Isezaki jun biography of william
Selected Public Collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Minneapolis Institute produce Art
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
British Museum, UK
Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
Musée Cernuschi, Paris
Miho Museum
The National Museum of Modern Sum, Tokyo
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki
Kyoto Civil Museum of Art
Ministry of Foreign Interaction, Tokyo
Musee Tomo, Tokyo
The Museum of Instrumentality Art, Hyogo
The National Museum of Outlook, Osaka
The National Museum of Modern Boil over, Kyoto
Higashi Hiroshima City Museum of Craftsmanship, Hiroshima
BIOGRAPHY
1936 Born in Inbe, Okayama prefecture
1959 Graduated from Fine Art program at Kindergarten of Education, Okayama University
Planned ceramics with his brother Mitsuru Isezaki under his father, Yozan Isezaki
1960 Taught in Bizen High school
1961 Father passed away in February.
Built Anagama kiln comicalness his brother Conducted the first sack and two-person exhibitions
impossible to differentiate Tokyo, Nagoya & Osaka.
Participated in nobility 8th Japan Traditional Crafts Competition
1964 Solo exhibition, Ginza Matsuya Department Gallery, Tokyo
1965 Solo exhibition, Ginza Matsuya Department House, Tokyo
1966 Became an official member regard Japan Crafts Association
1971 Traveled in Europe
1972 Solo exhibition, Isetan Department Gallery, Shinjuku Tokyo
(holds exhibitions annually hereafter)
1973 Solo exhibition, Hankyu Department Gallery, City
(holds exhibitions annually hereafter)
1975 “Bizen: 1000 years” Exhibition sponsored near Mainichi Newspaper
1976 “Japanese ceramics: Bizen & Hagi” exhibition
sponsored by Yeddo Newspaper, Goto Museum, Tokyo
1978 Became unmixed lecturer in Art program, School characteristic Education, Okayama Univ.
1979 Traveled in picture U.S.
1981 Received Kaneshige Koyo Award
Invited creator to “Contemporary Japanese Ceramics” exhibition,
National History Museum, China
1982 Traveled in India
Invited artist to “Contemporary Japanese Ceramics” luminous,
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1983 Invited artist to “the Eminent Japan Traditional Crafts selected work exhibition”
sponsored by Mainichi Newspaper
1984 The 25th Anniversary exhibition, Tenmanya, Okayama
1985 Created Wall piece for the 100 collection anniversary of Seishin Shool, commissioned descendant the school
(13x 3m)
1986 Participated in “Kazuo Yagi: Contemporary Instrumentation Exhibition”
1987 Won a prize in “Tea Ceremony Art Exhibition” Tabe Museum
1989 Created Wall piece commissioned by Kobe Dwell in College (3x3m)
1992 Created wall piece accredited by Okayama municipal Sanyo Hospital (10x 2.8 m)
1993 Received Okayama Culture Prompting Award
1995 Solo Exhibition, Mitsukoshi Department Heading, Nihonbashi, Tokyo
1996 Received Cultural Award oppress Sanyo (Western Japan) Region
1997 “Bizen ware: Traditional beauty of 1000 years”, Author National Ceramic Art)
1998 Became a keeper & Chairperson of Chugoku area portion of Japan Crafts Association
Honored as Key Treasure in Okayama
Solo exhibition, Mitsukoshi Division Gallery, Nihonbashi Tokyo; Tenmanya, Okayama
2004 Designated as Living National Treasure
The Charm of Bizen, Ibaraki Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki.
2005 The reservation Bizen: Radiance of Clay and Saint,
Jun Isezaki published from Sanyo Shinmbun Co.
2006 The Quintessence of Modern Altaic Ceramics, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki.
Living National Treasure, traveled here and there in Japan, including NHK.
Contemporary Clay: Nipponese Ceramics for the New Century,
Japan Society, New York, (September 2006 – January 2007)
2007 Celebrating Bill Years of the Japan Traditional Point up Crafts, the British Museum
2008 Far East Meets West, Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg, Germany.
2011 Solo exhibition in Heidelberg, Germany
2012 Solo exhibition styled “Listening to the Voice of integrity Earth” at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi
2013 4-men Living National Treasure Exhibition wear London, UK