Living National Treasure Akihiro Maeta
- Ceramics
- 1954 -
| Membership | Full member, Japan Kogei Association Director of Japan Kogei Association Chairman of Japan Kogei Association Ceramics Department Visiting Professor at Osaka University of Arts Visiting Professor at Kanazawa College of Art |
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| Status | Living National Treasure (Important Intangible Cultural Property for White porcelain ) |
- 1954 Born in Kawahara Town, Yazu County, Tottori Prefecture
- 1977 Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Crafts Department, Ceramic Course
- 1979 Selected for 5th Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (selected on a consecutive basis from this year onward)
- 1983 Selected for the 30th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 23 times from this year onward)
- 1985 Solo exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi main store (7 solos exhibition held from this year onward)
- 1991 Selected for the Fletcher Challenge International Ceramics Exhibition
- 1992 Invited to submit to Sanyo and Sanin District Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition II:Tradition and Avant-Garde, Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art
- 1996 Invited to submit to Sanyo and Sanin District Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition III:Tradition and Avant-Garde, Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art
Invited to submit to Special Exhibition "Rin" The Beauty of Contemporary Ceramics, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga Prefecture
Invited to submit to Special Exhibition "New Expression in Porcelain:Developments in the 1990s," the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo - 1998 Selected for the 5th International Contemporary Porcelain Triennial, Switzerland
- 1999 Invited to submit to 100 Selections of Contemporary Japanese Craft Exhibition at Mitsukoshi Etoile Museum, Paris
Invited to submit to Sanyo and Sanin District Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition IV:Tradition and Avant-Garde, Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art - 2000 Invited to submit to "Exploring Porcelain Exhibition 2000” at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
- 2001 Invited to submit to "Eternal White" Exhibition The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome, Italy [sponsored by The Japan Foundation]
Maeta Akihiro & Isezaki Jun Two Potters Exhibition in New York - 2002 Invited to submit to the International Asia-Pacific Contemporary Ceramics Invitational Exhibition at New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Invited to submit to Contemporary Japanese Crafts:Materials and Way of Formative Thinking Exhibition, Petronas Gallery, Malaysia [sponsored by Japan Foundation]; National Gallery, Indonesia [sponsored by The Japan Foundation]
Invited to submit to the Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, the Evolutions of Japanese Ceramic Art, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu Prefecture
Maeta Akihiro ―White Porcelain Genealogy― at Gallery Kochukyo, Nihombashi, Tokyo - 2003 Invited to submit to Contemporary Master Ceramists of Western Japan, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
Invited to submit to White Porcelain and Celadon, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
Invited to submit to Japan Traditional Art Crafts 50th Anniversary Exhibition “Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan” at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi - 2006 Invited to submit to the Quintessence of Modern Japanese Ceramics, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
Asian Ceramic Delta―Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan
Evaluator at the 53rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition - 2007 Invited to submit to Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan:Celebrating Fifty Years of the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition, British Museum, UK
Evaluator at the 54th JapanTraditional Kōgei Exhibition
Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon
Invited to submit to The Crafts Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition II The Power of Crafts:Outlook for the 21st Century, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo - 2008 Submitted to Masuda Mitsuo and 24 Craftsmen Exhibition, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
Invited to submit to the Mitsukoshi Art Department 100th Anniversary:Nouvelles Ailes Art of Today Exhibition, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi - 2009 Tobi Art Fair 2009:－An Ode to Light & Shadow－ Imaizumi Imaemon & Maeta Akihiro, Tokyo Art Club
Special Exhibition “Maeta Akihiro Light and Shade of the White Porcelain,” Tottori Prefectural Museum - 2010 Evaluator at the 57th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Invited to submit to 3rd Musee Tomo Prize Exhibition, Musee Tomo
Invited to submit to Special Exhibition “About the Tea Ceremony - A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kôgei,” Crafts Gallery, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Maeta Akihiro & Kubota Atsuko Exhibition, Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art - 2011 Submitted to Collect 2011, Saatchi Gallery, UK
Evaluator at the 58th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition - 2012 Invited to submit to Vallauris Ceramics Biennale 2012, Picasso Museum, France
- 2013 Submitted to 8th Paramita Museum Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition
Evaluator at the 60th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Designated as Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property for white porcelain
