tashima, a graduate of Osaka University of Art, has been exhibiting regularly since the mid 1980s. Her sculptures are consistently drawn from nature, consisting of large, colorful biomorphic forms. Her earlier work incorporated a wide array of polychrome glazes, which were in part a reflection of the aesthetics of her teacher Yanagihara Mutsuo (b. 1934) at Osaka Art University (where she now teaches). For the past decade, she has refined her palette and streamlined her forms by combining pastel colored glass elements with porcelain bodies to make elegant and dazzling flower-like "cornucopia" sculptures. These works have captivated both critics and collectors, while garnering her prestigious awards.
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1959 Born in Osaka
1981 Graduates with a degree in ceramics from the Osaka University of Arts
1996 Becomes professor in ceramics department at the Osaka University of Arts
Solo shows:
1984 Gallery Haku, Osaka
1986 Gallery Space to Space, Nagoya
Suntory Art Box, Tokyo
1987 Gallery Haku, Osaka
1988 Amano Gallery, Osaka
1989 Ban Gallery, Osaka
1990 Masuda Studio, Tokyo (also in 1997)
Amano Gallery, Osaka
1992 Ginza Komatsu Art Space, Tokyo
1993 If Gallery, Tokyo
TAO Gallery, Tkoyo
1994 Ueda Décor Gallery, Tokyo
1995 Ban Gallery, Osaka
TAO Gallery, Tokyo
1996 Utsuwa-kan Gallery, Kyoto
1998 Kuranuki Gallery, Osaka
Tachikichi Gallery, Kyoto
2001 Saikou An, Gallery, Yamaguchi
2003 Wacol Ginza Art Space Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo
2004 Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama
2005 Ginza Kurodatoen, Tokyo
Esprit Noubeau Gallery, Okayama
2007 Imura Art Gallery, Kyoto
Takashimaya Art Gallery, Nihonbashi, Tokyo
Group shows:
1981 Six Artist Exhibition of Ceramics, Gallery Haku, Osaka
The 20th Asahi Ceramic Exhibition, Maruei Art Salon, Aichi
1983 The Women’s Ceramic Ehibition, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Ceramic Show, Atelier Nishinomiya, Hyogo
TÔ Exhibition, Osaka Prefectural center of Contemporary Art, Osaka
The 1st Asahi Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Hankyû Art Salon, Osaka
1984 Two-person Exhibition, Parelgon 2, Tokyo
Ceramic Show, Atelier Nishinomiya, Hyogo
BOX Maker’s Show, An Art Gallery [vju:], Osaka
The Heart is a Paradise, An Art Gallery [vju:], Osaka
Ultra View ‘85, An Art Gallery [vju:], Osaka
Rose Garden Art Competition, Rose Garden, Kobe
2003 Mutsuo Yanagihara and the 14 Radicals of Contemporary Ceramics, The Museum
of Art, Kochi
2006 Tôji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Céramique Japonaise, Musée National de
Céramique, Sèvres, France
2009 Women ceramic artists who bear the 21st century, Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki
Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
In the flower garden- Sasai Fumie & Tajima Etsuko, Ibaraki Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki
Mirai no takaramono; The Future's Treasures, Takashimaya Art Gallery, Nihonbashi, Osaka, Shinjuku, Kyoto
2010 Ogawa Machiko & Tashima Etsuko - Water if Fertility, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
KORERO- Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Taipei County Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan
Public Collections:
Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga
Izu Kannami-cho Welfare Center, Shizuoka, Japan
Ichikawa City Healthcare Center, Chiba, Japan
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
Kanazawa 21st Century Museum, Ishikawa
Kutani-ware Technical Training Center, Ishikawa
Selected References:
Christine Shimizu, Tôji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Céramique Japonaise, Editions de la réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 2006
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Gallery Exhibitions
Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists
at Smith College Museum of Art
October 9, 2009 - February 28, 2010 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace Northampton, MA 01063 http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/index.htm
at Smith College Museum of Art
October 9, 2009 - February 28, 2010 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace Northampton, MA 01063 http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/index.htm
Soaring Voices - Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists
at the Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street Sacramento, CA 95814 www.crockerartmuseum.org
at the Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street Sacramento, CA 95814 www.crockerartmuseum.org
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