Yagi Akira

1955 Born in Gojozaka, Kyoto; son of Yagi Kazuo (1918-1979) and grandson of Yagi Isso
1976 Graduated form Kyoto Keika College
1977 Graduated from the Kyoto Prefectural Ceramics Technical Institute
Started working with his father


Awards:

1997 The 15th Kyoto Art Award
1998 Japan Ceramics Society Award
2000 Grand Prize, the 12th MOA Okada Mokichi Award


Solo exhibitions:

1979 Gallery Maronie, Kyoto (thereafter, held exhibitions almost annually through 1989)
1983 AO Gallery, Tokyo
1984 Akasaka Green Gallery, Tokyo (thereafter, held exhibitions biannually through 1998)
1985 Isetan Department Store Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo (thereafter, held exhibitions biannually through 1999)
1986 Savoir Vivre, Tokyo (also in 1987)
1990 Gallery Nakamura, Kyoto (also in 1993)
Tobu Department Store Gallery, Ikebukuro, Tokyo
Tenmaya, Fukuyama, Hiroshima and Okayama (held exhibitions biannually through 1998)
1991 Daimaru Art Gallery, Kyoto (thereafter, held exhibitions biannually through 2005)
1991 Gallery Kuro, Osaka
1992 Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
Tenmaya, Osaka
Akasaka Green Gallery, Tokyo (also in 1994)
1994 The Ceramic Art of Akira Yagi, Eric J. Zetterquist Gallery, New York
1995 Daimaru Department Store and Kyoto Brighton Hotel, Kyoto
2000 INAX World Tile Museum, Tokoname, Aichi
2007 Takashimaya Art Gallery, (part of 100th Anniv. Celebration),
Kyoto and Tokyo


Group exhibitions:

1984 Ceramic Slab Exhibition, Wako, Tokyo
1986 Two-person exhibition, Seibu Department Store Gallery, Tokyo
1988 Isso, Kazuo & Akira: Three-generation exhibition, Gallery Mori, Tokyo
1989 Kyoto Ceramicists, Daimaru Department Store Gallery, Kyoto
1990 Rice Bowl exhibition, Maruzen, Kyoto and Tokyo
1991 Selected Works Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum, Kyoto
Universe in Hand, Gallery TOM, Tokyo
Overview and Development of Ceramics in Heisei Period, Temmanya, Osaka and Hiroshima
Flower, Tea & Vessels, Ohara School, Tokyo
1992 New Generation of Kyoto Crafts, Matsuzakaya Department Store, Tokyo
1200-Year Memorial Exhibition of Heian Capital Selected Works Exhibition,
Kyoto Municipal Museum
1995 Contemporary Crafts in Kyoto, Museum of Kyoto Culture, Kyoto
1996 Art Works for Desktop Space, Contemporary Art NIKI, Tokyo (also in 1998 and 1999)
Rin: Beauty of Contemporary Ceramics, Shigaraki Ceramic Park Museum, Shiga
Expression of Porcelain – Development in 1990, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2000 Japan Ceramic Association Winner Exhibition, Wako, Tokyo
2001 Kyoto Crafts: 1925-2000, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
2002 Legacy of Contemporary Ceramics, Museum of Modern Ceramics Art, Gifu
2003 Contemporary Master Ceramics in Western Japan, Ibaraki Ceramic Museum, Ibaraki
2005 Contemporary Clay: Japanese ceramics for the new century,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2006 Contemporary Clay: Japanese ceramics for the new century, Japan Society, NY


Select Public Collections:

British Museum, London
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Japan Foundation, Tokyo
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri


Reference:

Joe Earle, Contemporary Clay: Japanese ceramics for the new century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2005, pp. 78-81.

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