Kiyokazu Kato

  • Ceramics
  • 1970 -
Kiyokazu Kato

Membership Full member, Japan Kogei Association
Member, TOBI, the Ceramic Art Society of Japan
  • Born on June 2, 1970 in Gojo, Kyoto City, to the 1st Generation Seizan (father). Grandfather was the 13th Generation Jibe of the Furuta Oribe Seto Jissaku Studied under KAWASE Mitsuyuki and his father KATO Seizan
  • 1990 Graduated from the Ceramics Molding Course at the Kyoto Prefectural Ceramics Technical Institute
  • 1994 Received the Take Award at the Tofuku-ji Ceramics Association Exhibition
    (the exhibited work was purchased by Tofuku-ji Temple)
  • 2002 Received the name of 2nd Generation Seizan
  • 2004 Recommended as a member of the Ceramic Art Foundation
    Selected for the 33rd Japan Traditional Art Crafts Kinki Exhibition (Selected numerous times to date)
  • 2005 Selected for the 5th Mashiko Ceramics Competition
    Selected for the 42nd Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
    Selected for the 51st Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition (Selected 6 times to date)
    Selected for the 18th Japanese Ceramic Arts Exhibition (Selected 2 times to date)
    Appointed as a project member of the Ceramic Art Foundation
    Selected for the 27th Chozasho Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition (Selected 4 times to date)
  • 2006 Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation “CRIA” Exhibition
    Recommended as a Commissioned Member of the Ceramic Art Association
    Solo exhibition at Ginza Kuroda Touen (held annually to date)
  • 2007 Solo exhibition at Kamakura Kogei
    Selected for the 1st Hagi Taishou (Grand Prix) of Contemporary Ceramics (Selected once to date)
    Selected for the 69th Issuikai Ceramics Exhibition (Selected twice to date)
  • 2008 Solo exhibition at Fukuya Department Store (Hiroshima) (Held biennially to date)
    Solo exhibition at Abeno Kintetsu Department Store (Osaka)
    Group exhibition at Shibuya Seibu
  • 2009 Solo exhibition at Hokkaido Marui-Imai Department Store (2012)
  • 2010 Interior Aqua (Sapporo) (held annually to date)
  • 2011 Solo exhibition at Umeda Daimaru Department Store
  • 2012 Solo exhibition at JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan
  • 2013 Selected for the 1st TOBI, the Ceramic Art Society of Japan Exhibition (Selected once to date)
    His work was displayed at the Hagi Uragami Museum
    Solo exhibition at Hakata Daimaru Department Store
  • 2014 Solo exhibition at Okayama Tenmaya
    Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Takashimaya
  • Present
    Full member, Japan Kogei Association
    Member, TOBI, the Ceramic Art Society of Japan

  • 2003Received the Jury Members’ Award at the Ceramic Art Foundation Exhibition
    Received the Grand Prix at the 15th Ceramic Art Museum Exhibition
  • 2005Received the Ceramics Grand Prize at the Ceramic Art Foundation Exhibition
  • 2007Received the Incentive Award at the 28th Chozasho Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition
  • 2010Received the Toguri Museum of Art Award at the Ceramic Art Foundation
  • 2013Received the Grand Prize (Katsuranomiya Trophy) at the 22nd Japanese Ceramic Arts Exhibition
  • 2014Received the Incentive Award at the TOBI, the Ceramic Art Society of Japan Exhibition
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