ASPIRE TOKYO GALLERY

Ceramics　1978–

Gaku Shakunaga

釋永岳

Chronology

  1. 1978Born in Toyama Prefecture
  2. 2002Graduates from the Department of Sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts
  3. 2003Graduates from the forming course, Kyoto Prefectural Ceramics Technical Institute
  4. 2006Leaves the Ecchu-Seto kiln Shoraku-gama to work independently, among the Mori family storehouses in Iwase, Toyama
  5. 2008–2014Selected for the Mashiko Ceramics Exhibition, the Takaoka Craft Competition, the International Ceramics Festival Mino and the Itami International Craft Exhibition
  6. 2020Spiraling Pyramid (made in 2010) given to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs

  1. 2020Solo exhibition at Amahare, Shirokanedai, Tokyo / Spiraling Pyramid (2010) donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by Gordon Brodfuehrer
  2. 2014Selected, International Ceramics Festival Mino / Itami International Craft Exhibition / Takaoka Craft Competition
  3. 2013Selected, Takaoka Craft Competition
  4. 2012SOFA New York / Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Floating World Gallery, Chicago
  5. 2010–2014COLLECT, London, UK
  6. 2009–2011Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo
  7. 2008Selected, Mashiko Ceramics Exhibition
  8. 取扱Isetan Shinjuku, Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Inui Gallery Akasaka, spazio di NAOKI, salon de vaguelette and others
  9. 選定Selected for The Wonder 500 (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)