YOSHINORI AKAZAWA

YOSHINORI AKAZAWA ROSEKI V

Biography

Yoshinori Akazawa was born in 1971 as the eldest son of the 4th Roseki Akazawa. He works and lives in Kyoto, Japan.

From 1991 to 1995 he studied Japanese painting at Kyoto City University of Arts, from 1996 to 1997 he studied potter’s wheel and basic ceramic at Kyoto prefectural potter technological special school, and from 1997 to 1998 he studied specialize materials and glaze at the Kyoto Municipal Industrial research institute Industrial Technology Center, Ceramic course. He opened a class for teaching Japanese painting from 2001 to 2014. At the same time, he worked in pottery and produced ceramic works at the pottery studio of his father, Roseki Akazawa IV. Meanwhile, in 2005, he became a member of the Kyoto City University of Arts K.C.U.A/Art Education Society, became an officer of the Kyoto branch. In 2012, he served as a part-time lecturer at the Department of Ceramics at Kyoto City University of Arts, giving practical guidance and slide lectures on Kochi ware techniques. In 2020, he became a Member of Kyoto traditional ceramic artist association. In 2021, he succeeded to Roseki AKAZAWA, the 5th. In 2022, he became a Member of Kyoto Kogei association.

Since visiting Shanghai, China in 1992 as a student, he has visited museums and ruins in India, Thailand, Nepal, Taiwan, London, and Paris. Afterwards, he traveled to Egypt, Switzerland, France, Italy, Monaco, Turkey, Austria, Spain, and Tunisia for research purposes and to participate in international ceramic art exhibitions.

Since the 1990s, he has regularly exhibited at solo exhibitions, group exhibitions, and competitions both in Japan and abroad. His works are included in museums and galleries in Japan and abroad.

Yoshinori Akazawa is a Japanese artist. He was born in 1971 in Japan.

In 1995, He graduated with a BFA in Japanese painting (Nihonga) from Kyoto City University of Arts (Faculty of Fine Arts).

In 1997, he graduated from Kyoto prefectural technological school in Pottery. Following which, in 1998, he graduated from the Ceramics course from Kyoto municipal industrial research institute. His artistic expression ranges from painting to ceramic sculptures. The basis of his art is inspired and sketched from Nature- the colours, atmosphere, form, and balance.

" In all of my creative work, I emulate Nature, and creative works become and take on a “Natural form”. Just as space forms the earth, and it is the art that the earth creates in the form of diamonds and saphires and other jewels forms. My creations clarify both nature and human relations. I create something when I find something that is new in something old." Yoshinori Akazawa

Already recognized and widely exhibited in Japan, Akazawa’s works are also gathering fans internationally. His powerful work, People’s Night and Moon (1993) was chosen to grace the cover of Dr. Carone’s Plato’s Cosmology and Its Ethical Dimensions.

On the work, Dr. Carone said,
"I was very struck by the intensity and depth of the painting. It seemed to capture the cosmic dimension and its integration with the human sphere very powerfully. That is why I chose it as a cover of my book: 'Plato's Cosmology and Its Ethical Dimensions'. Gabriela Carone"

In addition to his success as a Nihonga painter, Akazawa’s ceramic sculptures are also appreciated with the same fanfare. His ceramic works have been exhibited in Italy, Austria, Spain and Japan and are collected by the Museum of International Ceramics of Faenza, Italy, and KUZ/Kapfenberg Museum, Austria.

Eve Loh Kazuhara

Thu, 2-01-2025 updated

CV 2023 (PDF download)


