Past Exhibitions: The Origin of Products: Ceramics Seen Through the Eyes of Designers
The origins of the product: Pottery seen through the eyes of the designer
The pottery industry has been described as a declining industry in recent years, facing issues such as resource depletion and a shrinking market. However, even amidst these circumstances, behind the companies and products there are people who continue to work as ceramic designers. Although it may be difficult to see from the outside, they have been fascinated by and deeply involved with pottery, just like the artists who create three-dimensional objects. This exhibition aims to reexamine pottery from a new perspective by focusing not only on the form and function of the products, but also on the "designers" who create them.
Dates: November 1, 2025 (Sat) - January 18 (Sun)
Opening hours: 10:00~18:00 Closed on Wednesdays
Exhibiting artists: Amano Rie, Shibata Shotaro, Takasu Sho, Tsuji Satoshi, Yanai Yuichi
Related Event: Talk Event "Ceramics Seen Through the Eyes of Designers"
November 1, 2025 (Sat) 13:30~
Speakers: Shotaro Shibata, Sho Takasu, Satoshi Tsuji, Yuichi Yanai
Location: Tajimi City Cultural Atelier gallery VOICE
Organized by: Tajimi City/Tajimi City Cultural Atelier gallery VOICE
Free admission
Past Exhibitions: Ceramics Today: Forms Made of Clay in KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2025
| Ceramics Today: Forms Made from Earth at KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2025
Our gallery will be holding the exhibition "Ceramics Today: Forms Made from Clay" at the Craft Art Fair Kanazawa.
This is an exhibition of diverse and fascinating pottery by an artist who continues to create with a focus on "expressing himself as he lives in the present through pottery," and a research student currently enrolled in the Ceramics Lab at the Tajimi City Design Research Institute, who has embarked on a journey towards "the future of pottery."
Venue
1-5-2 Hirooka, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Hyatt Centric Kanazawa 2nd, 4th, and 5th floors(Reception on 2nd floor)
<Exhibition Booth 2F-C"
Date and time:
November 28, 2025 (Fri) - 30 (Sun)
Admission fee: ¥3000(2-day pass)
November 28 (Fri) 13:00-19:00 (*Invitation only)
November 29 (Sat) 11:00-19:00 (Open to the public)
November 30 (Sun) 11:00-18:00 (open to the public)
[Exhibiting artist]
Tomonari Kato / Saki Kawaura / Kim Gyun-hee / Shimo Kotone / Jeong Hahyeon / Tomomi Tanaka / Yuki Nara / Junpei Hiraoka / Martin Rosa
(in alphabetical order, titles omitted)
[KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa Official Site]https://kogei-artfair.jp/
Past Exhibitions: Earthy Ware - The Artist's Appearance in the Pottery
Earthy Noisy - The Artist's Appearance in the Pottery @ ART HUB NAGOYA open gallery, 8th floor, Main Building, Matsuzakaya Nagoya
| Venue: ART HUB NAGOYA open gallery, 8th floor of the main building of Matsuzakaya Nagoya
| Dates: October 16, 2025 (Thursday) → October 27 (Monday) 10:00-19:00
* Closed at 16:00 on the last day
Exhibiting artists: Yotaro Isezaki, Shuko Inaba, Kensuke Usami, Tomoya Kato, Saki Kawaura, Miho Goto, Masaki Higashii, Saki Nakatani, Rintaro Baba, Miho Yaji
"Clay-Concerned - The Artist's Image as Revealed in His Pottery" is an exhibition that focuses on the attitude of artists who studied in the Tokai region and became fascinated by clay, as they continue to create while engaging in dialogue with the clay.
The ten artists we are introducing this time each have their own ten different ways of "earthy troubles." We hope that through this exhibition you will be able to sense the image of each artist that emerges through their work.
Planning and supervision: Tajimi City Cultural Atelier gallery VOICE
Free admission
Past Exhibitions: Cow Collection + Ceramics Today 2025
Cow Collection + Ceramics Today 2025 Exhibition
| Period: 2025.8.30sat~10.26sun
*Closed on Wednesdays
Featured artists: Ishibashi Hiroshi, Imura Toshimi, Omori Kenji, Kato Tomoya, Kawakami Tomoko, Kawabata Kentaro, Kurokawa Toru, Sakai Hiroshi, Sato Masayuki, Sam Chatto, Takatsu Mio, Tanaka Tomomi, Doi Yosuke, Nagaoka Chiharu, Nakazato Hiroko, Nakajima Katsuko, Nakajima Harumi, Hiraoka Junpei, Jovana Chabolovic
UshiColle (Ushida Collection) is a cultural project run by Kyoei Electric Furnace Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which is entrusted with managing and operating the gallery, and involves purchasing and preserving artworks, primarily from local ceramic artists.
