SHOZO MICHIKAWA
b. 1953, Hokkaido, Japan

EDUCATION

1971-1975 Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024
THE INBETWEEN, HB381, New York, NY

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