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Kenji
Uranishi
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Biography
| 1973 | Born in Nara, Japan |
| 1998–2004 | Operated home studio ‘Kenkoubou’ in Nara, Japan |
| 2004 | Moved to Brisbane and opened new studio |
Education
| 1992–96 | Degree in Fine Art (Ceramics), Nara College of Fine Arts, Japan |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2009 | Encircle, Helen Stephens Gallery, Sydney |
| 2008 | Kenji Uranishi, Spiral Market, Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2006 | Unit,
Cooloola Regional Gallery, Gympie, Queensland
Kenji Uranishi, Helen Stephens Gallery, Sydney |
| 2005 | Float, Fox Gallery, Brisbane |
Group Exhibitions
| 2009 | Spectral
Bequest, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Little Uns, Pomme Gallery, Mornington, Victoria |
| 2008 | Cup
Show, Formargruppen Butik och Galleri, Malmö, Sweden
Collect 2008, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England |
| 2007 | Ceramics
and Glass 2007, Marks and Gardner Gallery, North Tamborine, Queensland
Make Art Not War, gallery onetwentyeight, New York, USA The Jug Show, Helen Stephens Gallery, Sydney |
| 2006 | 25th
Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery,
Bundall, Queensland
Tea Bowls, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney Forefront, Metro Arts, Brisbane |
| 2005 | Tea
Party, Craft Queensland, Brisbane
43rd National Asahi Ceramic Art Competition, Maruei, Aichi, Japan; Tougeinomori, Shiga, Japan; Miurart Village Art Museum, Aichi, Japan; Sakai City Cultural Hall, Osaka, Japan |
| 2004 | Here
and There, Fusions Gallery, Brisbane
42nd National Asahi Ceramic Art Competition, Maruei, Aichi, Japan; Tougeinomori, Shiga, Japan; Fukui Prefectural Museum of Ceramics, Fukui, Japan; Kawara Museum, Aichi, Japan; Sakai City Cultural Hall, Osaka, Japan; Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Tochigi, Japan National Asahi Modern Craft Competition, Hankyu, Osaka, Japan Shintoucho, Kyoto Municipal Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan; Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Gallery Space, Nagoya, japan |
| 2003 | Korea
and Japan Culture Exchange Exhibition, Art Space K, Osaka, Japan; Shintoucho,
Kyoto Municipal Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan; Art Space, Shimoda, Tokyo, Japan
41st National Asahi Ceramic Art Competition, Maruei, Aichi, Japan; Tougeinomori, Shiga, Japan; Fukui Prefectural Museum of Ceramics, Fukui, Japan; Kawara Museum, Aichi, Japan; Sakai City Cultural Hall, Osaka, Japan; Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Tochigi, Japan |
| 2002 | Shintoucho,
Kyoto Municipal Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan; Mie Prefectural Museum of Art,
Mie, Japan
40th National Asahi Ceramic Art Competition, Maruei, Aichi, Japan; Tougeinomori, Shiga, Japan; Fukui Prefectural Museum of Ceramics, Fukui, Japan; Kawara Museum, Aichi, Japan; Sakai City Cultural Hall, Osaka, Japan; Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan; Ceramic Art Messe Mashiko, Tochigi, Japan |
| 2001 | Shintoucho,
Kyoto Municipal Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan; Mie Prefectural Museum of Art,
Mie, Japan
39th National Asahi Ceramic Art Competition, Maruei, Aichi, Japan; Tougeinomori, Shiga, Japan; Fukui Prefectural Museum of Ceramics, Fukui, Japan; Sakai City Cultural Hall, Osaka, Japan; Kawara Museum, Aichi, Japan; Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2000 | Shintoucho, Kyoto Municipal Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1999 | National
Ceramic Art Competition Shigaraki, Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
37th National Asahi Ceramic Art Competition, Maruei, Aichi, Japan; Tougeinomori, Shiga, Japan; Fukui Prefectural Museum of Ceramics, Fukui, Japan; Kawara Museum, Aichi, Japan; Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan |
Commissions
| 2009 | Ipswich
Courthouse, Watchhouse and Police Station, Ipswich, Queensland
Leighton Properties and Grosvenor, 400 George Street, Brisbane |
Artist in Residence
| 2008 | Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Kids’ Workshop Program, Brisbane |
| 2006 | Guest
demonstrator, Verge (National Ceramics Conference), Brisbane
Australian National University, Canberra Fusions, Brisbane Queensland Sculptors Society, Brisbane |
| 2005 | Southbank
Tafe, Brisbane
Gateway Tafe, Brisbane |
Bibliography
| Foulds,
Gordon. ‘25th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award’, Ceramics Technical,
1 January 2007
McColm, Donna. ‘Here & There There & Now: Contemporary ceramic work by Kenji Uranishi’, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, 44/3 November 2005 |
Collections
| Department
of Justice and Attorney General, Queensland
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Bundall, Queensland |