Yo Akiyama
b. 1953
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2019 | Yo Akiyama, Echoes: In the Beginning was Clay, QM Gallery Katara, Doha, Qatar |
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| 2018 | Yo Akiyama: In the Beginning was Clay, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2016 | Yo Akiyama: Towards the Sea of Arche, Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2015 | Joan B. Mirviss Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2014 | Yo Akiyama, Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Bruxelles, Belgium |
| 2013 | Yo Akiyama, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2011 | Joan B. Mirviss Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2010 | Yo Akiyama, Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Bruxelles, Belgium |
| 2009 | Yo Akiyama, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2008 | Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2007 | Essence of Clay - the Sculptural Art of Akiyama Yô, Joan B. Mirviss Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2005 | KochuKyo, Tokyo, Japan Frank Steyaert Gallery, Ghent, Belgium |
| 2004 | INAX Tile Museum, Tokoname, Japan |
| 1999 | Contemporary Art NIKI, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1998 | Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1996 | Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan Gallery Nakamura, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1993 | Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1991 | Shibuya Seibu Craft Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1989 | Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1988 | Shibuya Seibu Craft Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1987 | Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan Gallery Nakamura, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1986 | INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1985 | Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1983 | Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1982 | Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1980 | Gallery 16, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1977 | Gallery Iteza, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1976 | Gallery Iteza, Kyoto, Japan |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2019 | Yo Akiyama & Genta Ishizuka, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
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| 2018 | 2018 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan Kyoto City University of Arts Retirement Exhibition: Stargazers – Takao Fujiwara and Others, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2016 | Spider Silk, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Japan Memorial Exhibition for Japan Ceramic Society Award, KOCHUKYO, Tokyo, Japan Rencontre, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan Ceramics of Terada Collection, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2015 | Akiyama Yo & Kitamura Junko: A Moment in Time, Joan B. Mirviss Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2014 | Takeshi Umehara and 25 Artists, Takashimaya, (travelling exhibition to Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo, Yokohama & Nagoya), Japan 55th Japan Ceramic Society Award Exhibition, Wako Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2013 | Yo Akiyama + Junko Kitamura, Kakiden Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 22nd Japan Ceramic Exhibition, (travelling exhibition to Tokyo, Osaka, Ibaraki, Fukuoka & Aichi), Japan 54th Japan Ceramic Society Award Exhibition, Wako Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2012-13 | The Magic of Ceramics 'Artistic Inspiration' (Touring exhibition in Japan), The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu & The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan |
| 2012 | Design Miami, Miami, USA Takeshi Umehara and 10 Artists, Takashimaya (travelling exhibition to Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya & Yokohama), Japan Design Basel, Basel, Switzerland Son et Lumière 'Material, Transition, Time'21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan |
| 2011 | Trial 'CHAJI' Kosanji temple, Kyoto, Japan Japanese Ceramics from Ancient Times to the Present, from the Aichi Prefectural Ceramics Museum Collection, Hekinan City Tatsuyoshi Fujii Museum of Contemporary Art, Aichi, Japan Small Universe, Ichinokura Sakazuki Art Museum, Tajimi, Gifu, Japan Ceramica Viva : I Ceramisti Giapponesi Premiati a Faenza The Italian Institute of Culture, Tokyo, Japan Japanese Modern Ceramics, Ebetsu City Ceramic Art Center, Hokkaido/Seto City Museum of Art, Aichi. Japan Object Ceramics, Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan Takeshi Umehara and 10 Artists, Chushin Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan Design Basel, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2010 | Matières noires, WCCBF, Mons, Belgium Trial 'CHAJI' / Big Tea Party in Kitanomaru, Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan Artists of the Kyoto Art and Culture Award, Chushin Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony, Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan Shining Technique and Beauty, The Kagawa Museum / Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 17th MOA Mokichi Okada Award in Craft, MOA Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan Welcome to Chokoku no Mori, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan |
