Ohi Chozaemon X(Toshiro Toyasai) Profile

BORN：
1927●Born as the eldest son of the9th Ohi Chozaemon
 
2016●Succeeded to the name of Ohi Toyasai
 
EDUCATION：
1949●Bachelor of Arts. Tokyo University of the Arts
 
GRANTS AND HONORS：
1985●Received the Japan Ceramic Society Prize
1968●Received the Hokkoku Cultural Award from the Hokkoku Newspaper
1976●Received the Citizen of Cultural Merits from the City of Kanazawa
1982●Received the Ministry of Education Award at the １４th Nitten Exhibition
1985●Received the Ishikawa Television Prize
1985●Received the Japan Art Academy Award from the Japanese Government
1986●Received the Chunichi Cultural Medal from the Chunichi Newspaper
1997●Received the Honorary Doctorate of Rochester Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
2003●Received the Urasenke Activities Award
2004●Received the Person of Cultural Merits from the Japanese Government
2005●Received an Honorary Citizen of Kanazawa City
2011●Received the Order of Culture Merit from the Japanese Government
2012●Received the Honorary Doctorate of Tainan College of Arts, Taiwan
2012●Received an Honorary Citizen of Ishikawa Prefecture
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCES：
1959-1969●Instructor of Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan
1969-1976●Associate Professor of Kanazawa College of Art, Ishikawa, Japan
1990-1992●Full Professor of Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan
2000-2008●Full Professor and Director of Kanazawa Gakuin University in the Department of Arts and Culture, Ishikawa, Japan
 
PROFESSIONAL STATUS AND MEMBERSHIPS：
1967‐　●Judge of Nitten Exhibition（on and after１１times）
1973‐　●Councilor and Judge of Chunichi International Ceramics Competition
1978-　●President of Kanazawa Crafts Council
1980-1997●Executive Director of Contemporary Arts and Crafts Association
（Gendaikogei Bijutsuka Kyokai）
1985-2000●Board Member of Nitten Exhibition
1988-1994●President of Ishikawa Prefectural Ceramic Artists Council
1997-　●Chief Executive Director of Contemporary Arts and Crafts Association
（Gendaikogei Bijutsuka Kyokai）
1999-　●Member of Japan Art Academy
2001-2008●Executive Permanent Director of Nitten Exhibition
2008‐　●Executive Counsel of Nitten Exhibition
2008-　●Vice President of Kanazawa Gakuin University
2010‐　●President of Ishikawa Prefectural Ceramic Artists Council
2022-　●Honorary Advisor of Ishikawa Workers' Culture Association
 
RELATED EXPERIENCES Exhibitions / Visiting Artist and Lectures：
1949●Italian International Industrial Arts Exhibition in West Germany, The Soviet Union, Spain, The United States, Taiwan and Hong Kong
1965●Toured Europe and Middle East under the auspices of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan
1973●One Man Tour Exhibition at the Nancy Art Museum, France and the Museum Voor Schone Kungten in Gent, Belgium
1981●Ceramic Arts Exhibition as Cultural Envoy, Taiwan（Japan‐Republic of China Amity and Friendship）
1983●Made dinner ware and tea bowls to be presented from Ishikawa Prefecture to Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan on the occasion of the official visit to Ishikawa
1984●Lectured and held exhibition, Boston University, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1987●Succeeded to the name of the 10th Ohi Chozaemon
1987●Made tea bowls to be presented from Ishikawa Prefecture to Their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Japan on the occasion of their royal visit to Ishikawa
1990●Ohi Generations Works Tour Exhibition, Isetan Department Store, Tokyo; Fujisaki Department Store, Sendai; Daiwa Department Store, Kanazawa
1991●Presented tea utensils to Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan on the occasion of the official tea ceremony in their honor at the Japan National Athletic Meeting in Ishikawa
1991●Three Men Exhibition “Play in Ohi", collaborated on works at the Ohi Studio with Painter Kayama Matazo, Sogetsu Flower Arrangement Grand Master Teshigahara Hiroshi at Fujii Gallery, Tokyo
1992●Japanese Ceramics（Now） Tour Exhibition in Paris and Tokyo, sponsored by French Government and NHK（Japan Broadcasting Corporation）
2001●Japan 21st Century Art Exhibitions sponsored by Tokyo Bijutsu Club
2002●The World of OHI CHOZAEMON sponsored by Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
2003-2011●Solo Exhibition：Wako Tokyo，2007 Osaka, Nagoya Takashimaya, Tokyo Mitsukoshi, 2011 Tokyo Mitsukoshi
2012●[Order of Culture] Commemorative Solo Exhibition Kanazawa Daiwa
2015●The Way of Creating Exhibition Kanazawa Daiwa
 
MURALS：
●Completed５８Ceramic Murals including Lobby of the Hokuriku Broadcasting Co.,
Tokyo Station Underground Promenade, Lobby of the New Otani Hotel, Tokyo and Lobby in the Komatsu Airport
 
2015●「Glow of Sun and the Moon」 New Kanazawa Station Promenade（for Hokuriku Shinkansen）
 
COLLECTIONS：
1973●Museum Voor Schone Kungten（Gent, Belgium）
1973●Nancy Art Museum（Nancy, France）
1978●Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
1982●National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1984●Fogg Art Museum（Harvard University, Massachusetts, U.S.A.）
1984●Metropolitan Museum of Art（New York, U.S.A.）
1984●Boston University（Massachusetts, U.S.A.）
1985●Japan Art Academy Hall
1990●Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
1991●Japan Imperial Household Agency
1997●Rochester Institute of Technology（New York, U.S.A.）
1997●Memorial Art Gallery（Rochester, New York, U.S.A.）
2001●Shosha Art & CraftMuseum, Himeji
2000●Kanazawa Gakuin University
2000●The ２１st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
2012●Tainan College of Arts（Taiwan）
 
 
PUBLISHING：
1977●RAKUYAKI NO GIHO（The Technique of Raku and Ohi Ware）（Yuzankaku）
1978●CHATO OHI（The Ceramics of Tea, Ohi）（Keisuisha）
1981●CHA NO YAKIMONO（The Ceramics of Tea, China and Korea）（Tankosha）
1982●HYAKUTO TAIWA（１００Ceramics Conversations）（Hokkoku Shuppansha）
1986●OHI TOSHIRO SAKUHINSHU（The Works of Toshiro Ohi）（Kodansha）
1990●HYAKUWAN HYAKUSHU（１００Tea Bowls‐１００Kinds）（Shufunotomosha）
2001●OHI CHOZAEMONGAMA NO TOGEI
（The Works of Ohi Chozaemon, Generations and History）（Tankosha）
2009●「TODOKONJYAKUNASHI」Hokkoku News Paper