Hisaki Shomura

Japan Kōgei Association

Ceramic

2011
Received the Japan Kogei Association Incentive Award at the 58th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
2014
Received the Asahi Shimbun Prize at the West Japan Traditional Arts and Crafts Exhibition
2016
Awarded Judge's Special Prize at Hagi Grand Prize Exhibition IV of Ceramics in the Present Form
2022
Awarded the Grand Prize of Japan Ceramic Art Association at Ceramic Art Exhibition
2022
Received the Saga Shimbun Cultural Encouragement Award
2024
58th Western Traditional Craft Exhibition – Asahi Shimbun Grand Prize

I make artworks in the genre known as white porcelain. However, the luster that shines like silk on the bottom is the one and only white porcelain that has never existed in the history of white porcelain until now. I was born and raised in Arita, the birthplace of Japanese porcelain, and through learning the history of Arita, I came to know the preciousness of porcelain clay material. I pursued the possibilities of how to make the best use of this material and created the white porcelain of today. I use the word "白妙 (shirotae)" instead of "白磁 (hakuji)" (white porcelain) in the names of my artworks. The meaning of the word "妙" is "excellence" Literally, I coined the term myself as "excellent white porcelain.

Career

1974
Born in Saga Prefecture
1997
Graduated from Kumamoto Institute of Technology, Department of Industrial Chemistry
1999
Graduated from Saga Prefectural Arita Ceramic College
2009
The artworks exhibited at "Kōgei Today: Tradition and Creation" at Kyushu National Museum
2013
Exhibited at Asia Week New York 2013, “HERITAGE2013”
2014
Exhibited at Asia Week New York 2014, “HERITAGE2014” Participated in “Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Living National Treasures and Other Masters” (Washington, D.C.)
2015
Curated exhibition at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C.
2017
The artworks exhibited in the Present Porcelain in a Tea Room by Six Contemporary Artists at the Nezu Museum, Tokyo
2018
WAZANOWA Conference – Collaborative exhibition with French Living National Treasure artists

Artwork List

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Hisaki Shomura

Ceramic

Received the Japan Kogei Association Incentive Award at the 58th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition

Received the Asahi Shimbun Prize at the West Japan Traditional Arts and Crafts Exhibition

Awarded Judge's Special Prize at Hagi Grand Prize Exhibition IV of Ceramics in the Present Form

Awarded the Grand Prize of Japan Ceramic Art Association at Ceramic Art Exhibition

Received the Saga Shimbun Cultural Encouragement Award

58th Western Traditional Craft Exhibition – Asahi Shimbun Grand Prize

Career

Artwork List

Hisaki Shomura

ぐい呑-纏うカタチ- | Sake Cup – Embracing Form

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ぐい呑-纏うカタチ- | Sake Cup – Embracing Form

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ぐい呑-纏うカタチ- | Sake Cup – Embracing Form

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ぐい呑-纏うカタチ- | Sake Cup – Embracing Form

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茶盌 －大地を纏う－ | Tea Bowl – Veiled in the Earth’s Embrace

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種 | Porcelain Flower Vase "Seed"

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種 | Seed

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茶盌－大地を纏う－ | Tea Bowl – Veiled in the Earth’s Embrace