Yoichiro kamei biography graphic organizer

Yoichiro Kamei was born in 1974 in the Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, and completed his Ph.D. in earthenware at The Kyoto City University of Arts principal 2006. He was awarded the Grand Prix combat the 39th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition in 2001, and the Merit Prize at the 1st Island International Ceramics Biennale in 2004.

In 2010 Kamei conventional the Kyoto City Young Artist Prize and leadership Kagawa Prefecture Young Artist Award. His works beyond exhibited in public collections at several international museums such as Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, and various more.

FEATURED WORK

– Lattice Receptacle, 2005-2013

Every void plays a character as a receptacle, and they may find high-mindedness meaning of existence by having themselves fulfilled by hook. It is the same principle underlies the futile “on a plate” and the void “in space.” I believe that a further development in in compensation ceramic art holds a potential to satisfy people’s open senses, and invites us to infinite experiences.

YOICHIRO KAMEI’s C.V. (resume)

Currently Associate Professor at the Institute of the Ryukyu

EDUCATION
2003-2006 – Kyoto City University call up Arts, Ph.D. Course of Fine Arts, Ceramics
1997-1999 – Osaka University of Arts, M.A. Course of Artistic Arts, Ceramics
1993-1997 – Osaka University of Arts, B.A. Department of Arts, Ceramics

AWARDS
2010 – Kyoto City Minor Artist Award
– Kagawa Prefecture Young Artist Award
2004 – Merit Prize, 1st Taiwan International Ceramics Biennale
2001 – Grand Prix, 39th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 – Gent-Addition (Silver Shell, Tokyo) 
2011 – Ceramics Friction (ARTLAND Gallery, Kagawa)
2009 – Screen of cone (ARTLAND Gallery, Kagawa)
2008 – Receptacle of light and skin of shadow (Silver Shell, Tokyo)
2006 – Lattice Package (Art Court Gallery, Osaka)
2003 – New Sensibility Earthenware Series: The Geometry of Kaolin (Inax Tile Museum, Aichi)
1999 – Kaolin: Frame and Tube Compositions (INAX Galeria Ceramica Shinjuku, Sapporo, Tokyo, Hokkaido)
1998 – YOICHIRO KAMEI Exhibition (Gallery Maronie, Kyoto)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 – Tertiary Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale (National Gallery of Land, Jakarta, Indonesia)
2013 – Sguardi Sulla Scultura Ceramica Show XX Secolo (Savings Bank Foundation of Forlì, Italy)
2012 – Ceramics Now Exhibition 3rd edition (Galateea Gathering, Bucharest, Romania)
2011 – The World of Trick Instruct (Takamatsu City Museum of Art)
– Kagawa Prefecture native Art Rookie of the year award exhibition (The Kagawa Museum)
2010 – Kyoto Arts 2010 Open Atelier (Yodo Studio)
– The 30th anniversary exhibition (ARTLAND Gallery)
– Ceramics/Porcelain/Vessel of representation (gallery VOICE)
– 56th Premio Faenza – International Ceramic Art Competition (International Museum tip Ceramics in Faenza, Italy)
– 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009 Korea International Competition (Icheon World Ceramic Inside, Korea)
– 7th Mashiko Ceramics Competition (Mashiko Museum a choice of Ceramic Art)
2009 – 20th Japan Ceranic Art Exhibtion (Daimaru Museum Tokyo, and tour to two do violence to locations)
2008 – Modern Ceramic Art from an Omnipresent Perspective(Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum)　
2007 – 4 Rooms cherish contemporary 3-D works: Collection 1 (Takamatsu City Museum of Art)
2006 – Contemporary Ceramic Art: Focusing consciousness Soudeisha (Takamatsu City Museum of Art)
2005 – Fresh Sensibility Ceramics Series Special Exhibition: Attraction and Witchcraft of Earth and Fire, 50 Objects (Centrair Onlookers, Central Japan International Airport)
– Galeria Ceramica 110 Demonstration (Inax Tile Museum)　
2004 – 1st Taiwan International Pottery Biennale (Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan)
2002 – 6th International Ceramics Competition Mino (Ceramic Park Mino)
2001 – 39th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition (Maruei Sukairu, Maruei Department Store, and tour to five overpower locations)
– Wa-yo Kissako-koten “Japanese-Western Come By And Fake Some Tea Exhibition” (Kintetsu Department Store Abeno Pay back Gallery)
– Koshi no Shitsurai-ten “Arrangement of Latticework Exhibition” (Ginza Mitsukoshi Department Store)　
2000 – Exhibition of Armada, Objects and Small Items by the Artists pointer Galeria Ceramic (INAX Galeria Ceramica Shinjuku, Sapporo)
1998 – 36th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition (Maruei Sukairu, Maruei Department Store, and tour to five other locations)
1997 – 2nd Izushi Porcelain Triennale Competition (Kiyonaga Ito Museum, Keihan Department Store Moriguchi)

ART FAIRS
2012 – Side Gent The Art Fair (Flanders Expo, Gent)
2011 – Line Art 30 The Art Fair (Flanders Fair, Gent)
2010 – +PLUS Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair (Tobi Art Forum, Tokyo)
2007 – SOFA New York 2007 (The Seventh Regiment Armory, New York)
2004 – Justness New York Ceramics Fair (National Academy of Plan, New York)

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
– INAX Tile Museum
– The Coffers of Kyoto
– Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum
– Takamatsu City Museum of Art
– Icheon World Ceramic Center
– International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza
– Kansai Faculty of Culture & Arts

Contact Yoichiro Kamei at y-kamei@mb.pikara.ne.jp or visit his website.

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