Ryoji Koie was born in Tokoname City of the Aichi Prefecture in Japan in 1938.  He began work at a local tile factory immediately following his graduation from high school and started producing his own pottery when he was 20.  Considered one of Japan's most innovative ceramic artists, his work made him an international leader in ceramics.

Koie's art parallels that of 'Sodeisha,' a group of avant-garde ceramic artists founded in 1948 by Kazuo Yagi and Osamu Suzuki during the aftermath of the Second World War.  His work has never been ascribed to any particular style or group; instead, he developed a unique style of his own that combines qualities of the past and future.

Koie travelled all over the world and fired pots in America, Britain, Italy, Mexico and South Korea.  He participated in the 30th Faenza International Exhibition of Ceramic Art and his work has been exhibited in such public collections as the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C., the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Centre National de Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as well as the Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Group Exhibitions

1. Small Works, Great Artists 28 February - 21 March 2024
2. Winter Exhibition 12 - 21 December 2023
3. Japanese Ceramics 20 September - 5 October 2023
4. Small Works, Great Artists 4 - 27 April 2023
5. International Ceramics 28 February - 10 March 2023
6. Small Works, Great Artists 15 February - 11 March 2022
7. Small Works, Great Artists 19 March - 6 April 2021
8. TEA BOWLS BY 9 ARTISTS - Online Exhibition 15 - 29 April 2020
9. Small Works, Great Artists 18 February - 15 March 2020
10. Small Works, Great Artists 26 February - 21 March 2019
11. Glass, Textiles, Lacquer & Ceramic 31 October - 21 November 2018
12. International Ceramics 9 August - 8 September 2016