Morino Hiroaki Taimei

November 2016 Gallery Solo Exhibition

Morino Hiroaki Taimei is renowned for his ability to create consistently elegant and bold forms that can stand alone or work as functional vessels. A designer of the highest caliber, Morino is able to fashion surface patterns that beautifully reflect his Kyoto heritage. In addition, he specializes in large-scale sculptural works and has received many important commissions for such works. In addition to his classical ceramic training with masters and National Treasures, Kenkichi Tomimoto and Yoshimichi Fujimoto, Morino was also influenced while in the West as a teacher in the art department of the University of Chicago. He has participated in hundreds of shows in Japan, Europe, the United States and Australia. The international flavor of his work has captured the eye of collectors’ worldwide. His functional work is all hand-built and double-glazed with subdued combinations of red, green, black, blue, white and silver glazes. The surface decoration always perfectly compliments the form of each vessel.

1934 Born in Kyoto, eldest son of the Nitten potter Morino Kakô (1879-1987)
1958 Graduated from Kyoto City University of Art and Music
1960 Completed MFA program at Kyoto University of Art and Music
1962-63 Taught as an instructor of ceramics at the University of Chicago; solo exhibition in Chicago (also during 1966-68)
1978 Worked as a program coordinator at World Craft Council 1978, Kyoto
1979 Joined the International Academy of Ceramics, Switzerland
2002 Appointed Councilor of the International Academy of Ceramics, Switzerland
2005 Elected Vice President of the International Academy of Ceramics, Switzerland
2010 Became a member of the Japan Academy of Arts

Awards:

1960 Grand Prize, Nitten exhibition
1966 Hokuto Prize, Nitten exhibition
1968 Membership Prize and the Foreign Minister’s Prize, Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition
1983 Education Ministry Prize, Japan New Crafts Exhibition
1993 Education Ministry Prize, Nikkō-kai Exhibition
1996 Cultural Merit Award from the Kyoto Prefecture
1999 Cultural Merit Award from Kyoto City
2007 Japan Art Academy Award, Tokyo
2010 Gold Award, Japan Ceramic Society, Tokyo

Public Collections:

Aichi Prefecture Ceramic Research Center
Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA
Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
Emba Museum of Chinese Modern Art, Ashiya, Hyogo
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, NY
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art
Japan Art Academy, Tokyo
Japan Foundation, Tokyo
Kanazawa Gakuin University, Ishikawa
Kure Municipal Museum of Art, Hiroshima
Kyoto City University of Arts
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Kyoto Prefectural Museum
Marietta College, OH
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
Musée Tomo, Tokyo
Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Kyoto
Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
National Museum of Art, Osaka
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Australia
Philadelphia Art Museum, PA
Portland Art Museum, OR
Royal Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Seattle Art Museum, WA
Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, Korea
Shigaraki Ceramics Museum of Art, Shiga
Spencer Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
St. Louis Museum of Art, MO
Takamatsu City Museum of Arts
Tokoname Education Committee, Aichi
Vallauris Museum of Ceramics, France
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Korea