H99 x W47 cm
Keiji Ito (b. 1935) is a ceramicist and sculptor, well known for his minimalist style and as an invaluable, inspiring mentor to younger generations of aspiring artists. Ito has won numerous awards for his artistic achievements and has exhibited in countless solo and group exhibitions.
He is presently a member of the International Association of Ceramics.
Selected Awards and Collections:
Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House, Honolulu, Hawaii
International Museum of Ceramics Faenza, Italy
Museum of Fine Arts Gifu, Japan
Musee Tomo Tokyo, Japan
The Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Paramita Museum, Mie, Japan
The World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Korea
Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Japan Craft Competition Award, World Craft Congress
Japan Craft Design Association Award
39th International Ceramics Exhibition, Faenza, Italy,
Gifu Prefecture Award for Arts and Culture
Enku Award, Enku Exhibition
Golden Award from Japan Ceramics Society
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Kogei: The Art of Japanese craft
Summer Selections from Ippodo Gallery, New York 5 - 27 Aug 2021The Japanese festival of Obon ( お盆) traces back to ancient Chinese and Buddhist rituals that honor one’s ancestors. It is believe that this time every year, the ancestor’s spirits...Read more -
Ceramics on Lacquerware
Keiji Ito and Tohru Matsuzaki 9 - 18 Oct 2020Ippodo Gallery Tokyo is holding “Ceramics on the Lacquerware”, a collaborative exhibition featuring Keiji Ito, ceramic artist, and Tohru Matsuzaki, wooden lacquerware artist. The two artists were first connected...Read more -
Tea Bowls: Art of Five Senses
Contemporary Japanese Tea Ceremony Wares 15 Mar - 7 Apr 2018Expressing Gratitude for Ippodo Gallery’s First 10 Years Shoko Aono “It (Teaism) insulates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially...Read more -
The Essence of Imperfection
Wabi Sabi at Ippodo Gallery 26 Oct - 22 Nov 2017Wabi Sabi Shoko Aono The call of the evening cicada that signals the approach of autumn, a lonely plain of eulalia grass, a moss-covered rock, a simple teahouse… The Japanese...Read more
