MIWA HANAKO
Born in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
1995 Graduated in Sculptural Art from Tama Art University 1998 Graduated in Interactive Art from the University of Wales 1999 Withdraws from the Slade School of Fine Art at the University College of London
Solo Exhibitions:
2001 Fujii Gallery, Tokyo 2004 Fujii Gallery, Tokyo 2005 Maison de la Culture du Japon à Paris, Paris Le Teatro Ginza, Tokyo 2006 Saitoan Gallery, Hagi 2007 Tobi Art Fair, Tokyo Art Club, Tokyo 2008 Art Fair Tokyo 2008, Tokyo International Forum 2011 Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions:
2002 Tobi Art Fair, Tokyo Art Club, Tokyo 2003 Tobi Art Fair, Tokyo Art Club, Tokyo 2009 Woman Ceramic Artists Who Bear the 21st Century, Paramita Museum, Mie Treasures for the Future, Takashimaya Art Galleries Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA 2010 Kobe Street Museum, Kobe 2011 Collaboration Installation of Tearoom and tea ceremony demonstration at Japan Expo, Paris 2012 Hagi Ware: The Ceramic of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Shandong Musuem, Jinan 3rd Ceramic Biennale Sèvres, Le Sel, Sèvres Atelier France Franck, Paris 2013 Breaking the Mold, The Salon: Art and Design Fair with Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., NY Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju
Museum Collections:
Metropolitan Museum of Art Hagi City Art Museum, Yamaguchi Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton MA
References:
Samuel Morse and Todate Kazuko, Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 2009, pp. 72-75.
JOAN B MIRVISS LTD JAPANESE FINE ART 39 EAST 78TH STREET, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10075 Phone: 212-799-4021 Fax: 212-721-5148 www.mirviss.com
“Hagi - Miwagama no kakushin (Hagiyaki & Miwa Kiln Innovations): Miwa Hanako)”, Honoho, No. 113, Tokyo: Abe Shuppan, 2013, pp.62-69, English Summery p. 3/6.
JOAN B MIRVISS LTD JAPANESE FINE ART 39 EAST 78TH STREET, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10075 Phone: 212-799-4021 Fax: 212-721-5148 www.mirviss.com