Morino Hiroaki Taimei 森野泰明

Born in Kyoto, Japan

MORINO HIROAKI TAIMEI is renowned for his ability to create elegant and bold forms that can stand alone or work as functional vessels. A designer of the highest caliber, Morino is able to fashion surface patterns that beautifully reflect his Kyoto heritage. In addition, he specializes in large-scale sculptural works and has received many important commissions for such works. Aside from his classical ceramic training with masters and National Treasures, Tomimoto Kenkichi (1886-1963) and Fujimoto Yoshimichi Nōdō (1919-1992), Morino was also influenced by his time spent as a teacher in the art department of the University of Chicago. He has participated in hundreds of shows in Japan, Europe, the United States, and Australia. The international flavor of his work has captured the eye of collectors worldwide. His functional work is all hand-built and double-glazed with subdued combinations of red, green, black, blue, white and silver glazes. The surface decoration always perfectly complements the form of each vessel.

Aichi Prefecture Ceramic Research Center, Japan

Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland

Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand

Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL

Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY

Campus Martius Museum, Marietta, OH

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Emba Museum of Chinese Modern Art, Hyogo, Japan

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI

Heian Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA

Japan Art Academy, Tokyo, Japan

Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan

Jingu Museum, Ise, Mie, Japan

Kanazawa Gakuin University, Ishikawa, Japan

Kure Municipal Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan

Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan

Kyoto Prefectural Museum, Japan

Kyoto Prefecture Library and Archives, Japan

Kyoto State Guest House, Japan

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo, Japan

Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France

Musée national de cèramique, Sèvres, France

Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan

Museo Municipal de Ceramica de Manises, Spain

Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan

Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Museum of Kyoto, Japan

Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan

Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan

Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan

National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

National Museum of Asian Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

New Orleans Museum of Art, LA

Newcastle Art Gallery, Cooks Hill, Australia

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

Philadelphia Art Museum, PA

Portland Art Museum, OR

Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX

Seattle Art Museum, WA

Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, South Korea

Shigaraki Ceramics Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan

Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, IL

Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA

Spencer Museum, University of Kansas, KS

Saint Louis Art Museum, MO

Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Japan

Tokoname City Board of Education, Aichi, Japan

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI

Vallauris Museum of Ceramics, France

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Walters Museum, Baltimore, MD

World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Seoul, South Korea

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

Morino Hiroaki Taimei 森野 泰明 b. 1934

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