Biography

Exhibitions
Selected Exhibitions
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1981
Mitsukoshi Department Store, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan (’87, ’95, ’97, ’99, ’02, ’05, ’08, ’11, ’14, ’17, ’20)
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1996
KIMURA Yoshiro, Gallery Daiichi Arts, New York, USA
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2008
Design Miami / Basel, Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Switzerland (’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14, ’15, ’16, ’17, ’18)
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2009
Kimura Yoshiro, Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Belgium
Glass and Ceramics Today, L’Arc en Seine, New York, USA
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2010
Path of Elegance between the East and the West, the Villa Empain, Belgium
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2012
Giappone Terra Di Incanti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (’15)
Vallauris Ceramics Biennale, France
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2014
Art Stage Singapore, Singapore (’16, ’17)
TEFAF Maastricht, The Netherlands (’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19, ’20, ’21)
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2019
Silhouettes of Tomorrow, Yufuku Gallery, London, UK
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2020
Opening Ceremony, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
Awards
Selected Awards
1984 Encouragement Prize, 31st Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Prize of Excellence, Chanoyu-no-Zokei Exhibition, Tanabe Museum (’93)
1989 Quasi Grand Prize, 1st Ceramics Biennial ’89
1990 Hiroshima Art Grant ’90 Award
2000 Bronze Prize, Exhibition of the Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards
2001 Kaneshige Toyo Prize, Japan Traditional Art Crafts Chugoku Division
2003 The Sanyo Shimbun Culture Prize
2005 62nd Chugoku Cultural Prize
2020 Asahi Shimbun Newspaper Prize, 67th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Public Collections
Public Collections
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Japan Foundation, Japan
Imperial Household Agency, Japan
Jingu Shrine, Japan
Gifu Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Japan
Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
Higashi- Hiroshima Museum of Art, Japan
Hiroshima University, Japan
Okayama Shoka University, Japan
Tanabe Museum of Art, Japan
Shigaraki Cultural Ceramic Park, Japan
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Japan
Hasegawa Machiko Museum, Japan
Faenza Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Italy
Auckland Institute & Museum, New Zealand
Museo Art Nouveau y Art Déco, Spain
Japan-Spain Cultural Center of Salamanca University, Spain
Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Portugal
Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
Musée national de céramique, France
Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
Qatar Visual Art Center, Qatar
World Ceramics Exhibition Foundation, South Korea
Auckland Museum, New Zealand
The British Museum, UK
木村芳郎
Yoshiro
Kimura
Yoshiro
Kimura


Kimura
- 1946 Born in Ehime Prefecture, Japan
- Live and Works in Hiroshima, Japan
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