YO AKIYAMA

1953     Born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
1978     Completed postgraduate course in ceramics, Kyoto City University of Arts.
     Professor, Kyoto City University of Arts
Member of international Academy of Ceramics

  SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1976     Gallery Iteza(Kyoto)(1977)
1980     Gallery 16 (Kyoto)
1982     Gallery Maronie(Kyoto)(1983,1985)
1986     INAX Gallery2(Tokyo)
1987     Gallery Nakamura(Kyoto)(1996)
GALLERY KOYANAGI(Tokyo)(1989,1993,1996)
1988     Shibuya Seibu Craft Gallery(Tokyo)(1991)
1998     Muramatsu Gallery(Tokyo)
1999     Contemporary Art NIKI(Tokyo)
2004     INAX Tile Museum(Tokoname)
2005     Frank Steyaert Gallery(Gent、Belgium)
Kochukyo(Tokyo)

  SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1976     Sodeisha Exhibition(Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art)(1977,1980)
1984     Kyoto Art and Crafts Exhibition
(Kyoto prefectural Culture and Art Forum)(1985)
1986     Clay−Image and Form 1981−1985
(Otsu Seibu Hall, Yurakucho Art Forum)
Contemporary Japanese Ceramic on Tour in America & East Europe
1987     Clay Sculpture from the 1950s in Japan(Museum of Fine Art, Gifu)
Clay Work '87 "Ceramics and Space"(Gallery Maronie)
1988     Shiga Annual '88 Clay Work, the Repro-Action of Form
(Museum of Modern Art,Shiga)
EAST-WEST Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
−Seoul Olympic Arts Festival
(Art center of The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation, Korea)
1989     Contemporary Clay Work(Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery)
46th Faenza International Ceramic Exhibition(Italy)
Europalia-Japan'89 Ceramic Art in the showa Era
(Mons City Museum of Art, Belgium)
1990     The Now in Japanese Ceramics−Messages from Artists in Kyoto
(Takashimaya)(1992)
The Game of Manners−Japanese Art in 1990.(Art Tower Mito)
Japanese Clay work Today(Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts)
Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition(Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama)
1991     Metamorphosis of Contemporary Ceramics
−international Exhibition of Contemporary ceramics
(Museum of Contemporary Ceramics Art, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park)
1992     NICAF Yokohama'92(Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall)
Ceramics of Japan : 100 Selected Products of Contemporary Ceramic Art
(Mitsukoshi Paris, France)
1993     Contemporary Ceramics 1950-1990(Aichi prefecture Museum of Arts)
1994     Art and The Inner Eye(Nagoya City Art Museum)
The Domain of the Medium(the National Museum of Modern Arts, Tokyo)
Fascinating Contemporary Ceramic Art(The Sogetsu Art Museum)
International Contemporary Ceramic Arts Exhibition
(Aichi prefectural Ceramic Museum)
Clay Work Exhibition(National Museum of Art, Osaka)
1995     Japanese Studio Craft−Tradition and Avant-Garde
(Victoria & Albert Museum, U.K)
1996     The Expression and The Potential in Contemporary Ceramic
(Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum)
The Suntory Prize '96−Challenges on Forms(Suntory Museum of Art)
1997     World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics, Zagreb(Croatia)
1998     Dialogue with Clay−The Spirit of Contemporary Ceramics
(Rias Ark Museum of Art)
1999     Artisti dal Mondo(Faenza International Ceramic Museum, Italy)
Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Art
(Museum van Bommel van Dam Venlo, Netherlands)
2000     Communication Party Volum5(Art Life Mitsuhashi)
Heroes of our era(International Ceramic Studio, Hungary)
2001     Leaders of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics(Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum)
The 19th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture 2001
(Ube Open-Air Sculpture Museum)
Crafts in Kyoto 1945-2000(The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto)
2002     The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art(Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu)
2003     Japan−Ceramics and Photography−Tradition and Today
(Deichtorhallen, Germany)
2004     Confronting Tradition : Contemporary Art from Kyoto
(Smith College Museum of Art)
2005     Japanese Ceramics for the New Century(
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, U.S.A)
Transformations : The language of craft
(National Gallery of Australia, Canberra)
Alternative Paradise
(21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art ,Kanazawa)

  PUBLIC COLLECTION
     Kyoto prefecture/ The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga/ The Japan Foundation
Faenza International Ceramic Museum(Italy)
The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama /Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
Aichi prefecture of Arts/ Aichi prefecture Ceramic Museum
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art/ suntory Museum of Art
The National Museum of Art, Osaka /The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Praha decorative Museum(Czech Republic)/Everson museum of Art(U.S.A)
Museum of Fine Art, Hughston(U.S.A)/Victoria & Albert Museum(U.K)
Takamatsu City Museum/ Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery(Canada)
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu/ Tokoname Board of Education
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery/Kooriyama City Literature Hall
Keramion Frachen(Germany)/ International Ceramic Studio(Hungary)
Ube Open-Air Sculpture Museum/ Museum of Fine Arts Boston(U.S.A)
Minneapolis Institute of Art(U.S.A)/ Mint Museum of Art(U.S.A)
Smith college Museum of Art(U.S.A)/ Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum

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