BIOGRAPHY
YOSHINORI AKAZAWA (1971- ) : KYOTO-BASED CONTEMPORARY ARTIST
Ceramic, Sculpture, Nihonga (Japanese-style painting), Photography –
Yoshinori Akazawa’s artistic activity is based in Japan but has been exhibited and collected around the world in Italy, Spain, Austria, Tunisia, France, Latvia and many others.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2024
“Prize of Prima segnalata” International Competition ‘CERAMICS IN LOVE-MARCO POLO-’ 2024 “63rd Exhibition of Ceramics in Castellamonte” , Castellamonte, Turin, Italy
2017
“Prize of Targa Argent” and “Honorable mention” 39th International Ceramic Art Competition of Gualdo Tadino City, Gualdo Tadino, Italy
2009
“3rd purchasing prize” 10th Ex-tempore Piran Internatonal Ceramics, Piran, Slovenia
2009
“Prize of Medal of Rotary Club Faenza” 56th Faenza prize, MIC/International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Faenza, Italy
COLLECTIONS
Public Collections (JAPAN)
Kyoto Prefecture (Administrated by The Museum of Kyoto), Kyoto
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
Azuchi castle ruins Soken-ji temple, Azuchi
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Art Museum, Shigaraki
Public Collections (International)
International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Faenza, Italy
Fushigi *ONVIEW
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 Contemorary Ceramic Art Collection, Gualdo Tadino, Italy
Palazzo Botton, Castellamonte, Turin, Italy
Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Cultur center Kapfenberg Museum, Kapfenberg, Austria
Herman Pečarič gallery, Piran, Slovenia
Rothko Museum (Mark Rothko Art Centre), Daugavpils, Latvia
Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey
Museum of Ceramics in La Rambla, La Rambla, Cordoba, Spain
Museum of Ceramics in L’Alcora, L’Alcora, Spain
Museus d’Esplugues de Llobregat, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Caldas da Rainha Municipality Museum, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Changchun International Ceramics Gallery, Changchun, China
National Ceramic Art Center, Tunis, Tunisia
Museum of Contemporary Ceramics, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
