Dust and Gold
ALIEN Art Centre · Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Profile
Born in Toyako, Hokkaido, Shozo Michikawa works between Seto and Sasama. His dynamic sculptural forms, pushed outward from within the clay, have earned international recognition.
01 / ProfileEarth shaped
Earth shaped
from within.
- Born
- 1953
- Birthplace
- Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan
- Education
- Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University, 1975
- Studios
- Seto, Aichi / Sasama, Shizuoka
- Practice
- A contemporary ceramic artist internationally acclaimed for dynamic, sculptural forms that appear to be pushed outward from within the clay. Alongside exhibitions throughout Japan, Europe, the Americas and Asia, he conducts workshops around the world.
02 / ExhibitionsSelected solo
Selected solo
exhibitions.
Roll over the classic
Arte Classica by Ishiguro Gallery · Tokyo, Japan
The Inbetween
Toyako Museum of Art · Hokkaido, Japan
The In Between
Hostler Burrows · New York, USA
Inspired by Hokkaido
Erskine, Hall & Coe · London, UK
Tazutazushi — What Lies Beyond Tradition
SOKYO ATSUMI · Tokyo, Japan
Michikawa Shozo Solo Exhibition
Sokyo Lisbon · Lisbon, Portugal
Shozo Michikawa Solo Exhibition
Hostler Burrows · Los Angeles, USA
SHOZO MICHIKAWA in London
Erskine, Hall & Coe · London, UK
40th Anniversary Exhibition: Shozo Michikawa
Sokyo Gallery · Kyoto, Japan
Shozo Michikawa: Nature, Gesture, Sculpture
Officine Saffi · Milan, Italy
Shozo Michikawa
Lacoste Keane Gallery · Boston, USA
Shozo Michikawa Cerámica Contemporánea
Centro Cultural, Corporación Cultural Las Condes · Santiago, Chile
Ballades en Terres
Mizen Fine Art International · Paris, France
Shozo Michikawa
Japan Art, Galerie Friedrich Müller · Frankfurt, Germany
Shozo Michikawa Ceramic Exhibition
Nihombashi Mitsukoshi · Tokyo, Japan
Nature into Art
Materia · Québec, Canada
Shozo Michikawa
Erskine, Hall & Coe · London, UK
Nature into Art
Galerie Besson · London, UK
Thirty Years, Thirty Pots
Galerie Besson · London, UK
Shozo Michikawa
Puls Contemporary Ceramics · Brussels, Belgium
Returning to Nature's Simplicity and Truth
Forbidden City · Beijing, China / Shandong Provincial Museum · Shandong, China
Shozo Michikawa
Galerie Besson · London, UK
03 / Art FairsInternational
International
art fairs.
- Art BaselBasel, Switzerland
- Art Basel Hong KongHong Kong
- Design / BaselBasel, Switzerland
- SOFA New YorkNew York, USA
- SOFA ChicagoChicago, USA
- CollectLondon, UK
- TEFAF New YorkNew York, USA
- FOG Design+ArtSan Francisco, USA
- The Salon Art + DesignNew York, USA
- Frieze MastersLondon, UK
04 / AwardsAwards &
Awards &
selections.
Encouragement Public
Gold Medal with Crown · France
LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize
Finalist · Spain
Ceramics Now: Faenza Prize is 80 Years Old
Selected exhibitor · Faenza, Italy
Bavarian State Prize
Gold Medal · International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany
CERAMICA MOSAICO
Grand Prix · Ravenna, Italy
05 / Public CollectionsHeld in museums
Held in museums
worldwide.
Japan
- Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki
- Shimada City Museum, Shizuoka
Asia
- China–Japan Friendship Center, Beijing, China
- Qinglong Temple, Xi'an, China
United States
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
- Worcester Art Museum
- Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
- Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
United Kingdom
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Ashmolean Museum of Art, Oxford
- National Museum of Wales
- Aberystwyth University of Wales
- Pallant House Gallery
Continental Europe & Others
- Museum Rietberg, Zürich, Switzerland
- Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France
- Modern Glass & Ceramic Museum of Coburg, Germany
- Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany
- Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Italy
- International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy