Jun Kaneko was born in Nagoya, Japan in 1942. He studied painting with Satoshi Ogawa during his adolescence, working in his studio during the day and attending high school in the evening. He came to the United States in 1963 to continue those studies at Chouinard Institute of Art. An introduction to collector Fred Marer drew him to sculptural ceramics and he proceeded to study with Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, and Jerry Rothman in California during the time now defined as The Contemporary Ceramics Movement in America. The following decade, Kaneko taught at some of the nation’s leading art schools, including Scripps College, Rhode Island School of Design and Cranbrook Academy of Art.

His artwork appears in numerous international and national solo and group exhibitions annually, and is included in more than seventy museum collections. He has realized over thirty public art commissions in the United States and Japan and is the recipient of national, state and organization fellowships. Kaneko holds honorary doctorates from the University of Nebraska, the Massachusetts College of Art & Design and the Royal College of Art in London.


Education

1971 Claremont Graduate School, studied under Paul Soldner
1966 University of California, Berkeley, studied under Peter Voulkos
1964 Chouinard Art Institute of Art, Los Angeles, California
California Institute of Art, Los Angeles, California
Studied ceramics at Jerry Rothman’s studio, Paramount, California

Grants & Honors

2012 Governor’s Arts Award for Outstanding Artist, Nebraska
ArtPalmBeach 2012 Visionary Award Recipient, Palm Beach FL
2011 Master of the Media, James Renwick Alliance, Washington DC
2010 Artist Advisory Board, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Honorary Doctorate, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2006 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Nebraska
2006 Ak-Sar-Ben Service Awards in the Arts
2005 Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London, UK
1996 Fellow of the American Craft Council
1994 Honorary Member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
1994 Nebraska Arts Council Fellowship
1985 National Endowment for the Arts
1979 National Endowment for the Arts
1967 Archie Bray Foundation, Montana

Teaching Experience

1979-86 Cranbrook Academy of Art
1973-75 Rhode Island School of Design
1974 Scripps College (summer school)
1972-73 University of New Hampshire

Foundations

2000 Founder, KANEKO: Open Space for Your Mind, Omaha, NE
1985 Co-Founder, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

Public Collections

Aichi-Prefecture Museum of Ceramics, Nagoya, Japan
American Crafts Museum, New York, NY
Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Arizona State University Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
California State University, Sacramento, CA
City Center, Las Vegas, NV
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
County of Santa Clara, Valley Specialty Center Medical Building, San Jose, CA
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
European Ceramic Work Center, s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (De Young), San Francisco, California
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Arts, Toronto, Canada
Gifu – Ken Museum, Gifu, Japan
Hawaii State Foundation on Culture & the Arts, Honolulu, HI
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
Incheon World Ceramic Center, Japan
Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, NE
Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
Museum Het Kruithis, s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan
The Marer Collection at Scripps College, Claremont, California
Nagoya City Museum, Nagoya, Japan
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Olympic Museum of Ceramic Sculpture, Athens, Greece
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Reading Public Museum, Reading PA
Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, Renewick Gallery
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Japan
The Banff Centre, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada
The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Toyota City Museum, Toyota, Japan
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth, MN
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX
University of Florida, Samuel P. Ham Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
University of Iowa, Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Univeristy of Missouri Columbia: Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia, MO
University of Wyoming Art Museum of Art, Laramie, WY
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
Yamaguchi Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan

Public Commissions

2012 City of Omaha, Hilton Omaha (Project 3), Omaha, NE
2011 Shanghai International Finance Center, Pudong, Shanghai, China
Five Dangos, Principal Riverwalk Hubbell Pavilion, Des Moines, IA
2010 Great Path Academy, Manchester, CT
2009 Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Mammel Hall, College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE
Twlfth & Washington Apartments, Portland, OR
UNMC Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education, Omaha, NE
2008 Kaneko on Park Avenue (06/08 – 11/08), New Your City Parks Public Art Program, New York City, NY
2007 Temple Har Shalom, Park City, UT
Mid-America Center, Council Bluffs, IA
Four Seasons Resort, Maui, Wailea, HI
2006 Madame Butterfly, Opera Omaha, Omaha, NE (traveling)
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
University of Nebraska Foundation
Bartle Hall/Convention Center, Kansas City, MO
University of Connecticut, Burton Family Football Complex, Storrs, CT
2004 City of Omaha, Hilton Omaha, Omaha, NE
San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA
San Jose Repertory Theatre Plaza, San Jose, CA
Western Asset Plaza, Pasadena, CA
International Olympic Park of Ceramics and Sculpture, Maroussi, Athens, Greece
2003 Social Security Administration National Headquarters, Woodland, MD
2002 Denver International Airport, Westin Hotel, Denver, CO
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Lewis and Clark College, Social Studies Building, Beaverton, OR
2001 University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, GA
2000 Beaverton City Library, Beaverton, Oregon
Manchester Community – Technical College, Manchester, Connecticut
1999 San Jose Symphony Hall, San Jose, California
Omaha Steaks International, Omaha, Nebraska
Mount Mercy College, Busse Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1998 Waikiki Aquarium, Honolulu, Hawaii
1997 University of Connecticut, Biology and Physics Building
New McCormick Center, Chicago, Illinois
1996 Aichi – Prefecture, Sannormaru Multiple Use Building, Nagoya, Japan
1995 North Carolina State University, Graduate Engineering Center, “Liquid Order”, Raleigh, NC
Yamashita Hospital 2nd Project, Ichinomiya, Japan
The University of Texas, San Antonio, The College of Business
1994 Maishima Sports Arena, City of Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah
1993 Yamashita Hospital, Ichinomiya, Japan
Commission for Aquarium Station, Boston, Massachusetts,
University of Akron – Polsky Building
1990 Arizona State University Plaza – West Campus
Phoenix Airport – Terminal Four
1985 Detroit People Mover

OPERA PRODUCTION DESIGN

2013 The Magic Flute, Opera Omaha, Omaha, NE
2012 The Magic Flute, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, CA
Madama Butterfly, Opera Carolina, Charlotte, NC
2011 Madama Butterfly, Opera Omaha, Omaha, NE
2010 Madama Butterfly, Opera Memphis, Memphis, TN
Madama Butterfly, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2009 Madama Butterfly, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Madama Butterfly, Madison Opera, Madison, WI
Madama Butterfly, Atlanta Opera, Atlanta, GA
Fidelio, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Madama Butterfly, Hawaii Opera Theater, Maui, HI
Madama Butterfly, Hawaii Opera Theater, Honolulu, HI
2006 Madama Butterfly, Dayton Opera, Dayton, OH
Madama Butterfly, Opera Omaha, Omaha, NE

