ARTISTS / Satoshi Kino
KINO is a distinguished ceramic artist from Uji, Kyoto. He started ceramic making since of age 15, earned his M.F.A. in Ceramics from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2012. He has participated in many exhibitions international wide and solo exhibitions in Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Taipei and New York. Kino also has been recognized in several international competitions and has received many First prize awards in Japan, China, Spain.
His works had been collected in many public and private museums in Japan, U.S.A., Spain, China and well-known in the contemporary ceramic area as a young ceramicist.
KINO only focus on the potter's wheel technique and porcelain clay. His works come from the adjectives found in Japanese to describe the natural world and infuse the serenity inherently found in water, the air, and plants, evoke elements of nature and convey abstract feelings to the viewer. Furthermore, he tries to replicate the tension which is quietly present in our surroundings and form those impressions into solid objects.
1987 Born in Japan
2010 Kyoto Seika University, B.F.A. of Ceramic
2012 Kyoto City University of Art, M.F.A. of Ceramic
2013 Established first studio in Kyoto
2015 Established second collaborative studio 【Platform3】 in Taiwan
Awards
2020 2020 Taiwan Ceramic Biennale (2020 TCB), Special Prize (Taiwan)
2020 The Best New Talent Award or Art, selected by Kyoto City (Kyoto)
2019 Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition 2019, Special U35 Award(Japan)
2018 Japan Ceramic Association Award: Kansai Award Exhibition, First Prize (Japan)
The 115th Arita International Ceramics Competition, 2nd Prize(Japan)
2017 The 12th Paramita Ceramic Art Award, Grand Prix Paramita Award (Japan)
2016 The 36 Concurs International of Ceramic of l'Alcool (CICA2016), 2nd Prize
2016 Taiwan Ceramic Biennale (2016 TCB), Recommendation Prize (Taiwan)
2015 V International Ceramics of Marratxí ( V BICMA ), Grand Prix (Spain)
2014 The 4rd International Ceramic Magazine Editors Conference 2013, Grand Prix Gold Award (China)
The 55th Competition of Arts & Crafts Association of Osaka, Osaka Education Committee 2013 Award(Japan)
2012 Kyoto City University of Arts Exhibition, Encouragement Award (Japan)
The Moon Art Contest vol.7, Outstanding Award of Judge (Japan)
Island of Ceramic AMAKUSA Ceramic Biennale Special Award of Judge (Japan)
The Moon Art Contest vol.6, 2nd Place Award (Japan)
The 26th National Culture Festival in Kyoto, Encouragement Award(Japan)
Solo Exhibition
2021 KINO Satoshi Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kenbishi (Nagoya, Japan)
2020 Joan B Mirviss LTD [Windswept] (New York, USA)
2019 KINO Satoshi Solo Exhibition [Oroshi] at Pottery Perception Gallery (Taipei, Taiwan)
KINO Satoshi Solo Exhibition at Jimmy's Art Salon (Taipei, Taiwan)
2018 Art Gallery of Kyoto Takashimaya (Kyoto, Japan)
2017 National Taiwan University Library (Taipei, Taiwan)
Joan B Mirviss LTD [Quiet Tension] (New York, USA)
2016 Gallery Kocyukyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Gallery Sokyo (Kyoto, Japan)
2015 Gallery Kocyukyo
2014 Gallery Keifu (Kyoto, Japan)
Gallery Sokyo (Kyoto, Japan)
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum (New Taipei City, Taiwan)
2013 Art Gallery of Kyoto Takashimaya (Kyoto, Japan)
Gallery Keifu (Kyoto, Japan)
2011 Gallery HAKU3 (Osaka, Japan)
2010 Gallery HAKU (Osaka, Japan)
Gallery HAKU3 (Osaka, Japan)
Public Collection
Fuping International Ceramic Museum (Xian, China)
City Council of Marratxí (Marratxí, Spain)
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum (Yingge, Taiwan)
The Newark Museum (New Jersey, U.S.A.)
The National Museum of Slovenia (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza (Faenza, Italy)
Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo (Hyogo, Japan)
San Francisco Asian Museum (San Francisco,U.S.A.)
Peabody Essex Museum (Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Crocker Art Museum (San Francisco, U.S.A.)
Kyoto city KYOCERA Museum of Art (Kyoto, Japan)
Residency
2015 Fuping International Ceramic Vellage (Xian, China)
Competition Final Selected Exhibition
2020 2020 Taiwan Ceramic Biennale (2020 TCB),
2019 Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition 2019 (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 Japan Ceramic Association Award: Kansai Award Exhibition (Kyoto, Japan)
The 115th Arita International Ceramics Competition (Arita, Japan)
2017 The 12th Paramita Ceramic Art Award (Mie, Japan)
2016 The 36 Concurs International of Ceramic of l'Alcool (CICA2016) (L’Alcora , Spain)
2016 Taiwan Ceramic Biennale (New Taipei City, Taiwan)
59° PREMIO FAENZA (Faenza, Italy)
2015 International Triennial of Ceramics Unicum 2015 (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Open to Art, International Ceramics Competition of Art and Design(Milan, Italy)
V International Ceramics of Marratxí ( V BICMA ) (Marratxi Mallorca, Spain)
8th International Biannual of Ceramics Kapfenberg (Kapfenberg, Austria)
2014 The 4rd International Ceramic Magazine Editors Conference 2013 (Xian, China)
Kyoten (Exhibition of Kyoto) (Kyoto, Japan)
The 55th Competition of Arts & Crafts Association of Osaka (Osaka, Japan)
National Craft Exhibition (Tokushima, Japan)
2013 The Moon Art Contest vol.7
Kyoto Art and Craft Biennial (Kyoto, Japan)
The 26th National Culture Festival in Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)
The 30th Cyoza Award Tokoname ceramics competition(Aichi, Japan)
2010 The 9th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan (Gifu, Japan)
The Moon Art Contest vol.6 (Kyoto, Japan)
Kobe Biennale 2011 (Kobe, Japan)
Kyoto art and craft biennale (Kyoto, Japan)
2008 2008 Via art OSAKA 2008 (Osaka)