INOUE Masayuki
1957
Born in Kobe, Japan
1983
Graduated from Tama Art University Department of Oil Painting, Tokyo (BA)
1985
Completed Master Course of Tama Art University, Tokyo (MA)
1985-87
Assistant, Tama Art University, Tokyo
1987-89
Assistant, Tama Art University, Tokyo
1991-98
Part-time instructor, Tama Art University, Tokyo
1998-06
Associate Professor, Tama Art University, Department of Ceramic, Glass, Metal Works, Tokyo
2006-
Professor, Tama Art University, Department of Ceramic, Glass, Metal Works, Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions
2016
IT Art House, Taipei
2015
Hagi Uragami Museun, Yamaguchi
Square and Circle Sculpture, Taichung
2014
“Palimsest - Overwritten Memories/Superimposed Memories vol.3 Masayuki INOUE” αM, Tokyo
2012
Ban Gallery, Osaka
Galerie Tokyo Humanité, Tokyo
2010
Galerie Tokyo Humanité, Tokyo
Art Works Gallery, Ibaraki
2008
River Retreat Garaku 4th MUSEUM, Toyama
2007
Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
2005
Galerie Tokyo Humanité, Tokyo
2002
Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
2001
INAX Tile Museum”, Aichi
2000
Masuda studio, Tokyo
Ban Gallery, Osaka
1998
Contemporary Art NIKI,Tokyo
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
1997
Cubic Gallery Toko, Tochigi
Megro Gallery, Mie
Ban Gallery, Osaka
Galerie Humanité, Tokyo
1996
Ban Gallery, Osaka
1995
Megro Gallery, Mie
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
1994
Ceramic Art Gallery, Tokyo
Megro Gallery, Mie
Gallery Tenjiku, Tokyo
1993
Gallery Caption, Gifu
Megro Gallery, Mie
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
Ban Gallery, Osaka
1992
Gallery Tenjiku, Tokyo
Craft Gallery Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo
1991
Yonago City Cultural Hall, Yonago
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
Ban Gallery, Osaka
Gallery Tenjiku, Tokyo
1990
Gallery Tenjiku, Tokyo
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
1989
Craft Gallery Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo
1988
Gallery Caption, Gifu
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
1987
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
Craft Gallery Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo
Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
1986
Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
1985
Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
1984
Gallery Stone Well, Tokyo
Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2015
"Workshop-Exhibition",The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
“AMABIKI 2015”, Sakuragawa, Ibaraki
2013
“SPARK- Agency for Cultural Affairs purchased ”, Takasaki Tower Museum of Art,Gunnma
“AMABIKI 2013”, Sakuragawa, Ibaraki
2012
“Kangetsu-kai 2012 , Rokkakudo and The House of Tenshin Okakura, Ibaraki
“Shisui-Ten -The 30th Anniversary ”, Ginza Art Holl, Tokyo
2011
“Art of Our Time -Charity Auction to Benefit the Reconstruction after the Great East
Japan Earthquake”, Tokyo Art Club, Tokyo
“Touring Exhibition -Collections of The National Museum of Modern Art the Crafts
Gallery”, Museum of Seto City, Aichi, Ebetsu City Ceramic Art Center, Hokkaido
“AMABIKI 2011”, Sakuragawa, Ibaraki
2010
“Kangetsu-kai 2010 ‘INOUE Masayuki’”, Rokkakudo and The House of Tenshin
Okakura, Ibaraki
2009
“TAKASHIMAYA Centennial: Treasure for the Future -Throw by Contemporary
Creators-”, TAKASHIMAYA Department Store Tokyo Art Gallery
2008
“AMABIKI 2008”, Sakuragawa, Ibaraki
“Exhibition of Contemporary Small Woks”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
2007
“KOUGEI in Its Primary Form - Hypothesis 1”, Tajimi City Bunka Kobo Gallery VOICE, Gifu
“The excellent fine arts work exhibition - Agency for Cultural Affairs purchased”,
The Japan Academy, Tokyo
2006
“JAPAN”, Galerie De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“AMABIKI 2006”, Sakuragawa, Ibaraki
“Collection work exhibition 2011-2006”, The National Museum of Modern Art
the Crafts Gallery, Tokyo
“The Quintessence of Modern Japanese Ceramics”, Ibaraki ceramic Art Museum
“January Exhibition -Sculpture and Drawing”, Art Works Gallery, Ibaraki
2005
“MUSEUM LABORATORY 2005”, CASO, Osaka
“Izumo-Tamatsukuri Installation Art Festival”, Shimane,
“Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition 2001 XVIII”, Daimaru Museum, Tokyo
“INAX New Sense Series -50 Objects”, Central International AirPort Cenrtair Gallery, Aichi