| 2009 | Design Basel, Basel, Switzerland Takeshi Umehara and 10 Artists, Chushin Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan World Contemporary Ceramics Adventure of the Fire, Incheon World Ceramic Center, Incheon, Korea Pleasant Shapes, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan |
| 2008 | Small Universe, Ichinokura Sakazuki Art Museum, Tajimi, Gifu, Japan Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony, Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan The 49th Japan Ceramic Society Prize Winner Exhibition, Gallery Kochukyo, Tokyo, Japan Shapes in a Palm, Gallery Utuwa-kan, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2007 | Works from the Soil: Life Meets the Mother Earth in the Collection, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Invitation to Modern Ceramic Art - Japan and Europe, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan |
| 2006 | Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony, Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan Japanese Ceramics - The Essence of 100 Years, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki, Japan Surface Intentions, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan Transcending Tradition, Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2005 | Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA Transformations: The Language of Craft, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia Alternative Paradise, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan |
| 2004 | Confronting Tradition: Contemporary Art from Kyoto, Smith College Museum of Art, Massachusetts, USA |
| 2003 | Japan - Ceramics and Photography - Tradition and Today, Deichtorhallen, Germany |
| 2002 | The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan |
| 2001 | The 19th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture 2001, Ube Open-Air Sculpture Museum, Japan Crafts in Kyoto 1945-2000, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2000 | Craft in Contemporary Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan |
Public Collections
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan
Aichi Prefecture Museum of Arts, Nagoya, Japan
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Ontario, Canada
Everson Museum of Fine Art, Syracuse, USA
Faenza International Ceramic Museum, Faenza, Italy
Hagi Uragami Museum, Japan
Honolulu Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu, USA
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Japan
International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary
International Olympic Ceramic Sculpture Museum, Amaroussion, Greece
Japan Foundation, Japan
Keramion, Frechen, Germany
Kôriyama City Literature Hall, Japan
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, USA
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan
Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Portland Museum, Portland, USA
Prague Decorative Art Museum, Czech Republic
Sevres National Museum of Ceramic, Paris, France
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, USA
Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Takamatsu City Museum, Takamatsu, Japan
Tokoname Board of Education, Tokoname, Japan
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Japan
Ube Open-Air Sculpture Museum, Japan
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Awards
| 2016 | Kyoto bunka kōrōsha (Person of Cultural Merit of Kyoto City), Japan The First Prize, Japan Ceramic Society, Japan |
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| 2014 | Culture and Scholarship Award, Kyoto Shimbun Newspaper, Japan |
| 2014 | Culture and Scholarship Award, Kyoto Shimbun Newspaper, Japan |
| 2011 | The 52nd Mainichi Art Award, Mainichi Shimbun Newspaper, Japan |
| 2010 | Grand Prix, The 17th Mokichi Okada Award, Japan Excellence Prize, Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony, Musée Tomo, Japan |
| 2008 | The 21st Kyoto Fine Arts Cultural Award, Japan |
| 2007 | Contribution Award, The 25th Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award, Japan Enku Award, The 4th Enku Grand Award Exhibition, Japan |
| 2006 | Excellence Prize, Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony, Musée Tomo, Japan |
| 2001 | Ube Industries Ltd. Award, The 19th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, Japan |
| 1997 | Japan Ceramics Society Prize, Japan Ceramics Society, Japan |
| 1994 | The 12th Kyoto Prefecture Culture Prize, Japan |
| 1992 | Best Emerging Artist Prize in Kyoto, Japan SemiGrand Prize, 3rd Next Generation Artist Prize, Japan |
| 1989 | Ravenna Chamber of Commerce Prize, 46th Faenza International Competition of Ceramic Art, Italy |
| 1988 | Excellence Prize, Yagi Kazuo Competition of Contemporary Ceramics, Japan |
| 1987 | Yomiuri Prize, Yagi Kazuo Competition of Contemporary Ceramics, Japan |
| 1986 | Excellence Prize, Yagi Kazuo Competition of Contemporary Ceramics, Japan |