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Machiko Ogawa

b. 1946

Born in 1946 in Sapporo, a city of the Hokkaido Prefecture of Japan, Ogawa studied crafts at Tokyo University of the Arts and graduated in 1969. From there, she went on to study ceramics at l’École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Art in Paris until 1971, and then throughout West Africa until 1975. 

Ogawa’s work is deeply influenced by her travels as well as her fascination with fossils, minerals and the earth. She has explored many diverse places including Sub-Saharan Africa and South America. 

Ogawa has been acknowledged for her unique and significant contribution to the arts. She received the Japan Ceramic Society Award in 2018, the Musée Tomo Award of Excellence in 2010 and the 58th Minister of Education and Culture Award for Fine Arts in 2008, among others.

Her work has been acquired by many public institutions, including the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.

 

Machiko Ogawa's portrait is by Tadayuki Minamoto

Portrait of Machiko Ogawa Blue ash glaze tea bowl

Solo Exhibitions

  1. Machiko Ogawa - 2016 Solo Exhibition 8 June - 3 July 2016

Group Exhibitions

  1. Machiko Ogawa | Shihoko Fukumoto 2 - 24 October 2024
  2. Japanese Ceramics 20 September - 5 October 2023
  3. Small Works, Great Artists 4 - 27 April 2023
  4. International Ceramics 28 February - 10 March 2023
  5. TEN GREAT WORKS 11 - 28 October 2022
  6. Small Works, Great Artists 15 February - 11 March 2022
  7. Small Works, Great Artists 19 March - 6 April 2021
  8. Small Works, Great Artists 18 February - 15 March 2020
  9. Small Works, Great Artists 26 February - 21 March 2019
  10. Twelve Artists 11 April - 6 May 2017
  11. International Ceramics 9 August - 8 September 2016