“Ars Nova -Between The Contemporary Avant-garde Art and The Crafts”,
Museum of Contemporary Art of Tokyo
2004
“Objet on the Desk Top X ’04”, NIKI Gallery Sstsu, Tokyo,
“Objet on the Desk Top X ’04”, Contemporary Art NIKI,Tokyo
2003
“Clay Works-The Art of Earth”, National Museum of Art, Osaka
“The 5th Exhibition Amabiki Village and Sculpture”, Yamato-mura, Ibaraki
“Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition 2001 XVII”, Daimaru Museum, Tokyo
2002
“The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art part 1 From Artisan to Artist -The Evolution of
Japanese Ceramic Art”, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
2001
“Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition 2001 XVI”, Daimaru Museum, Tokyo
“The 4th Exhibition Amabiki Village and Sculpture”, Yamato-mura, Ibaraki
“Leader of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics”, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
2000
“The 20th Shisui-Ten”, Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
“Contemporary Art from Tukuba 2000”, Tukuba Museum, Ibaraki
“Amsterdam galleries celebrate the Japanese Connection”, Galerie De Witte Voet, Amsterdam
“Contemporary Ceramic Art in IbarakiIbaraki”, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
“Lithograph by the Sculptors”, Gallery OM, Kanagawa
1999
“Art Works on the Desk Top IIX ’99”, Contemporary Art NIKI,Tokyo
“Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Art”, Museum van Bommel van dam ,Venlo,
The Neater lands
1998
“Art Works on the Desk Top VIII ’98-’99”, Contemporary Art NIKI,Tokyo
“Dialogue with Clay -The Spirit of Contemporary Ceramics”,
RIAS ARK Museum of Art, Miyagi
1998
“Art Works on the Desk Top VII ’97-’98”, Contemporary Art NIKI,Tokyo
“HOSHINO Satoru, INOUE Masayuki”, Galerie De Witte Voet, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
1997
“The 2nd Exhibition Amabiki Village and Sculpture”, Yamato-mura, Ibaraki
“On the Wall”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
“The universe of a box art”, Galerie Humanité, Tokyo
1996
“Art Works on the Desk Top VI”, Contemporary Art NIKI,Tokyo
“The Expression and Potential in Contemporary Ceramics”, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
“Aspects of Japanese Ceramic Art”, the Hakone Open-Air Museum, Shizuoka
“Ibaraki Biannual Dialogos 1996”, Contemporary Art Gallery Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
1995
“Japanese Studio Crafts”, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
“T-20 ’95 -Exhibition by Faculty of Tama Art University”, Rikugien Gallery, Tokyo
“INOUE Masayuki 1983-1995”, Gallery Tenjiku, Tokyo
“On the Wall X”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
“The 1st Exhibition of an Intuition of Beauty”, Takasimaya Department Store
Nihonbashi Art Gallery, Tokyo
1994
“Clay Work”, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
“A Breeze from Yokohama”, Shanghai Hua Shan Vocational Art School
“Art Works on the Desk Top III”, Craft Gallery Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo,
Ashikaga Inui Gallery, Tochigi
“Artist in Yokohama”, Yokohama Citizens' Gallery, Kanagawa
“On the Wall VII”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
1993
“Contemporary Art of Tama Art University”, Gallery Iseyosi, Tokyo
“Contemporary Ceramics 1950-1990”, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
“Ceramic Art Exhibition”, Ceramic Art Gallery, Tokyo
1992
“The 1992 International Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Art”,
National Museum of History, Taipei
“Present of ceramic Art”, Kobe Seibu Art Gallery, Hyougo, Ikebukuro Seibu Art Gallery, Tokyo
“New Artist Wave III”, Tokyo Art Club, Tokyo
“Contemporary Japanese Ceramic”, Everson Museum of Art, USA
“On the Wall VI”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
1991
“Memepool”, Ohara-ryu Hall, Tokyo
“Metamorphosis of Contemporary Ceramics -The International Exhibition of
Contemporary Ceramic Art”,
The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art in Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
“On the Wall V”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
1990
“Solo Exhibition of 7 Artists”, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
“Museum City Tenjin”, Inter Media Station IMS, Fukuoka
“Tokyo-TOUKYO”, Yurakucho Seibu Art Forum, Tokyo
“Japanese Clay Work Today”, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
