1953 Born in Hokkaido, Japan
Currently lives and works in Seto, Aichi, Japan
Education
1975 Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2019 power of passion, GALERIE hu, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
40th Anniversary Exhibition, Shozo Michikawa, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2018 Exposition 40ans de Shozo Michikawa, MIZEN Fine Art International, Paris, France
40 Years Ceramics, Shozo Michikawa, JAPAN ART - Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt, Germany
Shozo Michikawa: Nature, Gesture, Sculpture, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
2017 Shozo Michikawa - Forty Years, Forty Pots, Erskin Hall & Coe, London, U.K.
Shozo Michikawa, Lacoste/ Keane Gallery, Concord, MA, U.S.A.
Nature Into Art, SILVERLENS, Manila, the Philippines
2016 Shozo Michikawa Cerámica Contemporánea, Centro Cultural, Corporación Cultural Las
Condes, Santiago, Chile
Shozo Michikawa, JAPAN ART - Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt, Germany
Nature into Art, Di Legno Gallery, Singapore, Singapore
Natura, Gesto, Scultura, Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Italy
2015 Forbidden City, Erskin Hall & Coe, London, U.K.
Ballades en Terres, MIZEN Fine Art International, France
Shozo Michikawa, Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium
2014 Shozo Michikawa, JAPAN ART - Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt, Germany
Shozo Michikawa, Hélène Aziza, Paris, France
Nature into Art, GALERIE hu??, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
2013 Shozo Michikawa, Erskin Hall & Coe, London, U.K.
Shozo Michikawa, Peter Kammermann, Geneva, Switzerland
Shozo Michikawa, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Nature into Art, Materia, Quebec, Canada
Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Hélène Porée, Paris, France
2011 Shozo Michikawa, Erskin Hall & Coe, London, U.K.
THE NATURE OF CLAY, Cavin- Morris Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Shozo Michikawa, Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium
Shozo Michikawa, Terra Rossa, Leipzig, Germany
Nature into Art, GALERIE hu??, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
2009 Nature into Art, Galerie Besson, London, U.K.
Shozo Michikawa, Art Gallery Oyama, Osaka, Japan
2008 Shozo Michikawa, Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
Shozo Michikawa Nagoya & Paris, GALERIE hu??, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
2007 Thirty Years, Thirty Pots, Galerie Besson, London, U.K.
Thirty Years, Thirty Pots, Izukan Gallery, Manila, the Philippines
Shozo Michikawa -Nature into Art-, Gallery Tokyo Eizo, Tokyo, Japan
2006 Shozo Michikawa, Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium
2005 Shozo Michikawa, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
Returning to Nature’s Simplicity and Truth, Shandong Museum, Shandong, China
SHOZO MICHIKAWA BIOGRAPHY
Returning to Nature’s Simplicity and Truth, Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Shozo Michikawa, Wa-noi, Shizuoka, Japan
Shozo Michikawa, Izukan Gallery, Manila, the Philippines
2004 Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Besson, London, U.K.
2003 Shozo Michikawa, Izukan Gallery, Manila, the Philippines
Shozo Michikawa, Matsuzakaya Department Store Gallery, Shizuoka, Japan
Shozo Michikawa, Tobu Department Store Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Shozo Michikawa, Ulaanbaatar Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Shozo Michikawa, Tobu Department Store Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Shozo Michikawa, Tobu Department Store Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Shozo Michikawa, Mitsukoshi Department Store Gallery, Okayama, Japan
1997 Shozo Michikawa, Hiraya Gallery, Manila, the Philippines
Shozo Michikawa, Tokyu Department Store Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1996 Shozo Michikawa, Hiraya Gallery, Manila, the Philippines
1995 Shozo Michikawa, Hankyu Department Store Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2019 Manpower, Shozo Michikawa and Hans Vangsø, A. PETERSEN Collection & Craft, Copenhagen, Denmark
Design Miami/ Pierre Marie Giraud, Miami, U.S.A.
Design Basel/ Pierre Marie Giraud, Basel, Switzerland
TEFAF/ Pierre Marie Giraud, Maastricht, the Netherland
Art Fair Tokyo/ Sokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Ceramics Now!, International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Faenza, Italy
About a Vace, Museo Montelupo, Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy
NIHON NOW, Galerie Du Don, Le Fel, France
Modern Masters International Handcraft Fair Munich, Munich, Germany
Masterpieces- 400years of Japanese ceramics, Höganäs, Sweden
2017 Design Basel/ Pierre Marie Giraud, Basel, Switzerland
Art Fair Philippines/ SILVERLENS, Manila, the Philippines
Love and Violence, MIZEN Fine Arts, Padova, Italy
2016 NATURE INTO ART, Shozo Michikawa and Yoshinori Seguchi, Seto Ceramics and
Glass Art Center, Seto, Aichi, Japan
YUGEN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE CERAMICS, Japanese Ceramics, Officine Saffi,
Milan, Italy
Singapore Contemporary Art Show/ Di Legno Gallery, Singapore, Singapore
2015 International Ceramics, Shimada City Museum, Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan
International Ceramics, Erskin Hall & Coe, London, U.K.
2014 ArtCéram, Sèvres, France
Japanese Ceramics, Erskin Hall & Coe, London, U.K.
Tea Bowl Show, Oxford Ceramics Gallery, Oxford, U.K.
ICC DELHI 2014 Art Fair, Delhi, India
2012 Modern Masters, Munich, Germany
The World in a Cup, NCECA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
SOFA New York/ Erskin Hall & Coe, New York, NY, U.S.A.
COLLECT/ Erskine Hall & Coe, London, U.K.
Han Hyang Lim Onggi Museum, Heyri, Korea
2011 Pots from Seven Countries, Galerie Besson, London, U.K.
Art of Pacfic Asia Show, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
The SASAMA International Ceramic Art Festival, Sasama, Shizuoka, Japan
2010 SOFA New York/ Galerie Besson, New York, NY, U.S.A
. COLLECT/ Galerie Besson, London. U.K.
Pots & Paper, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London, U.K.
Keramicos Collection, Harlem, the Netherlands
2009 Soft Beauty of Traditional Shino, Concord University, Athens, WV, U.S.A.
The Art of Japanese Craft 1870 to the Present, Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
SOFA Chicago/ Galerie Besson, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
2008 SOFA New York/ Galerie Besson, New York, NY, U.S.A.
A Japanese Dialogue, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, U.K.
The Great North Art Show, Ripon, U.K.
Twenty Years-Twenty Pots, Galerie Besson, London, U.K.
Tutor Exhibition, Sussex Barn Gallery, Chichester, U.K.
International Ceramics, Giroussens, France
2006 Japanese Clafts, Galerie Besson, London, U.K.
2005 Ceremica Mosaico, Ravenna, Italy
Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London, U.K.
With Joy Brown, The Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
2004 Japanese Ceramics, Galerie Besson, London, U.K.
Maiden Bridge Exhibition, Maiden Bridge Farm, Lancaster, U.K.
SOFA Chicago/ Galerie Besson, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
2003 Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London, U.K.
2002 Accompaniments of Tea, Daiichi Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
1999 Gallery Pots, Galerie Besson, London, U.K.
1996 101Pitcher Exhibition, Terres de Provence, Paris, France
Awards
2019 Finalist, LOEWE Craft Prize 2019, LOEWE FOUNDATION, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Bayerischer Staatspreis 2018, Gold Medal, Munich International Handcraft Fair, Munich, Germany
CERAMICS NOW?? THE FAENZA PRIZE IS 80 YEARS OLD, International Museum of Ceramics in
Faenza, Faenza, Italy
2005 Grand Prix, CERAM ICAM OSAICO, Ravenna, Italy
1991 Shinpei Asai Prize, Design Forum, Seto, Aichi, Japan
Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.
Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
International Museum of International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Faenza, Italy
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, U.S.A.
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, U.K.
Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Italy
National Museum Cardiff, U.K.
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Shimada City Museum, Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan
European Museum of Modern Glass, Rödental, Coburg, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angels, CA, U.S.A.
Aberystwyth University, Ceramic Collection, Wales, U.K.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
China-Japan Cultural Exchange Center, Beijing, China
Qinglong Temple, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China