Kishi Eiko
ceramista/ scultore
Note biografiche
Vive e opera a Kyoto.
Dal 1984 espone in mostre collettive e personali in Giappone ed Europa.
Nel 2000 ha tenuto una mostra personale al Minneapolis Institute of Art mentre insegnava nel locale Northern Clay Center.
È membro dell’Accademia Internazionale della Ceramica di Ginevra.
Premi ricevuti:
1980: Mainichi Newspaper Award
1984: Encouragement Prize, Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition
1985: Education Ministry Prize, the Women's Association of Ceramic Art Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal, Museum of Art; Grand Prize, Asahi Ceramics Exhibition
1987: Encouragement Prize, Asahi Ceramics Exhibition
1991: The Kyoto City Mayor Prize, Kyoto City Exhibition; The Excellence Prize, the 2nd Ceramic Art Biennial '91; The 20th Chôzô Prize, Commemorative Exhibition of Ceramic Art at Tokoname; Memorial Prize, '91 Stoneware Exhibition, Tenmaya Department Store Gallery, Okayama (also in 1995)
1992: The Kyoto City Mayor Prize, Kyoto City Exhibition
1995: The Second Prize, '95 Stoneware Exhibition, Tenmaya Department Store Gallery, Okayama; The Encouragement Prize, the 4th Ceramic Art Biennial '95
1998: The McKnight Residency Grant, USA
1999: Medaglia d'argento del Presidente della Camera dei Deputati al 51° Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d'Arte Contemporanea, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza.
2000: Memorial Award, the Kyoto Craft Artists’ Association Exhibition, Kyoto Prefectural Center for Art and Culture
2002: Memorial Award, the Kyoto Craft Artists’ Association Exhibition, Kyoto Prefectural Center for Art and Culture
Musei che possiedono sue opere:
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minnesota State University
Istituto Statale d’Arte per la Ceramica F.A. Grue, Castelli Italy
Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Faenza, Italy
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota
Minnesota Municipal Museum
Musée nationale de Ceramiques, Sèvres France
Museum of Art and Design, New York
New Orleans Museum of Art
Northern Clay Center, Minnesota
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Seto City Culture Center, Aichi
Tokoname City, Aichi
Bibliografia
Ceramica viva: i ceramisti giapponesi premiati a Faenza, Tokyo, Istituto italiano di cultura di Tokyo, 2011, pp. 80-81.
51° Premio Faenza. Concorso internazionale della ceramica d'arte contemporanea, Faenza, Studio 88, 1999, pp. 32-33.
