My lashed flames
I am having discomfort with my lashed flames
My feeling is being made sharpened
and refined with the flames
Having more tention
and controlling with my nature passion
Harmonaize the cray and fire through my body.
My works are shaped by the flame
and remind me of the origin.
Touching my fingers
Touching my lips
these feeling impress me and my surranding.
listen the story without words in your hands
Born as the eldest son of the 7th Kobei Kato and grand son of Takuo Kato
Graduated Kyoto Seika University Faculty of art, Department of Ceramics
Graduated Master Ceramics course in Craft of Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts
Entered the family business, Kobei Pottery
Built a flame-reducing kiln by himself
Solo Exhibition (Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store) '10, '13, '16, '19 and ‘22
Solo Exhibition (Gallery Koubodo) '12, '17, '20 and ’22
Solo Exhibition (Shibuya Kuroda Art Bien) '11, '13, '15, '17, '19, ’21 and ‘23
Dedicated his works to Daming Temple at Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China for the ceremony of Ganjin.
Solo Exhibition (Art Salon Kogen) '14, '17, '20 and ‘23
Solo Exhibition (Nihonbashi Takashimaya), '15 and '18 and ‘22
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial
Mino Ceramics Now (Museum of Contemporary Ceramics, Gifu)
The 9th Paramita Ceramics Award Exhibition at the Paramita Museum
Succeeded the eighth generation of the Kobei-gama.
Kobei Pottery History Exhibition at the Furukawa Museum of Art
The PANK Kogei (Rakusuitei Museum of Art, Ibaraki Prefecture Museum of Ceramic Art)
Building a drawer hole kiln
Natural Black – A Tale of Iron and Carbon (INAX Live Museum)
Miran Salone CASA GIFU Ⅲ (Miran, Italy)
The fusion of Craft (Ginza Wako)
Dedicated Teas set Sansai Tenmoku for tea ceremony by Sen-soya as the memorial service to complete the Chukindo of Kofukuji Temple.
Solo Exhibition + Tea Party (Goldmark Gallery,UK)
History of Kobei Pottery (Mino Ceramics Museum)
Tea ceremony - Prayers and Please (Furukawa Museum of Art)
9 spacetime (Nihonbashi Takasimaya and Osaka Takasimaya)
Shin Gama, New Kiln (Nihonbashi Takasimaya and Osaka Takasimaya)
Awarded Gifu Prefecture Arts and Culture Encouragement
Honoo (Flame) (Nihonbashi Takasimaya and Osaka Takasimaya)
Mino samasama (Ginza Wako)
Mino Ware(Herend Porcelan Museum,Hungary)
Solo exhibition （Kyoto Takashimaya
Award of The Japan Ceramic Society
50 years Anniversary exhibition （Furukawa Art Museum）
This will be first solo exhibition in Singapore.
We will be showing new works of teabowls, flower vases, and sake cups.
Exhibition Dates: 6th (Fri) – 14th (Sat) December 2024
Artist in Attendance & Tea Ceremony: 6th (Fri) & 7th (Sat) December
Venue: HULS Gallery – Duxton Hill
Opening Hours: 11am – 7pm *Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays
Celebrated 50 years old (Hanpaku) porttery and showing his new works of 50 tea bowls
Place: Furukawa Art Museum, Tamesaburo memorial museum
2-50 Ikeshita-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya City
Date: Tuesday 1st of October until Sunday 17th of November 10:00~17:00
Further information is shown on press release. link the site below
The award of Japan Ceramic Society which is given the best potters of the year. As celabrationg the award, exhibition will be hold.
Place: Kochukyo (3-8-5 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)
Date and time: 11:00-18:00 from Monday 21st October to Saturday 26th October
Potters will attend at the exhibition all dayFurther information is shown on press release link the site below.
