Yasuhisa Kohyama
b. 1936
Solo Exhibitions
| 2017 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2016 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2015 | Yasuhisa Kohyama, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney, Australia Japan Art, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2014 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2013 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2012 | Yasuhisa Kohyama, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2011 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2010 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan Lacoste Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| 2009 | The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| 2008 | Galerie Besson, London, UK Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2007 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2006 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2005 | The Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney NSW, Australia |
| 2003 | Galerie De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2002 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1999 | Avante Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 1997 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1996 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1995 | Avante Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| 1994 | Toraya Gallery, New York, New York, USA Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1993 | Galerie De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Contemporary Ceramics and Textiles, The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan Misawa Shitsurai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Gallery Miya, Tokyo, Japan Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 1992 | Kohyama and Tanaka: Contemporary Ceramics and Textile Art from Japan, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany |
| 1991 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1989 | Masuiwaya Gallery, Osaka, Japan Modem Gallery, Shizuoka, Japan Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1988 | Gallery Kita, Nara, Japan Toubien, Nara, Japan Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1987 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 1986 | Irodori Gallery, Kyoto, Japan Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1985 | Fukuda Kougei Gallery, Shiga, Japan Akaneya Gallery, Nara, Japan Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1984 | Gakuenmae Art Gallery, Nara, Japan Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 1983 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1982 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 1981 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan |
| 1980 | Matsuzakaya Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan |
| 1979 | Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 1973 | Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Maruei Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan |
Group Exhibitions
| 2017 | Yasuhisa Kohyama & William Wilkins, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Still Crazy After All These Years...30 Years in Art, Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, Connecticut, USA |
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| 2016 | From the Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Robert and Lisa Kessler Collection, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, USA Yugen Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Officine Saffi, Milano, Italy |
| 2014 | Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo Contemporary Japanese and Bamboo Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Japanese Ceramics for the Twenty-First Century, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| 2013 | Roots of Modern, Having Grown out of Africa and Japan, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York, USA Out of The Fire: Sultry Ceramics, Joan B. Mirviss Ltd, New York, USA |
| 2012 | Craft Spoken Here: From the Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA, USA |
| 2011 | SOFA NY, Lacoste Gallery, USA Beauty in All Things: Japanese Art and Design, Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, USA Stimulus: art and its inception, browngrotta arts, Wilton CT, USA |
| 2010 | SOFA West, browngrotta arts, USA The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show, Japonesque Gallery, New York City, USA |
| 2009 | SOFA West, browngrotta arts, USA Contemporary Voices in Clay, Lacoste Gallery, Boston MA, USA |
| 2008 | SOFA NY, Galerie Besson, Art Miya, USA SOFA Chicago, Galerie Besson, USA |
| 2007 | Asian Art Fair, Art Miya, New York, USA Classic & Contemporary Ceramics, Galerie Besson, London, UK |
| 2006 | SOFA NY, browngrotta arts, USA Tradition and Departure, Craft Act, Canberra, Australia Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Japan Society, New York City, USA Toji avant-garde et tradition du Japon, Musée national de la céramique Sèvres, Sèvres, France |
| 2005 | Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA, USA Works from the Lake land: Ceramic Artisans of Shiga, The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Arts, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan |
| 2004 | Palmbeach Contemporary, browngrotta arts, USA SOFA NY, browngrotta arts, USA |
| 2003 | SOFA NY, browngrotta arts, USA |
| 2002 | Ceramic Modernism: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and Their Legacy, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada SOFA NY, browngrotta arts, USA |
| 2001 | Great Shigaraki, The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Arts, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan |
| 2000 | SOFA NY, browngrotta arts, USA 400 years anniversary: Japan and the Netherlands, Galerie De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Ceramics, Lew Allen Contemporary, Santa Fe NM, USA |
| 1999 | SOFA NY, browngrotta gallery, USA |
| 1998 | SOFA NY, Chicago, browngrotta gallery, USA Contemporary Ceramics: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA |
| 1994 | Kohyama Studio Crafts, Toraya Gallery, New York City, USA |
