Machiko Ogawa

Machiko OGAWA

photo : yasukuni
1946 born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
1969 graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Applied Arts dept. Ceramics)
1969-71 Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Appliques et des Metiers d'Art, Paris, France 

1972-75 Visited various places in West Africa, studying local pottery


Exhibitions (selected)
1986
Group exhibition by contemporary artists "Applied Arts - Artists in the End of Century"* Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo
1991
Solo exhibition, The Sogetsu Museum Art Museum, Tokyo
1994
Group exhibition"International Contemporary Ceramics - Vessels and Sculptures Today"* Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Aichi
1994
Group exhibition "Leaping Vessels - Crafts, Architecture, Design"* Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Hokkaido
1996
New Espression in Porcelain : Developments in the 1990s, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1997
The 9th Triennale India, New Delhi, India 
1999
Solo exhibition, Seto City Cultural Center, Seto, Aichi
2001 Group exhibition "Contemporary Ceramics for 21st Century"*Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama, Ibaraki
2002
"Today's Artists III, Ikeda Ryoji & Ogawa Machiko "Machiko Ogawa Li
2O・NaO・CaO・Al2O3・Si02 Breathing Bubbles"* The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Kamakura, Kanagawa
2005
"Asian Potential - Art Nursed by Sea and Islands" Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
2007
"Works from the Soil" Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
2011
Solo exhibition "Machiko Ogawa Archetypal Vessels" Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Aichi


Awards
1992 Takashimaya Art Prize, Japan 
2001 Japan porcelain Association Prize, Japan 
2008 The 58th Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts, Japan 



Note : Exhibition titles marked as " * " are provisional English titles.


Works | Solo show 2011 | Solo show 2009 |
| Group show 2004 | (Kouichi Uchida, Machiko Ogawa、Peter Voulkos)

| Gallery Kenbishi |