Kenji Gomi
5th Ushida Collection Selection [Colored Earthenware] H94 W40 D32 cm
Shi-tou
[Arshi]
Gomi Kenji
Kenji Gomi |
Biography
| 1978 | Born in Chino City, Nagano Prefecture |
| 2001 | Graduated from the School of Human Sciences, Waseda University |
| Trained at Kuniba Pottery in Tsuboya, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture | |
| 2004 | Production begins in Toki City, Gifu Prefecture |
| 2015 | Production begins in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture |
| Now | Specially Appointed Professor at Kasama Ceramic Art College, Ibaraki Prefecture |
Award
| 2003 | Contemporary Okinawa Ceramics Exhibition, Excellence Award |
| 2008 | 7th Mashiko Ceramic Art Exhibition, Special Jury Award |
2011 | Encouragement Award, 4th Kikuchi Biennale |
| 21st Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, Second Prize and Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition Award | |
| 2013 | 5th Kikuchi Biennale Excellence Award |
| 2014 | 7th Contemporary Tea Ceremony Exhibition TOKI Oribe Grand Prize |
| 10th International Ceramics Exhibition Mino, Ceramics Division Grand Prize | |
| 2019 | 25th Japanese Ceramic Art Exhibition Grand Prize and Katsuranomiya Trophy |
Solo exhibition
| 2005 | Gallery Bogatei (Nagano) (`07, `09, `13) |
| 2006 | Savoir Vivre (Tokyo) (`07-`13, `18) |
| 2008 | Torin Shunyo (Gifu) |
| 2012 | Gallery Suki (Aichi) (`14) |
| 2014 | Nihonbashi Takashimaya (Tokyo) (`17) |
| Meguro Ceramic Art Museum (Mie) | |
| 2015 | 8/ART GALLERY/TOMIO KOYAMA GALLERY (Tokyo) |
| 2016 | Kakiden Gallery (Tokyo) ('19) |
| etc. |
Major group exhibitions
| 2009 | Tableware of the Present, Tableware of the Future Part II (gallery VOICE/Tajimi) |
| 2011 | Tokai Contemporary Ceramics: A Thinking New Generation (Aichi Ceramic Museum) |
| 2012 | Contemporary Art -Life & Art- Feel Ceramics (Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art) |
| 7th Paramita Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition (Paramita Museum/Mie) | |
| The 18th MOA Okada Mokichi Award - Looking to Tomorrow's Japanese Paintings and Crafts - (MOA Museum of Art) | |
| MINO CERAMICS NOW (Gifu Prefectural Museum of Modern Ceramic Art/Gifu) | |
| 2014 | Mino Ceramics 100 Exhibition (Tajimi City Industrial Culture Center/Tajimi) |
| Contemporary Ceramic Phenomena (Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum/Ibaraki) | |
| 2019 | Earth and Abstraction - When memory takes shape (Mashiko Ceramic Art Museum/Tochigi) |
Public Collection
- Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
- Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Gifu
- Hyogo Ceramic Art Museum
- V&A Museum
- Toki City
- Ushida Collection (Tajimi)
- 東濃信用金庫