| 1993 | Application Art Collection by Benno Premsela, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan Japanese Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan Additional years '92-'59 |
| 1992 | Kohyama Studio Crafts, Washikurabu, Osaka, Japan Kohyama Studio Crafts, Kokyouan Gallery, Osaka, Japan Kohyama Studio Crafts, Matasuzakaya Art Gallery, Yokkaich, Japan Continuity and Transformation: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics. Collection of the Everson Museum of Art, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY, USA |
| 1991 | Kohyama Studio Crafts, Daimaru Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan Kohyama Studio Crafts, Toubien, Nara, Japan Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 1990 | Kohyama Studio Crafts, Toyota Avenue Gallery, Nara, Japan Primitivism in Contemporary Ceramics, The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Arts, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan |
| 1989 | Kohyama Studio Crafts, Ginza Matsuya, Tokyo, Japan Kohyama Studio Crafts, Uchida Hall, Osaka, Japan Kohyama Studio Crafts, Gallery Kaita, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1988 | Kohyama Studio Crafts, Hosaka Gallery, Yamanashi, Japan Kohyama Studio Crafts, Higashioji Gallery, Nara, Japan Kohyama Studio Crafts, Gallery Kaita, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1987 | Kohyama Studio Crafts, Gallery Kaita, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1986 | Kohyama Studio Crafts, Takashimaya, Kyoto, Japan The World Ikebana Conference, Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan Kohyama Studio Crafts, Gallery Kaita, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1985 | Kohyama Studio Crafts, Daimaru, Osaka, Japan Kohyama Studio Crafts, Gallery Kaita, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1984 | Kohyama Studio Crafts, Gakuenmae Art Gallery, Nara, Japan |
| 1982 - 1983 | Shinkougei Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1982 | Nitten, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1979 | Japanese Arts and Crafts Show, Private house, Los Angeles, USA Kohyama Studio Crafts, Ginza Matsuya, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1978 | Contemporary Ceramics by Five Artists, Tousenbou, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1970 | Japanese Craft for Flower Arrangement and Tea Ceremony, Kyoto, Japan Dentoukougei Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1967 | Shigaraki Four Artist Exhibition, Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Shigaraki Craft Exhibition, Beni Gallery, Kyoto, Japan Shigaraki New Work Exhibition, Sogo, Kobe, Japan |
| 1966 | Component of Modern Interior Exhibition, Kyoto Interior Consultant, Kyoto and Nikku, Fukuoka, Japan Young Artists in Shigaraki Exhibition, Mruzen, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1964 | Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Maruei, Nagoya, Japan |
| 1959 | Shiga Art Exhibition, Shiga, Japan Japanese Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1958 | Shigaraki Seitoukai Crafts Exhibition, Shigakaikan, Shiga, Japan |
| 1957 | Shigaraki Seitoukai Crafts Exhibition, Shigaraki Kankou Kaikan, Shiga, Japan |
Public Collections
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, California, USA
Brooklyn Museum, New York City, USA
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Denver Art Museum, Colorado, USA
European Ceramic Work Center, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY, USA
Gardiner Museum, Toronto ON, Canada
Kent State University, Kent OH, USA
Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York, USA
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany
Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA, USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA, USA
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney NSW, Australia
Shigaraki Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Arts, Shiga, Japan
Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherland
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis MO, USA
Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong NSW, Australia
The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH, USA
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH, USA
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA, USA
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Awards
| 2010 | SOFA New York, Long House Reserve Special Recognition Award for Best Artwork in Show |
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| 1983 | Shinkougei Exhibition Award |
| 1982 | The Japan Fine Art Exhibition Award Shinkougei Exhibition Award |
| 1970 | Japanese Craft Flower Arrangement and Tea Ceremony Award Dentoukougei Exhibition Award |
| 1964 | Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition Award Contemporary Crafts Exhibition Award Japanese Ceramic Design for Export Exhibition Award |
| 1959 | Shiga Art Exhibition Award |
Professions
| 2016 | Instructor, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
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| 2015 | Instructor, National Art School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 2010 | Instructor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA, USA |
| 2008 | Instructor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH, and Kent State University, Kent OH, USA |
| 2004 | Worked at the Sturt Craft Work Centre, Mittagong NSW, Australia |
| 1999 | Instructor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH, and Kent State University, Kent OH, USA |
| 1997 | Instructor, Huara Huara Studios and lecture at the National Museum of Santiago de Chile, Chile |
| 1996 | Worked at Atelier du CEP, Aube, France |
| 1994 | Instructor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH, and Kent State University, Kent OH, USA |
| 1992 | Worked at the European Ceramic Work Center, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands |
| 1969 | Revived use of the traditional Japanese anagama natural firing kiln in order to reproduce classical style pottery |
| 1955 | Studied with ceramic designer Sakuzo Hineno |