Artist

Tomoko Kawakami

Tomoko Kawakami

Biography

1957	Born in Takayama city, Gifu
1978	Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center completion
	I study under Harumi Nakajima more in a location
Present	Tajimi City Cultural Atelier gallery VOICE general manager

Competition

1978	Gifu general design exhibition winning a prize (Tajimi)
1982	The 20th Asahi Ceramic art exhibition (Nagoya)
1988	Asahi modern craft exhibition (`89 `97)
1992	The 3rd international ceramics exhibition Mino design section
1997	Croatian Triennale international Ceramic art exhibition (Croatia)
1998	The 5th International ceramics exhibition Mino `98 design section judge special prize, Ceramic art section
2002	The 6th International ceramics exhibition Mino Ceramic art section
2003	The 17th Japan Ceramic art exhibition
2005	The 54th Faenza international Contemporary ceramics exhibition Grand Prix receiving a prize (Faenza / Italy)
2007	Winning Gifu art culture prize for encouragement

Exhibition

1989	"TUCHI, message" IN Taifubori exhibition (Nagoya)
1995	"TUCHI, message" IN Mino exhibition (`91 `98/ Tajimi)
1999	Ceramic art of Tokai (Nagoya international convention facility)
	Solo exhibition (gallery SEISHO / Takayama)
	Artwork exhibition for on desk space (`02/ contemporary art NIKI/ Tokyo)
2003	Challenge of a design and the art (Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu)
2004	Molding exhibition "clay to Ceramic"-PART1: Mino
	(Meguro gallery / Mie, Kyoto culture Museum / Kyoto, NIKI GALLERY SATSU/ Tokyo)
	MINO CERAMICS NOW 2004 (Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu)
2007	Contemporary Japanese ceramics - From Materials & Artistry to Forms (gallery VOICE/ Tajimi)
	Solo exhibition (Gifu Takashimaya / Gifu)
2008	Woman ceramists carrying the 21st century (paramita museum/ Mie)
2009	select & collect- Mainly Ushida collection - (gallery VOICE / Tajimi)

Public collection