Selected Exhibitions

2012 “Jun Kaneko”, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
2011 “Crafting Mordernism: Midcentury American Art and Design”, The Museum of Arts and Design, NY
“20th Century Ceramics: From Kenkichi Tomimoto to Kazuo Yagi,” The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Sasayama, Japan
“Jun Kaneko in the Round”, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
“Jun Kaneko Altered and Transposed: Drawings for Madama Butterfly,” Sheldon Art Museum, Lincoln NE
“Jun Kaneko”, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
“Jun Kaneko Ceramics,” Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, CA
2010 “Jun Kaneko” Reading Public Museum, Reading PA
“Jun Kaneko”, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach FL
“Jun Kaneko”, Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
“Jun Kaneko: Selected Work”, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
New Work, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
“Jun Kaneko, Large Clay Works”, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA
Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, GA, Smith Kramer touring exhibition
2009 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Perelman Building, Philadelphia, PA
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Commonwealth Plaza, Philadelphia, PA
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Kaneko in Tokyo, Gallery Kasahara, Middle Town Garden, Tokyo, Japan
Kaneko in Tokyo, Gallery Kasahara, Shinwa Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Play’s the Thing: The Paintings and Objects of Jun Kaneko, Sheldon Art Museum, Lincoln, NE
The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Crosscurrents: Jun Kaneko & David Kuraoka, Maui Arts and Culture Center, Kahului, HI
2008 Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art at the Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
2007 Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI
Works in Clay, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Innovation and Change: Great Ceramics from the Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University Art Collection, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Actor! Actor! The Intersection of Art and Theater, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Madama Butterfly: Costumes, Set, Properties & Projections by Jun Kaneko, Hawaii Opera Theater, Honolulu, HI
2006 Madama Butterfly: Costumes, Set, Properties & Projections by Jun Kaneko, Dayton Opera, Dayton, OH
Jun Kaneko: Beyond Butterfly, Dayton Arts Institute, Dayton, OH
Jun Kaneko: Drawings and Prints, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
Platters, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Madama Butterfly, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Clayarch Int’l Architecture/ Ceramic Exhibition, Gimhae Museum, South Kore
2005 Salt Lake Art Center UT
2004 Solo Show, "Jun Kaneko", Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN
2003 Group Show, "100 Treasures of Cranbrook Art Museum", Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit, MI
Group Show, "Concentus," National Museum of Decorative Arts, Oslo, Norway
Group Show, "Clay", The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Solo Show, "Jun Kaneko", Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Group Show, "Shared Passion: Sara and David Leiberman Collection", ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Solo Show, “Jun Kaneko”, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Solo Show, "Jun Kaneko", Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
2002 Solo Show, "Jun Kaneko", Holter Museum, Helena, MT
Solo Show, "Jun Kaneko", San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Solo Show, "Jun Kaneko", Kalamazoo Institute of Art , Kalamazoo, Charlotte, NC
Group Show, "Untitled", Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
Group Show, "Coming of Age", Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Group Show, "Contemporary American Ceramics 1950-1990", Aichi Ceramic Museum in Nagoya, National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Tochigi Ceramic Museum in Tochigi, Setagaya Museum in Tokyo, Japan
Group Show, "Sculptural Clay Invitation," Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Group Show "Accent on Ceramics", Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ
Solo Show, "Jun Kaneko" Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
Group Show "Poetics of Clay: An International Perspective", Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, touring to the Museum of Art and Design / Taideleollisuus Museo, Helsinki, Finland
2001 Solo Show, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
Solo Show, "Jun Kaneko", Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX
Solo Show, "Jun Kaneko: Dangos in the Garden", Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY
Group Show, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
Group Show, World Ceramic Exposition 2001 Korea, Seoul, South Korea
Solo Show, Tropical Energy," Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
Group Show, "Poetics of Clay", Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Solo Show, Durango Arts Center, Durango, Colorado
Solo Show, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California
Group Show, “Color and Fire”, Los Angeles, California
Group Show, "Wonder & Discovery", Shigaraki Sculpture Park, Shigaraki, Japan
Group Show, "Everson Ceramic National", Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Group Show, "Contemporary Clay: Master Teachers / Master Students", Bowling Green, OH
1999 Group Show, “Rare Earth”, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1999 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York
Solo Show, The Art Center in Hargate, St. Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire
Solo Show, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Group Show, “Contemporary Clay”, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Group Show, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California
1998 “Le Geste et la Couleur”, Musée Magnelli, Vallauris, France
Solo Show, Lewis and Clark College, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
1997 Invitational Ceramic Exhibition at University of Wisconsin, White In Water, Wisconsin
Society of Arts and Crafts Centennial, Clay Exhibition, Boston, Massachusetts
Solo Show at Academy of Art, Leuren, Belgium
1996 Solo Show at Frans Halsmuseum in Haarlem, Netherlands
Group Ceramic Exhibition at Chico State University, Chico, California
Six Person Show at Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Five Person Show at South Carlen Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
1995 Three Person Show, Maruei, Nagoya, Japan
1994 Group Show, "Revolution in Clay, The Marer Collection of Contemporary Ceramics"
“New Craft Forms”, Exhibition for Winter Olympics, Lillehammer, Norway
International Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition at Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan
1993 Contemporary Ceramic 1950 – 1990, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan
1991 International Ceramic Invitational Show, Shigaraki Ceramic Park, Shigaraki, Japan
1990 Solo Show, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, Texas
Midland Invitational, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Group Show, Hovikodden Art Center, Oslo, Norway
1989 Solo Show, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
Two Modern Masters, The Society for the Art in Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1988 East Meets West, International Ceramic Show at 1988 Olympics, Seoul, Korea
Expression in Color Ceramics, New Jersey Center for Visual Art at Sumitt
A Fine Place to Work: Legacy of the Archie Bray Foundation, Arkansas
1987 The Eloquent Object, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
"Contemporary Ceramics", Four Person Show, Yamaguchi Museum, Syracuse, New York
Contemporary American Ceramic Show, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
“Clay Revision”, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Japanese / American Craft Invitational, Morikami Museum, Del Lay Beach, Florida
1986 Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Show, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Craft Today, American Craft Museum, New York, New York
Contemporary American Ceramic Show, Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Solo Show, Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Show, Seibu Museum, Otsu, Shiga-Ken and Tokyo, Japan
Painting Project, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
1985 Solo Show, Laumeier Sculpture Garden, St. Louis, Missouri
Solo Show, Tweed Museum, Duluth, Minnesota
1984 Group Show, “Vision of Cranbrook Today”, Grand Rapids Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Solo Show, Public Square, Belleville, Illinois
Group Show “7 Ceramic”, Hope College, Hope, Michigan
Group Show, Visiting Artists Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art
Group Show, “Corpus Christi Invitational”, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, Texas
Group Show, “Directions in Contemporary American Ceramics”, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Group Show, “Scripps Clay Connection”, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Group Show, “A Ha Hana Lima ’84 Invitational”, East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
1983 Rhode Island School of Design Group Show, Craftsman’s Gallery, New York
Anagama Show, Pewabic Pottery
Solo Show, Norman Fire House Art Center, Norman, Oklahoma
Group Show, American Art, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
Group Show, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Group Show, “American Clay Artists”, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Group Show, “Student's Choice”, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Traveling Show in Canada, organized by Japan Foundation
1982 “Painted Surface”, Ceramic Invitational, Birmingham, Art Association
“Michigan Ceramic ’82, Eastern Michigan University, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Commission from Philadelphia Museum of Art
Solo Show, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Three Person Show, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
Group Show, Artwear Exhibition, Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia
1981 Jun Kaneko, “Parallel Sound”, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas
Solo Show, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre of Fine Art, Canada
1980 Ceramic Invitational, Muskegon Community College
Fabric Invitational, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
“Art for Use” at Winter Olympics, Lake Placid and Contemporary Craft Museum, New York
Ceramic Invitational “Homage to Josiah Wedgwood” Ceramic Invitational, Hampton, New York
Eighth Biennial Craft Invitation Illinois State University
Ceramic Invitational, Carnegie Mellon University
1979 Solo Show, Clayworks Studio Workshop, New York
“A Century of American Ceramics”, organized by Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
1978 “Art Now ‘78”, Invitational Exhibition, Hyogo Modern Art Museum, Japan
1977 “Birds Eye View of Contemporary Art”, Invitational Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
1975 Solo Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
1974 San Diego Museum Ceramic Invitational, San Diego, CA
Two Man Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
1973 First Ceramic Invitational, University of Kentucky
1972 Penn State Ceramic Invitational
27th Ceramic National, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Invitational Exhibition, University of California, Santa Barbara
1971 Solo Show, Mori’s Form, Osaka, Japan
“Clay Plus” 10 Ceramic Sculptures, State University of New York, College of Arts and Science, Genesee, New York
Group Show, College of Arts and Science, Genesee, NY
“Contemporary Ceramic Art of America, Canada, Mexico and Japan”, Invitational Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
1970 “Collegiate Show”, San Bernardino, California First Prize
Invitational Exhibition, “Ceramic ‘70”, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Invitational Exhibition for “Art in Other Media”, Burper Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Cerritos Ceramic Annual, Cerritos, California
1969 Selected six people for Scripps College Invitational Ceramic Show
“Object U.S.A.”, collection of Johnson Wax, Contemporary Crafts Museum, New York, New York
1968 Third Ceramic Invitational, Santa Ana College
“California Design X”, Pasadena Museum, Collection of Sacramento State College
National Invitational Crafts Exhibition, University of New Mexico
Downey Museum Annual Art Exhibition (First Prize in Crafts)
1967 5th Annual Southern California Exhibition, Long Beach Museum
Invitational Exhibition for “Media Explored 1967”, Laguna Beach, California
25th Ceramic National Exhibition, Syracuse, New York, Arcadian Landscaping Prize
1966 “Craftsman U.S.A. ‘66”, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, National Merit Award
Annual Scripps College Ceramic Invitational Exhibition
24th Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, Arcadian Landscaping Prize
1965 7th Miami National Ceramic Exhibition, University of Miami, Florida
1964 23rd Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
1963 “Zaiya” Invitational Painting Show, Japan
First Prize in 16th Chubu Niki Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan
1962 15th Chubu Niki Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Nagoya Times Prize in the 16th Niki Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan
1961 14th Chubu Niki Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan