Profile

  • 2006 Royal College of Art (MA) Ceramic and glass

    2005 Grant : Overseas Training Program for Upcoming Artists (Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan)

    2004 Camberwell College of Art (BA) Ceramics

  • 2023 News Wakayama Artist Prize 2023

    2019 Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramic Prize

    2009 Ceramic Review Prize at Ceramic Art London

    2008 Development Award Crafts Council

    2006 Clerkenwell Award

    2006 Inclusive Design Award at Royal College of Art

  • Victoria and Albert Museum

    Touchstone Rochdale

    Manchester Art Gallery

     The Holburne Museum

  • 2023 Solo Show at Kainan Kouryu Centre

    Formed at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour

    Winter Cavaliero Finn at Cromwell Place

    Artefact at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour

    Collect 2023 at Somerset House

    2022 Collect 2022 at Somerset House

    Ceramic Art London 2022 at Central St. Martins

    Artefact at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour

    The Future of Craft at OXO tower Bargehouse

    2021 Access + Ability in Arts, Design & Technology at Embassy of Japan in the UK, London

    Crafting a Defference (LCW 2021) at Argentina Ambassador’s Residence, London

    Craft by Residency (LCW 2021) at Islington Square, London

    Crafting a Defference at SoShiro, London

    Collect 2021 at Soshiro/ Cavaliero Finn

    Future Icons at Burlington Arcade

    2020 Focus 20 at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour

        Collect 2020 at Somerset House

    2019 Young Masters Exhibition at La Galleria Pall Mall

    Connection Exhibition at Contemporary Ceramic Centre

    Collect at Saatchi Gallery

    Ceramic Art London at Central Saint Martins, London

    2018 Collect at Saatchi Gallery

    Made London Marylebone

    TUKURU つくる group exhibition at Sway Gallery London

    2017 Made London Marylebone at One Marylebone

    Sunny Art Centre Group Exhibition

    Ceramics in the City at Geffrye Museum

    Cracked Ceramic Exhibition at 50 Golborne Road

    2016 Women's Association of Ceramic Art at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

    Modern Japanese Design at Manchester Art Gallery

    Group Exhibition at D-Contemporary, Mayfair London

    Solo show at Sidcot Arts Centre, Somerset

    Ceramic Art London at Central Saint Martins, London

    2015 Made London Marylebone at One Marylebone

    Art 15, Camden Arts Centre at Olympia London

    2014 Common Ground Exhibition at Touchstone Rochdale

    Ceramic Art London at Royal College of Art

    2013 Collect at Saatchi Gallery

    Summer Exhibition at Royal Academy of Arts


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  • 2020 Ceramics Masterclass, Louisa Taylor, Thames &Hudson

    2012 The Ceramics Book, Bonnie Kemske, The Ceramic Review

    2011 Ceramic bible, Louisa Taylor, Rotovision

    2011 The New Artisans, Olivier Dupon, Thames & Hudson

    2009 Wall Pieces, Dominique Bivar Segurado, A & C Black London

    2008 Transmaterial 2, Blain Brownell, Princeton Architectural Press

  • 1993-1996 ceramic teacher / throwing and hand-building skill at Sankei Gakuen, Umeda, Osaka, Japan

    1996-2000 ceramic teacher / throwing and hand-building skill at Kousei Nenkin Kaikan, Honmachi, Osaka, Japan

    1993-2000 ceramic assistant / throwing, hand-building and glazing at Tezukayama University, Nara, Japan

    Dec 2011 demonstration and workshop / slip-casting and decoration at Architectural Association, London, UK

    Feb 2016 demonstration and workshop / slip-casting and decoration at Sidcot school, North Somerset, UK

    Apr 2016 demonstration at Heal’s, Tottenham Court Road, London

    Sep 2016 demonstration at Heal’s, Tottenham Court Road, London

    Jan 2017 workshop, presentation and demonstration / London Potters at Craft Central

    Apr 2017 presentation at Ceramic Art London / Central Saint Martins

    May 2018 demonstration / “Tukuru” exhibition at Sway gallery

    Sep 2018 demonstration at Ultrafabrics London showroom

    Nov 2023 Lecture at Shimotsu Daiichi Junior High School