“Twelve locations -Tama Art University”, Ikebukuro Seibu Art Gallery, Tokyo
“On the Earth”, AXIS Gallery, Tokyo
“Ceramic Art in the Showa Era -Tradition and Innovation”, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
“Clay Connection ’89”, Meguro Museum of Art Gallery, Tokyo
“Exhibition of Expressive Rice Bowl”,Maruzen, Tokyo
“On the Wall IV”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
1989
“Europaria '89 Japan Contemporary Ceramics”, Mons Museum of Art, Belgium
“The Suntory Prize Exhibition '89”, Suntory Museum of Art , Tokyo
“One Aspect of Japanese Contemporary Arts and Crafts”,
The Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, Tokyo
“The 2nd International Ceramics Contest '86 Mino” ,
Tajimi City Special Exhibition Hall, Gifu
“Contemporary Clay Work”, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery
“On the Wall III”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
“Card Size Works”, Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
1988
“Clay Art '88”, Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo
“Clay Connection ’88”, Ikebukuro Seibu Craft Gallery, Tokyo
“East-West Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition”,
Art Center of the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul
“Shiga Annual '88 Clay Work -The Repro-Action on Form-”,
Shiga Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
“Clay Work ’88”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
“On the Wall II”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
1987
“Ceramic Annex Shigaraki ’87”, touring exh.,The Museum of Modern Art Shiga Gallery,
Shiga;Center of Traditional Craft, Shiga
“Clay Connection ’87”, Ikebukuro Seibu Craft Gallery, Tokyo
“Maita msabumi Inoue Masayuki”, Gallery NW House, Tokyo
“’87 Asahi Craft”, Umeda Hankyu Department Store, Osaka,
Yuractyou Hankyu Department Store, Tokyo
“Clay Work Now III”, Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
“The 1st Kanagawa Art Annual”, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery
“Art for New Year”, Gallery Yamguchi, Tokyo
“A HAPPY NEW CERAMICS”, Gallery Genkai, Tokyo
1986
“JOUL NIGHT -Light Exhibition”, Craft Gallery Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo
“’86 Exhibition of Bud Vase”, Gallery Genkai, Tokyo
“The Planters”, Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
“The 1st International Ceramics Contest '86 Mino” ,Bronze Prize,
Tajimi City Special Exhibition Hall, Gifu
“Ceramic Annex Shigaraki ‘86”, touring exh.,The Museum of Modern Art Shiga Gallery,
Shiga;Center of Traditional Craft, Shiga
“Touring Exhibition of Ceramic in America and Eastern Europe”, Everson Museum of Art, etc.
“Tou-Ken-Ga-Kei”, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
“Clay Connection ’86”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
“Clay Work ’86”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
“Objet of new generation”, Craft Gallery Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo
“Card Size Works”, Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
“Clay-Image and Form”, touring exh.,Seibu Hall, Ohtsu;
Yurakucho Seibu Art Forum, Tokyo
1985
“Art for Architecture”, Gallery Yamguchi, Tokyo
“The 4th Shisui-Ten”, Jyujiya Gallery, Tokyo
“Ceramic Market”, Gallery Q, Tokyo
“Card Size Works”, Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
1984
“Tomorrow's Contemporary Sculpture and Pictures”, Amaury Saint-Gills Gallery, Tokyo
“Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition ’84”, Maruei Department Store, Aichi
1983
“Group Exhibition of Graduation works, Tama Art University, Ceramic Program”,
Fuso Gallery, Tokyo
Public Collections
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art, Argentina, The House of Japan
Everson Museum of Art, USA
The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art in Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
National Museum of History, Taipei
Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Victoria and Albert Museum
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
National Museum of Art, Osaka
Miyagi Museum of Art
Princessehof Ceramic Museum,Leewuwarden, The Netherlands
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
The National Museum of Modern Art the Crafts Gallery, Tokyo
The Institute of Ceramic Studies in Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
Agency for Cultural Affairs