Profile
1991 Studied at Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo (1991-1994)
1993 Awarded at the Asashi Contemporary Crafts Exhibition
1997 Established a studio in Uchinada Town
2001 Awarded the Chairperson’s Prize of Ishikawa Prefecture Craft Design Association at Ishikawa Design Exhibition
Exhibitions:
1997 Yu-crafts (Ishikawa) in 2000, 2004, 2009
1998 ”Ceramic Ware” at Matsuya department store (Ginza), 6F Craft Gallery (Tokyo)
1999 CN-JAPAN (Kyoto)
2002 Matsuya department store (Ginza), 7F Art Gallery (Tokyo)
2003 Ringosha (Ishikawa) 2006, 2011
2009 Sabo Issho (tearoom) (Ishikawa) 2011, 2016
2010
・ Exhibited a flower vase at Japan Flower Arrangement Art Special Exhibition as an invited artist
・ Gallery A of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa)
・ “Petit Otome-no-Kanazawa Exhibition” at Mitsukoshi department store (Ginza), Remix Style (Tokyo)
2011 “Exhibition for Hospitality in Tea Ceremonies” at Isetan department store (Shinjuku) (Tokyo)
2012
・ “Spring La La La Market” (Ishikawa) 2012-2023
・ “Otome-no-Kanazawa Exhibition ―Traveling to Nikotama” at Fukumitsuya sake shop (Tamagawa) (Tokyo) 2013, 2014
・ Art Work Studio AN (Toyama) 2014
・ “Fine, Rainy and Snowy” at Gallery Muku (Ishikawa) 2014, 2016
・ ”Exhibition for the New Year, by Kanazawa Artists”
・ Play gallery “Wa-no-za Stage” at Matsuya department store (Ginza), 7F (Tokyo) 2013, 2014
・ “Shape of Japan” at Matsuya department store (Ginza), 1F Space of Ginza (Tokyo) 2013, 2014
・ “1000 Wan Marche” at Isetan department store (Shinjuku), 5F Living Floor (Tokyo)
2013
・ Exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of Maruhachi Seicha Co., Ltd. at Sabo Issho (tearoom) (Ishikawa)
・ “Ceramic Work Exhibition by Two Artists” at Gallery Hibiki of Tamaya Construction Inc. (Head office) (Toyama)
・ Exhibition celebrating the 30th anniversary of Ishikawa Prefectural High School of Technology at Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art (Ishikawa)
2014
・ Exhibited “Crafts for Life/ Kanazawa 2014” at T-SITE Garden Gallery (Daikanyama, Tokyo)
・ “Feeling the Texture of Materials”― Shitsurai* Exhibition to enrich quality of life” (*setting up a living or ceremonial space with furnishings, implements, etc.)
・ “Selected works by Sakai Naoki and Iwasaki Haruhiko” at Tamaya Construction Inc. (Ishikawa, Toyama)
・ “Evening Tea Ceremony” at Daiwa department store (Ishikawa)
2015
・ History of 25 years of Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo
・ Gallery A of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa)
・ “Enjoy Ceramic Ware” at Kanazawa Nakamura Memorial Museum (Ishikawa)
・ “Tea Ceremony Rite in Kanazawa: Tea Bowls and Utensils” at Ginza Kanazawa (Tokyo)
・ New Kaga Tea Ceremoney at Goto Museum Kokyoro (Tokyo)
・ “Let’s Japan Tea Service Utensils Exhibtion” at Mitsukoshi department store (Ginza), 7F
・ Japan Premium MITATE Style (Tokyo) 2016
・ KANAZAWA STYLE
・ MAISON DE REEFUR Daikanyama Gallery Space (Tokyo)
2016
・ Exhibition of flat-formed tea bowls for summer at Mitsukoshi department store (Ginza) (Tokyo)
・ “Exhibition of Joyful Tea Bowl Stories” at Mitsukoshi department store (Ginza) (Tokyo)
Subsequently, I have been creating works with a focus on online shopping.