The "Ushi Collection + Ceramics Today" exhibition is centered around the Ushida Collection.
Location: Tajimi City Cultural Atelier gallery VOICE
Organized by: Tajimi City/Tajimi City Cultural Atelier gallery VOICE
Free admission
Past Exhibitions NEW I made a clock out of clay! Part 10 Exhibition
NEWI made a clock out of clay! Part 10 Exhibition
Last year's venue
| Period: 2025.8.9sat~8.17sun
*Closed on Wednesdays. Open until 15:00 PM on the last day.
Children made this clock in the "Make your own original clock out of clay" class.
The venue will be filled with unique and colorful clocks.
Exhibitors: 60 people (1st to 6th grade elementary school students)
Location: Tajimi City Cultural Atelier gallery VOICE
Organized by: Tajimi City/Tajimi City Cultural Atelier gallery VOICE
Free admission
Past Exhibitions: Ishoken's Forms: The Present of Ceramics 2025
Ishoken's Forms: The Present of Ceramics 2025
Tajimi City Cultural Atelier gallery VOICE has been promoting Mino pottery culture as one of its main activities.
"Ishoken's Creations" is an attempt to explore the essence of pottery and the future of ceramic design through exhibitions and talk events.
Through this series, we hope to explore the achievements and appeal of graduates from the Tajimi Ceramic Design Institute, which has attracted attention both from within Japan and overseas.
Period: June 7 (Sat) - August 3 (Sun) 2025
Closed: Wednesdays (except public holidays)
【free entrance】
Closed: Wednesdays (except public holidays)
【free entrance】
Exhibiting artists: Midori Uchida, Hitomi Kato, Tomomi Tanaka, Yohei Nagakusa, Andy Nakahira, Kazuki Fukunishi, Taro Makihara, Mion Yamaguchi
□ Related events
"Continuing to Create 2"
Date and time:August 3, 2025 (Sun) 10:30~ It has ended.
Speakers/panelist:
Artists featured: Midori Uchida, Andy Nakahira, Taro Makihara
Moderator: Izumi Hayashi (Curator, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu)
Past Exhibitions: Seductive Forms
The shape of seduction
A form in which oneself or something "seduce[s]" someone.
Or, a form of temptation to yourself, etc.
This time, the exhibitors submitted works with a wide range of ideas, based on the theme of "seductive shapes."
Or, a form of temptation to yourself, etc.
This time, the exhibitors submitted works with a wide range of ideas, based on the theme of "seductive shapes."
Exhibiting artists: 327 people
Period: April 5 (Sat) - May 25 (Sun) 2025
Closed: Wednesdays (except public holidays)
Closed: Wednesdays (except public holidays)
【free entrance】
□ Related events
"Discovery of Form - Dialogue with Materials"
Date and time: April 13, 2025 (Sun) 14:00~
Speakers/panelist:
Panelists (exhibiting artists): Masahiro Sasaki, Nobuyuki Tanaka, and Masaki Toi
Facilitator: Kazuko Tonodate (Professor, Tama Art University)
Past Exhibitions Tajimi City Ceramic Design Institute Graduation Exhibition 2025
Tajimi City Ceramic Design Institute Graduation Exhibition 2025
We will be holding a graduation exhibition of works by 20 students (※1) from the 66th Design Course and Technical Course of Tajimi City Ceramic Design Institute, and 9 students (※2) from the 22nd Ceramics Lab.
For more information about the graduation exhibition, please visit the Tajimi Ceramic Design Institute website.
https://www.city.tajimi.lg.jp/ishoken/05_event/event.html
For more information about the graduation exhibition, please visit the Tajimi Ceramic Design Institute website.
https://www.city.tajimi.lg.jp/ishoken/05_event/event.html
Period: February 7th (Friday) - 24th (Monday, national holiday), 2025
*Closed on Wednesdays (except public holidays)
Research student days in the gallery: February 7th, 8th, and 9th
Closed on Wednesdays
■Graduation exhibition by research students (※1)
Venue: Tajimi City Cultural Atelier gallery VOICE
10: 00-18: 00
Touto Sozoukan 3F, 5-9-1 Honmachi, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture
Ceramics Lab Graduation Exhibition (※2)
Venue: Yamanohana / Shinmachi Building 1.2.3 floors
11:00-18:00
1-2-8 Shinmachi, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture
Closed on Wednesdays
■Graduation exhibition by research students (※1)
Venue: Tajimi City Cultural Atelier gallery VOICE
10: 00-18: 00
Touto Sozoukan 3F, 5-9-1 Honmachi, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture
Ceramics Lab Graduation Exhibition (※2)
Venue: Yamanohana / Shinmachi Building 1.2.3 floors
11:00-18:00
1-2-8 Shinmachi, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture