After returning to Japan in 1988, he established a studio in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture, where he has devoted himself, through many vicissitudes, to the production of white porcelain. In recent years, he has been producing purely artistic works that transcend the framework of practical use, such as “円筒".

Chronology

1946 - Born in Shiga prefecture.
1966 - Lived in Paris for one year, and met Shimaoka Tatsuzo who later became a Living National Treasure.
1968 - Started to study under Geatan Beaudin, a Canadian potter. During this period,
1968 - came back to Japan twice and studied under Shimaoka Tatsuzo in Mashiko.
1975 - Worked as a designer for a pottery company SIAL in Canada.
1978 - Established a studio in Quebec, Canada.
1981 - Returned to Japan and worked in Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka.
1984 - Opened "Shop Taizo" at Shibuya PARCO. (~1987年)
1991 - Built his residence and stuio in Futo, Izu Peninsula.
1992 - Developed his distinctive white porcelain.
2001 - Published the book “White Porcelain” in English.

Hold exhibitions in Museum and gallery all over the world.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1982 - Savoir Vivre, Tokyo
1983 - Hankyu Umeda Main Art Gallery (Osaka)
1984 - Hankyu Umeda Main Art Gallery (Osaka)
1985 - Seibu Ikebukuro Main Art Gallery (Tokyo)
1986 - Seibu Department Store Ikebukuro Main Art Gallery (Tokyo)
1990 - Amano Gallery, Osaka
1992 - Momo-i (Tokyo): first solo exhibition of white porcelain
1998 - Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Honten Bijutsu Tokusen Gallery, Tokyo
2000 - Zetterquist Galleries, New York
2000 - Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
2000 - Takashimaya Osaka Art Gallery, Osaka
2001 - Tanimatsuya Toda Shoten, Osaka
2002 - Yokohama Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kanagawa
2002 - Tong-in Gallery, Seoul
2003 - Takashimaya Osaka Art Gallery, Osaka
2004 - JR Nagoya Takashimaya Art Gallery, Aichi
2004 - Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
2004 - Zetterquist Galleries, New York
2005 - Yokohama Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kanagawa
2005 - Takashimaya Osaka Art Gallery, Osaka
2006 - Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
2006 - Design Miami, Miami, USA by Yoshii Gallery, New York
2007 - Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
2008 - Design Miami/Basel Switzerland by Yoshii Gallery, New York
2008 - Liaogantiei, Tokyo by Yoshii Gallery, New York
2010 - Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo
2013 - Toda Gallery, Osaka
2013 - Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, co-organised by Tani Matsuya Toda Gallery
2014 - WASALABY, Tokyo
2015 - Yuan (Tokyo)
2017 - Yoshii Gallery, New York
2018 - Shibunkaku, Kyoto
2019 - Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
2019 - Yoshii Gallery, New York
2019 - Chateau La Coste, Le Puy St Lepard, France
2020 - J.M.WESTON Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
2020 - Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan
2021 - Yoshii Gallery, New York
2021 - Mashiko Ceramic Museum, Tochigi, Japan

Collections

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / Osaka City Museum of Oriental Ceramics / Mashiko Ceramic Museum, Tochigi, Japan / Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, Japan / Rakuitei Art Museum, Toyama, Japan / Yakushiji Temple, Nara, Japan / Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA / Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA / Bird, Hoffman and Water Mill Foundation, New York, USA / Dear Beacon, New York, USA / Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, USA / Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK / Chateau Lacoste, Le Puy St Lepard, France

Books from Taizo KURODA

Signed White Album

Taizo KURODA, Seitaro KURODA

$216.40

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