Artist / 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
Exhibition
2024 Colour Resonance: The Visual Language of Ceramics, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
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
2019 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
2017 Joan B Mirviss LTD [Quiet Tension], New York, USA
2016 Gallery Kocyukyo, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Gallery Sokyo, Kyoto, Japan
2015 Gallery Kocyukyo, Tokyo, Japan
2014 Gallery Keifu, Kyoto, Japan
2014 Gallery Sokyo, Kyoto, Japan
2014 New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2013 Art Gallery of Kyoto Takashimaya, Kyoto, Japan
2013 Gallery Keifu, Kyoto, Japan
2011 Gallery HAKU3, Osaka, Japan
2010 Gallery HAKU, Osaka, Japan
2010 Gallery HAKU3, Osaka, Japan
Awards
2020 2020 Taiwan Ceramic Biennale (2020 TCB), Special Prize, Taiwan
2020 The Best New Talent Award or Art, selected by Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
2019 Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition 2019, Special U35 Award, Japan
2018 Japan Ceramic Association Award: Kansai Award Exhibition, First Prize, Japan
2018 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 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
2014 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
2012 The Moon Art Contest vol.7, Outstanding Award of Judge, Japan
2012 Island of Ceramic AMAKUSA Ceramic Biennale Special Award of Judge, Japan
2012 The Moon Art Contest vol.6, 2nd Place Award, Japan
2012 The 26th National Culture Festival in Kyoto, Encouragement Award, Japan
Residency
2015 Fuping International Ceramic Vellage, Xian, China
Competition Final Selected Exhibition
2020 2020 Taiwan Ceramic Biennale (2020 TCB), Taiwan
2019 Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition 2019, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Japan Ceramic Association Award: Kansai Award Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
2018 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 2016 Taiwan Ceramic Biennale, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 59° PREMIO FAENZA, Faenza, Italy
2015 International Triennial of Ceramics Unicum 2015, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 Open to Art, International Ceramics Competition of Art and Design, Milan, Italy
2015 V International Ceramics of Marratxí (V BICMA), Marratxi Mallorca, Spain
2015 8th International Biannual of Ceramics Kapfenberg, Kapfenberg, Austria
2014 The 4rd International Ceramic Magazine Editors Conference 2013, Xian, China
2014 Kyoten (Exhibition of Kyoto), Kyoto, Japan
2014 The 55th Competition of Arts & Crafts Association of Osaka, Osaka, Japan
2014 National Craft Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan
2013 The Moon Art Contest vol.7
2013 Kyoto Art and Craft Biennial, Kyoto, Japan
2013 The 26th National Culture Festival in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2013 The 30th Cyoza Award Tokoname ceramics competition, Aichi, Japan
2010 The 9th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Gifu, Japan
2010 The Moon Art Contest vol.6, Kyoto, Japan
2010 Kobe Biennale 2011, Kobe, Japan
2010 Kyoto art and craft biennale, Kyoto, Japan
2008 2008 Via art OSAKA 2008, 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, 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