Ōno Kōtarō

  • Exhibitions

  • biography

    1953 Born in Brazil
    1977 Graduated from the Department of Law at Gakushûin University, Tokyo
    1978 Completed the mastering techniques program of ceramics, Tajimi Technical High School, Gifu
    1989 Studied at Cermica de Moncloa, Madrid

    Associations:

    Member of Japanese Tradition al Art Crafts Association
    Director of Takikawa Ceramic Center, Hokkaido

    Awards:

    1980 Mitsukoshi Prize and Hokkaidô News Company Prize, the 20th Traditional Crafts Exhibition
    1983 Hokkaidô News Company Prize, the 23rd Traditional Crafts Exhibition
    1994 Entry to Fletcher Challenge Exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand
    1995 Gold Prize, the 1st Modern Ceramics for Tea-Ceremony Exhibition, Toki
    2000 Grand Prize, the 6th Pottery for Sake vessel Exhibition
    Toki Oribe Grand Prize, the 2nd Modern Ceramics for Tea-Ceremony Exhibition
    2002 Grand Prize, Modern Ceramic Exhibition
    Gold Prize, the 15th Industrial Design for Life in Northern Cities Competition
    Hamada Shôji Prize, the 4th Mashiko Ceramics Competition
    Northern Cities Art Exhibition
    2003 Bronze Prize, the 16th Industrial Design for Life in Northern Cities Competition
    2004 Judge's Special Prize at the 5th Mashiko Ceramic Competition
    2007 Kikuchi Biennale II, Musee Tomo, Tokyo

    Solo exhibitions:

    Held solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Sapporo, Asahikawa and many other locations. Annual
    shows at Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Nihonbashi, Tokyo.

    Group exhibitions:

    1984 Invited to Art of Hokkaidô exhibition, Hokkaidô Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (also in '85 and '86)
    1990 Invited to Traditional Beauty: Wood and Ceramics, Hokkaidô Prefectural Museum of Art, Asahikawa
    1999 Asahi Contemporary Crafts Exhibition
    2004 Work enters the collection of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation.
    Exhibited at Metropolitan Museum of Art 6/2004
    2006 Kikuchi Biennial, Tomo Museum, Tokyo
    Kan, Auckland Museum of Art, New Zealand
    Japan Ceramics Show, Daimaru Museum, Tokyo and Shinsaibashi Daimaru
    Museum, Osaka
    2014 The Betsy and Robert Feinberg Collection: Japanese Ceramics for the Twenty-first Century, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

    Public Collections:

    Mary Griggs Burke Foundation
    New Orleans Museum of Art
    Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
    Auckland Museum, New Zealand
    Ceratopia Toki
    Mashiko Ceramic Museum

    References:

    Exhibition Catalogue: Nihon Tôgei-ten (Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition 2007), Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbun, 2007: pp. 63

    Exhibition Catalogue: Nihon Tôgei-ten (Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition 2009), Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbun, 2009: pp. 88

    Mintz, Robert and Joan Mirviss with Betsy Feinberg. The Betsy and Robert Feinberg Collection: Japanese Ceramics for the Twenty-first Century. Exhibition Catalogue. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 2014.

  • Ōno Kōtarō 大野 耕太郎

    Ōno Kōtarō 大野 耕太郎

  • bio pt 1

    bio pt 1

    Born 1953, Brazil

    After studying law in Tokyo, ŌNO KŌTARŌ pursued a career as Japanese ceramist first as a student in Tajimi and then at Ceramica de Moncloa in Madrid. His international background prompted him to settle in Hokkaido, away from any of the celebrated traditional Japanese pottery- making centers like Tajimi. Specializing in celadon glazing on porcelain, he glazes mainly with seihakuji (bluish-white celadon) and to a lesser degree with ōji, or yellow celadon. His works in porcelain are known for their undulating, linear, carved surface patterning (shinogi-de) that evokes the softness typically associated with stoneware. His works have been exhibited in Japan and internationally.

    Ōno's work can be found in several museums in Japan and worldwide, including: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN; New Orleans Museum of Art, LA; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; Portland Art Museum, OR; and The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD.