Biography

Exhibitions
Selected Exhibitions
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1994
Extreme Osaka Kansai International Airport Commemoration Exhibition Project by Toshiyuki Kita, Milan, Italy
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2001
Art and Crafts Kyoto Exhibition, Edinburgh, UK
Solo Exhibition – Master of Clay Five Artists from Kyoto, Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, USA -
2002
The International Art + Design Fair, New York, USA
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2005
Contemporary Clay – Japanese Ceramics for the new century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA / Japan Society New York, USA (’06)
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2006
Tradition and Avant-Garde of Japanese Ceramic Art, Musée National de Céramique, Paris, France
The Ceramic Art of Kishi Eiko, Joan B. Mirviss LTD, New York, USA (’08, ’12, ’19) -
2007
Kyoyaki Ceramics Exhibition, The 100th Anniversary of Takashimaya Art Gallery in Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan
Soaring Voices – Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan / France / USA -
2008
Generosity in Clay – from the Natalie Fitzgerald Collection, Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, CA, USA
Museum of Art & Design Opening Exhibition, New York, USA -
2009
Paramita Museum Ceramic Art Exhibition, Paramita Museum, Mie, Japan
Touch Fire – Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists, Smith College Museum of Art, MA, USA
Through the Seasons: Japanese Art in Nature, The Clark Museum, MA, USA -
2010
Solo Exhibition, Eiko Kishi, Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
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2011
Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Sculptures by Four Women Artists, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA
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2012
Beauty in All Things: Japanese Art and Design, Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA
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2013
Japanese Ceramics for the Twenty-First Century, The Betsy and Robert Feinberg Collection, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA
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2014
Points of Departure Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, Japan Society, New York, USA
FIRED EARTH WOVEN BAMBOO Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA -
2015
Unfolding Worlds – Japanese Screens and Contemporary Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA
Ancient to Modern Japanese Contemporary Ceramics and their Sources, San Antonio Museum of Art, TX, USA
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics in Global Context, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA -
2016
Sculptural Turn Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Kempner and Stein Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, CA, USA
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2017
Solo Exhibition – Shinsho wo tsumu, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo / Kyoto, Japan
TEFAF New York, USA
Infinite Blue – Group Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
New Forms, New Voices: Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection, New Orleans Museum of Art, USA
TEFAF Maastricht, The Netherlands (’18, ’19, ’20, ’21) -
2018
To the Ideal Land of Ceramics, Exhibition of International Contemporary Ceramic Works, The Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing, China
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2019
Infinite Blue Exhibition – Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Kyoto Capital of Artistic Imagination, Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA -
2020
Opening Ceremony, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
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2021
KIRAMEKI – The Group Exhibition by Kyoto Kogei Association, The Museum of Kyoto, Japan
The Secret Show, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
RE:OPENING CEREMONY, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
West Bund Art and Design, Shanghai, China (’22)
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2022
Pure Form: Japanese Sculptural Ceramics, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Group Exhibition, Sapporo Art Park, Hokkaido, Japan
Group Exhibition, Kyoto Takashimaya Department Store, Japan
Awards
1984 Special Prize, Kyoto Arts & Crafts Exhibition
1985 Grand Prize, Asahi Ceramic Exhibition
Ministry of Culture Prize, Women’s Association of Ceramic Art
1991 The Mayor Prize, Kyoto City Exhibition at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (’92)
Grand Prize, The 20th Choza Ceramic Art Exhibition
1995 Silver Prize, Yakishime Ceramic Exhibition
Fine Art Prize, The 4th Togei Biennale
1999 Silver Medal Prize, The 51st International Competition for Contemporary Ceramic Art
2013 The Minister of Education Prize, The 36th Kyoto Association of Craft Artists Exhibition
Public Collections
Brooklyn Museum, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, USA
Museum of Art and Design, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
National Museum of Scotland, UK
New Orleans Museum of Art, USA
Northern Clay Center, USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
Hamilton Art Gallery, Australia
The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, USA
International Ceramic Museum, Italy
Kecskemet International Ceramics Studio, Hungary
Musée Cernuschi, France
Musée national de céramique - Sèvres, France
Sekiguchi Museum, Japan
Seto City Art Museum, Japan
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
Smith College Museum of Art, USA
New Taipei City Yingee Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Tokoname City, Japan
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, USA
Yale University Art Gallery, USA
Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, USA
Cincinnati Art Museum, USA
Tsinghua University Art Museum, China
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, USA
Ashmolean Museum of Art, University of Oxford, UK
岸映子
Eiko
Kishi
Eiko
Kishi


Kishi
- 1948 Born in Nara Prefecture, Japan
- Lives and works in Kyoto
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