Invited to submit to "From Crafts to Kogei:In Commemoration of the 60th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition," Crafts Gallery, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo - 2014 Submitted to "The Present of Living National Treasures", Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum
Submitted to TEFAF Maastricht 2014, Netherlands
Judge at the 10th International Ceramics Festival Mino
Invited to submit to "Beauty of KOGEI: Art Crafts in Japan", Singapore
Evaluator at the 61st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition - 2015 Submitted to TEFAF Maastricht 2015, Netherlands
Judge and evaluator at the 62nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Submitted to "Treasures of the World from The British Museum", National Museum of Singapore - 2016 Submitted to TEFAF Maastricht 2016, Netherlands
The 1st "Creation of Kogei - Living National Treasures" Exhibition at Wako Hall, Ginza, Tokyo
Judge and evaluator at the 63rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Invited to submit to "Kogei (Modern Crafts) and the Tea Ceremony II" at The National Museum of Modern Art ,Tokyo Crafts Museum - 2017 Submitted to TEFAF Maastricht 2017, Netherlands
The 2nd "Creation of Kogei - Living National Treasures" Exhibition at Wako Hall, Ginza, Tokyo
Submitted to the Japan Kogei Association Chugoku Branch 60th Anniversary Exhibition
Judge and evaluator at the 64th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition - 2018 Submitted to TEFAF Maastricht 2018, Netherlands
Maeta Akihiro Hakuji Exhibition, Takashimaya, Osaka
The 3rd "Creation of Kogei - Living National Treasures" Exhibition at Wako Hall, Ginza, Tokyo
Judge and evaluator at the 65th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition - 2019 Submitted to TEFAF Maastricht 2019, Netherlands
The 4th "Creation of Kogei - Living National Treasures" Exhibition at Wako Hall, Ginza, Tokyo
Maeta Akihiro Hakuji Exhibition, Tenmaya Okayama Main Store
Judge and evaluator at the 66th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition - 2020 Judge at the 67th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
"Kogei 2020 - The Art of Crafting Beauty from Nature", Tokyo National Museum
Maeta Akihiro Hakuji Exhibition, Takashimaya, Osaka
The Japan Ceramic Society Award, Gold Award Exhibition at Gallery Kochukyo, Nihombashi, Tokyo - 2021 National Living Treasure Maeta Akihiro Special Hakuji Exhibition at MOA Museum of Art, Atami, Shizuoka
The 6th "Creation of Kogei - Living National Treasures" Exhibition at Wako Hall, Ginza, Tokyo
Judge at the 68th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Living National Treasure Maeta Akihiro Hakuji Exhibition, Ichibata Department Store, Matsue, Shimane
- 1983Received an Honorable Mention at the 38th Shinsho Kogei Exhibition
- 1984Received an Honorable Mention at the 39th Shinsho Kogei Exhibition
- 1985Received the Excellence Award at the 2nd Tanabe Museum of Art “Arts of the Tea Ceremony” Exhibition
Received the Shinsho Incentive Award at the 40th Anniversary Shinsho Kogei Exhibition - 1986Received the Affiliate Award at the 41st Shinsho Kogei Exhibition
- 1989Received the Tottori Governor Award at the 32nd Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 1991Received the Mainichi Shimbun Award at the 11th Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
Received the Tottori Governor Award at the 34th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition - 1992Received the Tottori Governor Award at the 35th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 1993Received the Tomimoto Award at the 48th Shinsho Kogei Exhibition
- 1994Received the Kaneshige Toyo Award at the 37th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 1997Received the Excellence Award at the 10th MOA Mokichi Okada Award Exhibition
- 1998Received the 4th Energia Fine Arts Prize (from the Energia Culture and Sports Foundation)
- 1999Received the Tottori City Cultural Award
- 2000Received the Asahi Shimbun Award at the 47th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Received the Inagaki Award at the 55th Shinsho Kogei Exhibition - 2003Received the Grand Award at the 20th Anniversary Tanabe Museum of Art “Arts of the Tea Ceremony” Exhibition (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tanabe Museum of Art)
Received the Bronze Award at the 2nd Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale (Icheon, South Korea)
Received the 50th Anniversary Award at the 50th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition - 2004Received the Japan Ceramic Society Award for the year 2003 (from the Japan Ceramic Society)
Received the 61st Chugoku Bunka Award (from The Chugoku Shimbun) - 2005Received the 60th Anniversary Grand Prize at the 60th Anniversary Shinsho Kogei Exhibition
- 2010Received the Tottori Cultural Achievement Award
- 2012Received the Excellence Award at the Tanabe Museum of Art “Arts of the Tea Ceremony” Exhibition (Tanabe Museum of Art)
- 2020Received the Japan Ceramic Society Award for the year 2019 (from the Japan Ceramic Society)
- Imperial Household Agency
- Agency for Cultural Affairs
- Japan Foundation
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
- Tottori Prefectural Museum
- The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
- Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
- Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
- MOA Museum of Art
- Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art
- Tanabe Museum of Art
- Yakushiji Temple
- Sano Toseki Art Museum
- Osaka University of Arts
- Everson Museum of Art (USA)
- Musée Ariana (Switzerland)
- Icheon World Ceramics Center (South Korea)
- Philadelphia Museum of Art (USA)
- Auckland Art Gallery (New Zeaand)
- The British Museum (UK)
- Indianapolis Museum of Art (USA)
- Jingu Art Museum
- Gitter-Yelen Foundation (USA)
Price Range
$ 3,000 - 20,000
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