Pot/Tunnel by Keiko Masumoto
Keiko Masumoto
b. 1982, Hyogo, Japan
Lives and works in Hyogo, Japan
Education:
2005
B.A., Kyoto University of Arts
2007
M.A. in pottery from Kyoto City University of Arts
Currently teaching at ceramic studio Fumonsha in Kyoto
2010
Artist in Residence, University of Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Solo Exhibitions:
2012
Kitsch Kogei, ICN Gallery, London
Keiko Masumoto, Gallery Jin, Tokyo
Keiko Masumoto, Motif/Vessel, ICN Gallery, London
2011
Form in Art- Touch and Sense the Piece, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hygo
2010
Gallery Jin Projects, Tokyo
TKG Projects #1/TKG Editions Kyoto, Kyoto
INAX Live Museum, Aichi
PANORAMA view of ceramic, INAX GALERIA CERAMICA, Tokyo
Tosei Gallery in Tokyo Metropolitan Government office Buliding, Tokyo
2009
Pots & Plates, Taiyo Jimu, Kyoto
2008
Ishida Taiseisha hall, Kyoto
2006
Segment, University gallery
2004
University gallery, Kyoto
Group Exhibitions:
2014
Duet Series Vol. 1, Hiroko Masuko and Keiko Masumoto, Gallery Jin Projects, Tokyo
Art Jam 2014, Gallery Jin, Tokyo
2012
Art Kyoto 2012, Gallery Jin, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto
From Edo to Now, Julian Hartnoll Gallery, London
2011
New Works in Ceramics, Japan, Toyota
Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
New Works in ceramics, Japan 2011, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Aichi, Japan
JAPANCONGO, Le Magasin - Centre National d Art Contemporain, Grenoble; The Garage Center For Contemporary Culture, Moscow; Palazzo Reale, Milan
2010
ULTRA003, Spiral Garden, Tokyo
2009
The Power of Decoration, Craft Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Feminic Ceramic, Shibuya Seibu Department Store Art Gallery, Tokyo
Tokyo Wonder Wall Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
Kyoten, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
FIX, Old Rissei Elementary School, Kyoto
2008
Tokyo Midtown Award exhibition, Tokyo
Gunma Biennale for Young Artists, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma
2007
Gallery Fumonsha, Kyoto
2006
Group exhibition, cafe momi, Kyoto
Korea Japan Contemporary Ceramics-Exchange Exhibition of New Generation, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
The Ceramic awards exhibition in the Citizens Cultural Festival Yamaguchi, The Old Hirobumi Itos house, Hagi
2005
Gallery Bunpaca, Osaka
KYOTO→SEOUL, Toppohouse Gallery, Seoul
2004
Craft Gallery SHU, Kyoto
Awards:
2009
Grand prix in Tokyo Wonder Wall (sponsored by Tokyo Metropolitan government)
Curators choice award in Kyoten (sponsored by Kyoto City)
2008
Runner-up Prize in Tokyo Midtown Award Art Competition
2007
Mayors Award for Graduate School in Annual Exhibition of Kyoto City University of Arts
2006
First Prize in the Citizens Cultural Festival Yamaguchi (sponsored by Ministry of education & science)
2005
Alumni Associations Award in Annual Exhibition of Kyoto City University of Arts