	AKAZAWA Yoshinori
1971	Born in Japan. Lives and works in Kyoto. Kyoto-based Contemporary Artist.
	Solo Exhibition
2019	Ceramic solo "Thinker In Space" Kyoto Ceramic Center, Kyoto, Japan
2018	Ceramic solo "JAPAN" Nihombashi Mitsukoshi main store Art square, Tokyo, Japan
2015	Ceramic solo "MOSAICO NEO" Nihombashi Mitsukoshi main store Art square, Tokyo, Japan
2014	Nihonga painting "Hana No Hana (Flower of Flower)" Rakuto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2013	Nihonga painting "HANAKAGAMI (Flower Mirror)" Rakuto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2009	Realizes 15 Fusuma paintings and donates to Soken-ji temple (in the ruins of Azuchi Castle which contains the ashes of Oda, Nobunaga), Azuchi, Shiga, Japan
2007	Nihonga painting "HANADAYORI (The Letter of flowers)" DAIMARU Tottori, Tottori, Japan Nihonga painting "The World of Yoshinori Akazawa" NTT west Uji Fureai gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2004	Nihonga painting "SAKURA (Cherry blossom)" Gallery Shimada deux, Kobe, Japan Nihonga painting "Wild Flower" Gallery KOPIS, Tokyo, Japan
2002	Nihonga painting "Flower Shower" Sakaimachi garow, Kyoto, Japan Nihonga painting "The better is the Night in Summer" Rakuto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1999	Nihonga painting "The Nightscape" Sakaimachi garow, Kyoto, Japan
	Selected Group Exhibition
2024	“2nd KOMA size KOGEI Exhibition” @Gallery Nakamura (Kyoto, Japan) ［19 March – 24 March 2024］ “43rd Kyoto Kogei Association Exhibition” @Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts & Culture (Kyoto, Japan) ［19 March – 24 March 2024］
2023	“Ambiente e Universo. Alta collezione di 8 artisti internazionali”, a cura di Rolando Giovannini @Casa Museo Raffaele Bendandi (Faenza, Italy)［2 September – 3 September 2023］ “42nd Kyoto Kogei Association Exhibition” @Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts & Culture (Kyoto, Japan) ［14 March – 19 March 2023］
2022	“40th International Exhibition of Art Ceramics of Gualdo Tadino, curated by Rolando Giovannini and Nello Teodori” @Monumental Church of San Francesco (Perugia, Gualdo Tadino, Italy) ［06 August – 31 October 2022］ “ESPRESSO AND CAPPUCCINO CUPS (Edition 2022)” @Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto (Rovereto, Trento, Italy)［14 May to 31 July 2022］
2021	“10th China Changchun International Ceramics Symposium” @Changchun International Ceramics Gallery, Changchun, China ［25 September to 31 December 2021］ “ESPRESSO AND CAPPUCCINO CUPS (Edition 2021)” @Savona Ceramics Museum (Savona, Italy)［2 October to 12 December 2021］
2020	“2020 IAC (International Academy of Ceramics) New Members Exhibition” @Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum, Beijing, China ［7.11.2020–12.12.2020］ “6X6 2020” @Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) Rochester, New York, U.S.A. ［6.06.2020 – 12.07.2020］
2019	"39th International Ceramics Competition L'Alcora 'CICA2019'" L'Alcora, Spain “1st International Prize for Ceramics” @Bardo National Museum, Tunis, Tunisia [31.08.2019 – 08.09.2019] “59th Exhibition of Ceramics in Castellamonte” @Ceramic Museum Palazzo Botton, Castellamonte, Turin, Italy ［20.7.2019 – 4.8.2019］ “6X6 2019” @Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) Rochester, New York, U.S.A. ［1.06.2019 – 14.07.2019］ “ESPRESSO AND CAPPUCCINO CUPS (11th Edition 2019)” @Romagna Chamber of Commerce of Forlì Cesena and Rimini (Forli, Italy) Royal Palace of Caserta (Caserta, Italy) ［16.05.2019 – 31.05.2019］
2018	"9th Painting & Mixed Media Competition 2018-2019" Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria "ESPRESSO AND CAPPUCCINO CUPS (9th Edition 2018)" Civic and Ceramic Museum (Ariano Irpino, Italy) Royal Palace of Caserta (Caserta, Italy)
2017	"8th Painting & Mixed Media Competition 2017-2018" Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria "39th International Ceramic Art Competition of Gualdo Tadino City" Rocca Flea Museum, Gualdo Tadino, Italy "Gendai-no-Cha-no-Yu (Contemporary Tea Ceremony)" Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi main store Art craft salon, Tokyo, Japan
2016	"36th International Ceramics Competition L'Alcora 'CICA2016'" L'Alcora, Spain "18th International biennale of ceramics d'Esplugues ANGELINA ALÓS" Barcelona, Spain
2015	"FAENZA" Sekiguchi Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2014	"5th International Ceramic Tile Teiennial 'elit-tile'" Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,WI. "17th International biennale of ceramics d'Esplugues ANGELINA ALÓS" Barcelona, Spain "43rd Exhibition of Japanese Traditional art crafts of Kinki area" Osaka, Kyoto, Japan "1st. International Contemporaly Ceramic Exhibition" Abant İzzet Baysal University Exhibition Hall ,Bolu, Turkey
2013	"'Sign and Miracle' 8th International ceramics Biennale Kapfenberg", KUZ Culture center ,Kapfenberg, Austria "3rd International Ceramic Symposium in Tunisia" National Centre of Ceramic Art Sidi Kacem Jélizi,Tunis, Tunisia "1st International Contemporary Ceramic Art competition Ariano Irpino" Ariano Irpino, Italy "The Story of the Creative" See.Me NYC Gallery, New York, U.S.A. "Kyosho-ten" Kyoto Art Club, Japan
2012	"16th International biennale of ceramics d'Esplugues ANGELINA ALÓS" Barcelona, Spain "1st Santorini Biennale of Arts" Santorini, Greece "'WAN' a variety of forms" Gallery Voice Tajimi, Japan "32nd International Ceramics Competition L'Alcora 'CICA2012'" L'Alcora, Spain "41st Exhibition of Japanese Traditional art crafts of Kinki area" Osaka, Kyoto, Japan
2011	"12th international Ex-tempore of ceramics Piran 2011" Piran, Slovenia "'Ceramica Viva' - I ceramisiti giapponesi premiati a Faenza -" Tokyo-Tajimi, Japan "'57th Premio Faenza' International Ceramic Art Competition" Faenza, Italy "International Mixed Exhibition Ceramics - Painting - Sculpture" Usak, Turkey "40th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional art crafts of Kinki area" Osaka, Kyoto, Japan
2010	"11th international Ex-tempore of ceramics Piran 2010" Piran, Slovenia "4th International Ceramic Tile Teiennial' elit-tile'" Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,WI. "39th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional art crafts of Kinki area" Osaka, Kyoto, Japan
2009	"10th Ex-tempore International Ceramic Art Competition" Piran, Slovenia "'56th Premio Faenza' International Ceramic Art Competition" Faenza, Italy "'Picasso Day' - Small Art Objects 2009 'Relating to BLUE'" Vallauris, France "38th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional art crafts of Kinki area" Osaka-Kyoto, Japan
2008	"LXXVIII Exhibition of Pottery and Ceramics of La Rambla" La Rambla, Cordoba, Spain "'ILLUSION' 5th International ceramics Biennale Kapfenberg" Gmunden Hip-Hall ,Gmunden, Austria (touring) "37th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional art crafts of Kinki area" Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Japan
2007	'"'ILLUSION' 5th International ceramics Biennale Kapfenberg" KUZ Culture center ,Kapfenberg, Austria "'55th Premio Faenza' International Ceramic Art Competition" Faenza, Italy. "36th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional art crafts of Kinki area" Osaka-Nara-Wakayama-Kyoto, Japan
2006	"35th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional art crafts of Kinki area" Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Japan Nihonga painting "National Cherry Blossom Festival® 'ARTISTIC IMPRESSIONS'" Institute of Washington DC ,Washington DC, USA Nihonga painting "Seed~" Gallery KOPIS, Tokyo, Japan
2004	"Nihonga-no-100" Ishida-taiseisya Hall ,Kyoto, Japan
	Museum Collection Show
2022	“Retrospective Exhibition: 39th International Ceramic Art Competition of Gualdo Tadino 2017” @Monumental Church of San Francesco (Perugia, Gualdo Tadino, Italy)［21 May to 20 July 2022］
2017	"'Ceràmiques del Món' Funds of Collection Contemporary Ceramics the Museum of Ceramics Alcora " Escal l'Alcora , Spain
2016	"MADE IN JAPAN" MIC/International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Faenza, Italy
2015	"5 Years Ceramic Symposium Memory" Dar El Founoun(CNAV), Tunis, Tunisia
2014	"'CERÁMICAS DEL MUNDO' Funds of Collection Contemporary Ceramics the Museum of Ceramics Alcora " Museum of Fine Arts of Castellón , Spain
2013	"'Terra Moti' presente alla Fiera Campionaria della Campania" Ariano Irpino, Italy "'Ceramica contemporanea giapponese in Italia' il Premio FAENZA" Istituto Giapponese di Cultura in Roma, Rome, Italy "MIC Faenza - Sguardi sulla scultura del XX secolo -" Forli, Italy
2011	"'Opere del Yoshinori Akazawa' from Collections of MIC" Bologna Airport MBL, Bologna, Italy.

	Public & Private Collections
	MIC/International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Faenza, Italy) Art Museum of City of Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy Raffaele Bendandi House Museum, Faenza, Italy Town and Ceramics Musuem in Ariano Irpino, Ariano Irpino, Italy Gualdo Tadino Contemporary Ceramic Art Collection, Gualdo Tadino, Italy Ceramic Museum Palazzo Botton, Castellamonte, Turin, Italy Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland KUZ Cultur center/Kapfenberg Museum, Kapfenberg, Austria Herman Pečarič gallery, Piran, Slovenia A.I.R Vallauris, Vallauris, France Museum of Ceramics in La Rambla, La Rambla/Cordoba, Spain Museum of Ceramics in L’Alcora, L’Alcora, Spain MEL/Museus d’Esplugues de Llobregat, Esplugues de Llobregat / Barcelona, Spain Mark Rothko Art Centre,Daugavpils, Latvia Santorini Biennale of Arts Permanent collection,Santorini, Greece Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey Changchun International Ceramics Gallery,Changchun, China Tunisian Republic Ministry of Culture,Tunis, Tunisia CNCA/ Centre National of Ceramic Art,Tunis, Tunisia MCC/ Museum of Contemporary Ceramics, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Azuchi castle ruins Soken-ji, Azuchi, Japan Kyoto Prefecture (Administrated by The Museum of Kyoto), Kyoto, Japan Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Art Museum, Shigaraki, Japan Mr. Basil Alkazzi,Monte-Carlo, Monaco

YOSHINORI AKAZAWA ROSEKI V

Eve Loh Kazuhara

AKAZAWA Yoshinori

Solo Exhibition

Selected Group Exhibition

Museum Collection Show

Public & Private Collections

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