Kouzo Takeuchi
Kozo Takeuchi (b. 1977) graduated from the Osaka University of Arts and then pursued further studies at Tajimi Ishoken, a research centre which continues to birth remarkable young ceramic artists who have gone on to reinvent the medium.
Takeuchi was fascinated by the power of ruins and historic buildings, and creates works that combine ancient and modern times. While studying the characteristics of pottery, such as the white porcelain series in which cubes are regularly assembled and fired and then boldly destroyed with a hammer, and the series in which the surface of the glaze is scraped off to reveal the accumulated time with a rough expression , He has developed a unique ceramic expression that includes a multi-layered, multi-directional time axis. He creates his intricate works with an academic approach with the focus on structure, and his ceramic sculptures have gained recognition within Japan as well as abroad.
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1977 Born in Hyogo Prefecture
2003 Graduated from Tajimi Municipal Ceramic Design Institute, Gifu
2001 Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, majoring in ceramics, Osaka
Currently Lives in Hyogo
<Solo Exhibitions>
2019 Ginza Nichi-Nichi（Tokyo）
2018 gallery Ichiba（Hiroshima）
Style Meets People（Tokyo Midtown）
Xi Shi Shi Guang（Shanghai）
2017 Style Meets People（Tokyo Midtown）
2015 hpgrp Gallery. Tokyo
2014 Tachibana. Tokyo
2013 Art Front Gallery. Tokyo
Oogi.Osaka
Gallery SOU. Sapporo
Homura. Sapporo
2012 Gallery UTUWAKAN, Kyoto
2011 Helene Poree, Pari, France
Nichinichi Ginza. Tokyo
2010 TOUSAI, Tokyo
Tokyo American Club, tokyo
Toukyo, Tokyo
2009 Toukyo, Tokyo
TAO, Tokyo
Yu ; An, Osaka
2008 TOUSAI, Tokyo
utuwa - KU. Hyogo
Gallery Torin shunyo, Tajimi, Gifu
2007 KEIKO GALLERY, Boston
Gallery KAI, Tokyo
2006 Inax Galleria Ceranica, Ginza
Kyuman Museum, Kagawa Pre.
2005 HANARE, Hyogo
Gallery Torin shunyo, Tajimi, Gifu
<Awards>
2004 Entry to the 22nd Asahi Contemporary Craft Exhibition
2005 Incentive Award, Avant-garde section, the 27th Choza Award Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition
2016 Incentive Award, Kobe Biennale Contemporary Ceramics Competition
<Collections>
Museum of Fine Art, BOSTON, USA
Museum Sernuschi, PARIS, France
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
Louis Vuitton
The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto, Japan
The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo, Japan
The Peninsula Tokyo, Japan
Palace Hotel Tokyo, Japan
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Shangha, Chaina
Hosinoya Kyoto, Japan
Hosinoya Tokyo, Japan
Grand Mayfull Hotel Taipei, HARUYAMA, Taiwan
Anadolu University Museum of Contemporary Arts（Turkey）
The Tile Museum（Aichi Prefecture）
Hyatt Regency Taipei
The Ascott Marunouchi Tokyo
JAL Airport Lounge, Narita, Fukuoka, Itami
Various other hotels and apartment buildings
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