ARTISTS / Tomonari Hashimoto

Tomonari Hashimoto (b. 1990) is a ceramic artist born in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. In 2008, he entered the Kyoto University of Education, where he majored in Fine Art, and started studying ceramics in his junior year. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree, because he desired further studies, he enrolled on the Master’s degree program at the Kanazawa University of Art. He continued onto the doctoral program and received his PhD in Fine Art in 2017. During the last year of his Doctor’s program, he was seeking a place to make larger scale works, which he always desired but was not possible at the University, and decided to stay at the ‘Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park’ as an artist in residence. After completing the doctoral course, he moved to Shigaraki to pursue his creative practice. He has participated in and has been selected to be a part of numerous group exhibitions and competitions, and he has also held several solo exhibitions all over Japan.
In 2019, Tomonari Hashimoto held his first overseas solo exhibition in Hong Kong. And he was selected to exhibit at the Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2019 in Icheon World Ceramic Centre. Tomonari Hashimoto was selected as one of the youngest finalists at the ‘LOEWE Craft Prize 2019’ exhibited at the Sogetsu Kaikan in Tokyo. In 2022, Tomonari Hashimoto held a solo exhibition "Untitled" at Touch Ceramics in Hong Kong, garnering significant attention from art enthusiasts and collectors in Hong Kong.
1990 Born in Wakayama, Japan
2017 - Live and work in Shigaraki, Japan
EDUCATION
2017 Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Kanazawa College of Art Doctoral Course, Ceramic
2014 M.A. in Fine Arts, Kanazawa College of Art Master Course, Ceramic
2012 B.A. in Education, Kyoto University of Education, Department of Education school education teacher training course art domain specialty
Artist in Residence
2016 Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Studio Artist / Shigaraki, Japan
Solo Exhibition
2023 MOMAW Summer Museum Project #13 feat. Hashimoto Tomonari, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan
2022 [Untitled - Tomonari Hashimoto Solo Exhibition] Touch Ceramics / Hong Kong
2021 [Tomonari Hashimoto] Giwon Konishi / Kyoto, Japan
[MONOLITH] Gallery Utsuwa note / Kawagoe, Japan
[tomonari HASHIMOTO EXHIBITION] Gallery 02/ Kanazawa, Japan
2019 ["Works" Tomonari Hashimoto Solo Exhibition] Giant Year Gallery / Hong Kong
Group Exhibition / Competition / Art Fair
2023 [Evolving Boundaries: A Tribute Exhibition to TOUCH's Fifth Anniversary] Touch Ceramics / Hong Kong
[Clay’s next chapter] Touch Ceramics / Hong Kong
2021 [Design Miami] Miami Beach Convention Center / Miami, USA
[Salon Art + Design] Park Avenue Armory/ New York, USA
[ARTEFCT] Design Centre Chelsea Harbour / London, UK
[Art Fair Tokyo 2021] Tokyo International Forum / Tokyo, Japan
2020 [Tea Bowls] t.gallery/ Tokyo, Japan
[Ceramics Touch on Islands] TOUCH Ceramics / Hong Kong
[Japanese Wonder] Erskine, Hall & Coe / London, UK
[COLLECT 2020] Somerset House / London, UK
[Kyoto Art for Tomorrow – Selected Artists in Kyoto 2020] the Museum of Kyoto / Kyoto, Japan
2019 [Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2019]
Icheon World Ceramic Center / Gyeonggi-do, Korea
[SUNTORY TOKYO CRAFT ART BREWING in Shibuya] Shibuya-ku / Tokyo, Japan
[LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2019] Sougetsu-kaikan / Tokyo, Japan
[Tea Bowl Beauty in the Palm] Gallery NOW/ Toyama, Japan
TOMONARI HASHIMOTO EXHIBITION, Meguro Gallery of Ceramics, Yokkaichi, Japan
Special Exhibition“Exchange and Experimentation-Toward a New Generation of Ceramic Art” Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Koka, Japan
Kyoto Art for Tomorrow-Selected Artists in Kyoto, the Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2018 Tomonari Hashimoto Exhibition-ceramic-, Giwon Konishi, Kyoto, Japan
2018 KANAZAWA WAKAMON EXHIBITION -the Young Artists Group Exhibition-, Yakata Yusai, Tokyo, Japan
2017 TOMONARI HASHIMOTO EXHIBITION, Meguro Gallery of Ceramics, Yokkaichi, Japan
2017 the 11th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan, Ceramics Park MINO, Tajimi, Japan
2017 Kyoto Art for Tomorrow-Selected Artists in Kyoto, the Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2017 KOGEI World Competition in Kanazawa, People's Gallery A at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
2016 Tomonari Hashimoto Exhibition -introspection-, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan
2015 Tomonari Hashimoto Exhibition-connection-, Takagi Kouji Store, Kanazawa, Japan
2014 the 10th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan, Ceramics Park MINO, Tajimi, Japan
AWARD
2019 Sankei Shimbun Award, Kyoto Art for Tomorrow-Selected Artists in Kyoto, the Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2017 Purchase Award, KANABI Creative Award 2016, Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2016 Honorable Prize, Contemporary Ceramics Hagi Grand Award Ⅳ, Hagi Uragami Museum, Hagi, Japan
2015 2nd Prize, Contemporary Ceramic Competition of Kobe Biennale 2015, Kobe Biennale 2015, Kobe, Japan
2014 President Award(Incentive award), KANABI Creative Award 2013, Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2014 2nd Prize, 2014 Kyoten, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
2013 Outstanding performance award, the 67th Wakayama Prefecture art exhibition, Wakayama Prefecture, Wakayama, Japan
COLLECTION
Victoria and Albert Museum / London, UK
Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Los Angeles, USA
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts / Kalamazoo, USA
LOEWE Foundation / Madrid, Spain
KOREA Ceramic Foundation / Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Park Hyatt Kyoto / Kyoto, Japan Hyatt Centric Kanazawa / Kanazawa, Japan
HOTEL THE MITSUI KYOT0 / Kyoto, Japan
Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi / Tokyo, Japan
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park / Shigaraki, Japan
Kanazawa College of Art / Kanazawa, Japan
Providing works
2020 [IHNN 2021 SPRING/SUMMER RUNWAY "The boundary between Daily and out of Daily"] Tokyo / Japan
Bibliography / Books
2017 [From the Horizon of Introspection Evolution of Form; Complexity to Harmony-] Kanazawa College of Art/ Kanazawa, Japan
RESIDENCY/WORKSHOP
2019 Studio Artist, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Koka, Japan
2018 Studio Artist, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Koka, Japan
2018 Studio Artist, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Koka, Japan
2017 Studio Artist, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Koka, Japan