Biography

Exhibitions
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2002
The 85th Saga Art Exhibition, Saga Prefectural Art Museum, Japan (’03, ’04, ’06)
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2003
The 33rd Nagasaki Ceramic Art Exhibition, Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
The 53rd Saga Prefectural Exhibition, Saga Prefectural Art Museum, Japan (’04, ’07)
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2004
The 20th Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition of Kyushu, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Japan
The 25th Chikugo Art Exhibition, Sathankusu Chikugo, Japan
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2005
The 102nd Kyushu Yamaguchi Ceramic Art Exhibition, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Japan (’07, ’12, ’13)
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2006
Group Exhibition, The Saga City Cultural Museum, Japan
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2007
The 28th Choza Prize Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Japan (’13)
45th Commemorative Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
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2008
64th Fukuoka Prefectural Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan (’09, ’10, ’11, ’12)
Mashiko Ceramic Art Exhibition, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
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2009
Young Artists Group Exhibition, House of Ryoichi Yamaguchi, Japan
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2010
KUMAMOTO FINAL Biennale, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Japan
Contemporary Ceramics Hagi Grand Prize Exhibition III, Hagi Uragami Museum, Japan
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2011
9th International Ceramics Festival, Mino, Japan
Kobe Biennale Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, The Museum of Ceramic Art / BB Plaza Museum of Art, Japan
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2012
Lines and Curves Exhibition, Fukuoka, Japan
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2013
58th Faenza International Ceramic Exhibition, Faenza, Italy (’15)
5th Kikuchi Biennale Ceramic Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
22nd Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Japan
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2014
Tobi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Collect, London, UK (’15)
The Beauty of Materials, Galerie Marianne Heller, Germany
loops. lines. curves – kanjiro moriyama Solo exhibition, Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2015
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2016
EAF Monaco, Monaco
end of the world supernova – kanjiro moriyama, Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2017
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2018
fly me to the moon – kanjiro moriyama, Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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2019
Solo Exhibition, Atelier HIRO, Osaka, Japan
Solo Exhibition, Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibition, Iwataya Mitsukoshi Department Store, Fukuoka, Japan
Special Exhibition “Emerging from the clay – Saga University’s Pottery” Saga University Art Museum, Japan
- 2020
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2021
The Secret Show, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
RE:OPENING CEREMONY, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
Céramique Japonaise entre tradition et design contemporain, Centre céramique contemporaine La Borne, France
The Elemental – Music of the Spheres –, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
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2022
Pure Form: Japanese Sculptural Ceramics, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Awards
2007 Grand Prize, Asahi Ceramics Exhibition
2013 Mayor’s Prize, The 110th Kyushu / Yamaguchi Ceramic Art Exhibition
Encouragement Award, Kobe Biennale Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
Selected, 58th Faenza International Ceramic Exhibition, Faenza, Italy
Selected, 5th Kikuchi Biennale Ceramic Exhibition
2014 Award of Excellence, Ceramic Art of Today, 3rd Hagi Grand Prize Exhibition
14th Kakiemon Memorial Award, The 2nd TOBI Ceramic Art Exhibition
2016 Grand Prize, The 4th TOBI Ceramic Art Exhibition
Minister’s Prize, Arita International Ceramics Competition
2017 Nominated, The 24th Japan Ceramics Exhibition
Selected, The 11th Mino International Ceramics Competition
Selected, The 7th Kikuchi Ceramics Biennale
2019 Iwakuni Art Museum Prize, Ceramic Art of Today, 5th Hagi Grand Prize Exhibition
Award of Excellence, The 8th Kikuchi Ceramics Biennale
Public Collections
Public Collections
Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
Asian Art Museum, USA
Faenza International Ceramics Museum, Italy
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Muller Museum, Dallas, USA
The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Japan
Gitter-Yelen Collection, New Orleans, USA
Art Gallery of South Australia, Australia
Selected Commissions Works
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Nanjing, China
Raffles Shenzhen, China
森山寛二郎
Kanjiro
Moriyama
Kanjiro
Moriyama


Moriyama
- 1984 Born in Koishiwara, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- 2007 Saga University / Lives and works in Koishiwara
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About
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He is many things, and that is why Moriyama has quickly become one of the forerunners of a new generation of emerging A Lighthouse called Kanata artists who push the boundaries of their materials and techniques to new heights, this prominence being recognized by acquisitions by 7 public collections while still in his mid-30’s. In particular, Moriyama is a pioneer in taking the humble potter’s wheel, a tool predominantly used for the mass production of vessel forms, and turning it into a viable means for abstraction, essentially deconstructing the pots he throws into dynamically oscillating silhouettes. With soaring new works that seemingly defy gravity, Moriyama’s singular aesthetics bring us a step closer to the heavens.

WorksWorks
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Kai (Turn) (2023)
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Shin (Rise) (2023)
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Shin (Rise) (2023)
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Kai (Turn) XVI (2022)
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Kai (Turn) (2021)
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Kai(Turn) I(2020)
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Kai (Turn) II (2020)
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Kai(Turn) III(2020)
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Kai(Turn) IV(2020)
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Kai(Turn) V(2020)
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Kai(Turn) VI(2020)
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Kai(Turn) VII(2020)
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Kai(Turn) VIII(2020)
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Kai(Turn) IX(2020)
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Kai(Turn) X(2020)
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Kai(Turn) XI(2020)
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Kai(Turn) XII(2020)
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Kai(Turn) XIII(2020)
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Kai(Turn) XIV(2020)