Chronology

1946 - Born in Shiga prefecture.
1966 - Lived in Paris for one year, and met Shimaoka Tatsuzo who later became a Living National Treasure.
1968 - Started to study under Geatan Beaudin, a Canadian potter. During this period,
1968 - came back to Japan twice and studied under Shimaoka Tatsuzo in Mashiko.
1975 - Worked as a designer for a pottery company SIAL in Canada.
1978 - Established a studio in Quebec, Canada.
1981 - Returned to Japan and worked in Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka.
1984 - Opened "Shop Taizo" at Shibuya PARCO. (~1987年)
1991 - Built his residence and stuio in Futo, Izu Peninsula.
1992 - Developed his distinctive white porcelain.
2001 - Published the book “White Porcelain” in English.

Hold exhibitions in Museum and gallery all over the world.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1982 - Savoir Vivre, Tokyo
1983 Hankyu Umeda Main Art Gallery (Osaka)
1984 Hankyu Umeda Main Art Gallery (Osaka)
1985 - Seibu Ikebukuro Main Art Gallery (Tokyo)
1986 - Seibu Department Store Ikebukuro Main Art Gallery (Tokyo)
1990 - Amano Gallery, Osaka
1992 - Momo-i (Tokyo): first solo exhibition of white porcelain
1998 - Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Honten Bijutsu Tokusen Gallery, Tokyo
2000 - Zetterquist Galleries, New York
2000 - Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
2000 - Takashimaya Osaka Art Gallery, Osaka
2001 - Tanimatsuya Toda Shoten, Osaka
2002 - Yokohama Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kanagawa
2002 - Tong-in Gallery, Seoul
2003 - Takashimaya Osaka Art Gallery, Osaka
2004 - JR Nagoya Takashimaya Art Gallery, Aichi
2004 - Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
2004 - Zetterquist Galleries, New York
2005 - Yokohama Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kanagawa
2005 - Takashimaya Osaka Art Gallery, Osaka
2006 - Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
2006 - Design Miami, Miami, USA by Yoshii Gallery, New York
2007 - Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
2008 - Design Miami/Basel Switzerland by Yoshii Gallery, New York
2008 - Liaogantiei, Tokyo by Yoshii Gallery, New York
2010 - Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo
2013 - Toda Gallery, Osaka
2013 - Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, co-organised by Tani Matsuya Toda Gallery
2014 - WASALABY, Tokyo
2015 - Yuan (Tokyo)
2017 - Yoshii Gallery, New York
2018 - Shibunkaku, Kyoto
2019 - Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
2019 - Yoshii Gallery, New York
2019 - Chateau La Coste, Le Puy St Lepard, France
2020 - J.M.WESTON Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
2020 - Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan
2021 - Yoshii Gallery, New York
2021 - Mashiko Ceramic Museum, Tochigi, Japan

Collections

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / Osaka City Museum of Oriental Ceramics / Mashiko Ceramic Museum, Tochigi, Japan / Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, Japan / Rakuitei Art Museum, Toyama, Japan / Yakushiji Temple, Nara, Japan / Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA / Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA / Bird, Hoffman and Water Mill Foundation, New York, USA / Dear Beacon, New York, USA / Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, USA / Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK / Chateau Lacoste, Le Puy St Lepard, France

Books from Taizo KURODA

Signed White Album

Taizo KURODA, Seitaro KURODA

201.53

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