SHOZO MICHIKAWA
b. 1953, Hokkaido, Japan

EDUCATION

1971-1975 Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023    Tazutazushi: Peering Beyond the Tradition, Sokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2022    Haiku in Clay, Silverlens Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2021     Shozo Michikawa, Hostler Burrows, Los Angeles, CA
             Shozo Michikawa, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK
             Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt, Germany
2020   Shozo Michikawa: Sasama, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK
2019    Power of Passion, Galerie Hu, Nagoya, Japan
           
            40th Anniversary Exhibition, Shozo Michikawa, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

2018    40 ans de Shozo Michikawa, Mizen Fine Art International, Paris, France
            40th Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt, Germany
            40th Anniversary Exhibition, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
2017    40 Years 40 Pots, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK
           
            Shozo Michikawa, Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
           
            Nature into Art, Silverlens Gallery, Manila, Philippines 

2016    Shozo Michikawa, Centro Cultural Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
            Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt, Germany
            Nature into Art, Seto Ceramics and Glass Art Center, Seto, Japan
            Shozo Michikawa, Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Italy
2015    The Forbidden City, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK
            Ballades en Terres, Mizen Fine Art, Paris, France
            Shozo Michikawa, Puls Contemporary Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2014    Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt,Germany
           
            Shozo Michikawa, Hélène Aziza, Paris, France
            Nature into Art, Galerie Hu, Nagoya, Japan
2013    Shozo Michikawa, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK
            Shozo Michikawa, Peter Kummermann, Geneva, Switzerland
           
            Shozo Michikawa, Mitsukoshi Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2012    Nature into Art, Centre Materia, Quebec, Canada
            Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Helene Poree, Paris, France
2011     Shozo Michikawa, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK
            The Nature of Clay, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
            Shozo Michikawa, Puls Contemporary Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
            Shozo Michikawa, Terra Rossa, Leipzig, Germany
            Nature into Art, GALERIE hu, Nagoya, Japan
2009   Nature into Art, Galerie Besson, London, UK
            Shozo Michikawa, Art Gallery Oyama, Osaka, Japan 
2008   Shozo Michikawa, Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
            Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Hu, Nagoya, Japan
2007   30 years 30 pots, Galerie Besson, London,UK
            30 years 30 pots, Izukan Gallery, Manila, Philippines
            Shozo Michikawa, Gallery Tokyo Eizo, Tokyo, Japan
2006   Shozo Michikawa, Puls Contemporary Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2005   Shozo Michikawa, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC 
            Returning to Nature’s Simplicity and Truth, Shandong Museum, Shandong, China
            Returning to Nature’s Simplicity and Truth, Forbidden City, Beijing, China
            Shozo Michikawa, Wa-noi, Shizuoka, Japan
            Shozo Michikawa, Izukan Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2004   Shozo Michikawa, Galerie Besson, London, UK
2003   Shozo Michikawa, Izukan Gallery, Manila, 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, Kurashiki, Japan
1997    Shozo Michikawa, Hiraya Gallery, Manila, Philippines

           Shozo Michikawa, Tokyo Department Store Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1996    Shozo Michikawa, Hiraya Gallery, Manila, Philippines

1995    Shozo Michikawa, Hankyu Department Store Gallery, Osaka, Japan

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS



2023   Japanese Ceramics, Erskine Hall & Coe, London, UK
    
            Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine Hall & Coe, London, UK

           International Ceramics, Erskine Hall & Coe, London, UK

2022   Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine Hall & Coe, London, UK
            Materials of the Earth, Sokyo Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

           Vessel or Not?, Sokyo Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

2021    Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine Hall & Coe, London, UK

2020   Tea Bowls by 9 Artists, Online Exhibition, Erskine Hall & Coe, London, UK

           NOMAD St. Moritz 2020, St. Moritz, Switzerland

           Main Dishes, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
            Collect, Galerie Hu, Tokyo, Japan

           Bienal Internacional de Cerámica de Marratxí, Marratxí, Spain

2019   Watchfire, Silverlens Gallery, Manila, Philippines

           Manpower: Shozo Michikawa and Hans Vangsø, A. Petersen Collection & Craft,
            Copenhagen, Denmark
            Michikawa + Vangsø: Power of Simplicity, Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA

            Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine Hall & Coe, London, UK

           Pierre Marie Giraud for Design Miami/, Miami, FL

           Pierre Marie Giraud for Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland

           Pierre Marie Giraud for TEFAF, Maastricht, The Netherlands

           Sokyo Gallery for Art Fair Tokyo,Tokyo, Japan
2018    Glass, Textiles, Lacquer & Ceramic, Erskine Hall & Coe, London, UK

           Sixtieth Edition of the Faenza Prize, Faenza, Italy

           About a Vase, Museo Montelupo, Montelupo, Italy

           Nihon Now, Galerie du Don, Le Fel, France

           Modern Masters, International Craft Fair, Munich, Germany

           Masterpieces: 400 Years of Japanese Ceramics, KKAM Höganäs, Höganäs, Sweden
2017    Pierre Marie Giraud for Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
            Silverlens Gallery for Art Fair Philippines, Manila, Philippines

           Love and Violence, Mizen Fine Arts, Padova, Italy
2016    Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy

           Singapore Contemporary Art show, Di Legno, Singapore

2015    International Ceramics, Shimada City Museum, Shimada, Japan

           International Ceramics, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK
2014    Art Ceram, Sèvres, France
            Japanese Ceramics, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK
            The Tea Bowl Show, The Oxford Ceramics Gallery, Oxford, UK

           ICC Delhi 2014 Art Fair, Delhi, India  
2012    Modern Masters, International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany

           The World in a Cup, NCECA, Seattle, WA
            SOFA, New York, NY

           COLLECT, London, UK

           Han Hyang Lim Onggi Museum, Korea
2011    Pots from Seven Countries, Galerie Besson, London, UK 
            Art of Pacific Asia Show, New York, NY  
2010    SOFA, New York, NY

           COLLECT, London, UK
            Pots & Paper, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

           Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London, UK

           Keramicos Collection, Harlem, The Netherlands
2009   The Art of Japanese Craft 1870 to the Present, Philadelphia Museum of Art,

           Philadelphia, PA
            Soft Beauty of Traditional Shinos, Concord University, Athens, WV

           SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
2008   A Japanese Dialogue, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

           Tutor Exhibition, Sussex Barn Gallery, Chichester, UK
            The Great North Art Show, Ripon, UK
            Twenty Years, Twenty Pots, Galerie Besson, London, UK 
            International Ceramics, Giroussens, France

           SOFA New York, New York, NY
2006   Japanese Crafts, Galerie Besson, London, UK
2005   Ceramica Mosaico, Ravenna, Italy
            Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London, UK
            The Signature Shop & Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004   Maiden Bridge Exhibition, Maiden Bridge Farm, Lancaster, UK
            Japanese Ceramics, Galerie Besson, London, UK
            SOFA, Chicago, IL

2003   Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London, UK
2002   Accompaniments of Tea, Dai Ichi Gallery, New York, NY
1999    Gallery Pots, Galerie Besson, London, UK

1996    101 Pitcher Exhibition, Terres de Provence, Paris, France

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

Musee Cernuschi, Paris, France

Faenza International Museum of Ceramic, Faenza, Italy

Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, Sacramento, CA

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Ashmolean Museum of Art, Oxford, UK

Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Italy 

National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK

The Museum in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Shimada City Museum, Shimada, Japan 

Modern Glass & Ceramic Museum of Coburg, Germany 

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK
University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
China-Japan Exchange Center, Beijing, China
Qinglingsi, Temple, Xi’an, China


SELECTED AWARDS

2019   Loewe Craft Prize 2019, Finalist, Loewe Foundation, Madrid, Spain 

2018   International Craft Fair, Gold medal, Munich, Germany 

2005  Ceramica Mosaico, Grand Prix, Ravenna, Italy

1991    Shinpei Asai Prize, Design Forum in Seto, Japan