Koie Ryōji 鯉江 良二 1938-2020
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Exhibitions
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The Winter Show 2026
Reflections in Black & White: Japanese Art in Ink and Clay January 22 - February 1, 2026Read more -
Hagi and Oribe
June 26 - August 1, 2024Read more -
PAINTED CLAY
Wada Morihiro and Modern Ceramics of Japan March 16 - April 14, 2023Read more -
10 x 10 Past and Present
Japanese Masters of Ceramics January 20 - 29, 2023Read more -
Chanoyu
Teaware of Japan July 15 - August 31, 2020Read more -
Restraint and Flamboyance: Masterworks of Mino
Asia Week 2020 March 12 - 28, 2020Read more -
Summer Clay: Textures of The Shoreline
July 1 - August 29, 2019Read more -
A Palette for Genius
Japanese Water Jars for the Tea Ceremony March 10 - April 15, 2016Read more -
Tsubo
The Art of the Vessel March 13 - April 20, 2015Read more -
Japan in Black and White
Ink and Clay March 14 - April 25, 2014Read more -
Out of the Fire
Sultry Ceramics July 8 - August 29, 2013Read more -
BREAKING FROM TRADITION / Japanese Ceramics Today
Harvey/Meadows Gallery August 6 - September 8, 2009Read more -
Lyrical Images
Poetry and Japan's Visual Art November 14 - January 23, 2008Read more -
Views from the Past, Visions of the Future
Masterworks of Japanese Art September 19 - October 15, 2007Read more -
Transcending Tradition
Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Art September 26 - October 7, 2006Read more
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One of the most versatile and forward-thinking of Japan’s contemporary artists, Koie is best known as a ceramist. His love of experimentation has led to his creation of “ceramic happenings,” with themes that are social and often contain political critiques of the horrors of the 20th century.
1938 Born in Tokoname, Japan.
1962 Worked at Tokoname Ceramic Institute (until 1966)
Began working at the Tokoname Ceramics Research Institute
1966 Became independent
1971 Built a kiln in India
1989 Became Assistant Professor at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts
1992 Became Professor at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts
Workshop and a lecture at the University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, Michigan
1994 Workshop and a lecture at Scripps University in Claremont, California
Founded his new studio in Ena-gun in Gifu Prefecture.
1998 Workshop at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WisconsinAwards:
1971 International Honorary Grand Prix at the 3rd Vallauris Exhibition, France
1992 Awarded The Japan Ceramic Society Prize
2001 Received The Third Oribe Award
2005 Received The Chunichi Cultural Prize
2008 Japan Ceramic Society Gold Prize
Selected Public Collections:
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
Idemitsu Museum
Kyung Sung University Museum, Pusan, Korea
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
Museo internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museo de Art Moderno, Buenos Aires
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
River Retreat Garaku, Toyama
Seoul Museum of Art
Tokoname City Hall, Aichi
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art -
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Publications
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A Palette for Genius
Japanese Water Jars for the Tea Ceremony 2016 Read more -
Contemporary Clay
Japanese Ceramics for the New Century Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Read more -
New Forms, New Voices
Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection New Orleans Museum of Art Read more -
PAINTED CLAY Wada Morihiro
and Modern Ceramics of Japan 2023 Read more -
Pure Form
Japanese Sculptural Ceramics Art Gallery of South Australia, 2022 Read more -
Restraint and Flamboyance
Masterworks of Mino 2020 Read more -
Tsubo: The Art of the Vessel
Ancient to Present 2015 Read more
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