ARTISTS / Tomomi Imagawa
After graduating from the Ishikawa Prefectural Kutani-yaki Institute of Technology in 2018, Tomomi Imagawa continued to create painted works that blend tradition and fashion in her hometown of Iwate Prefecture. Translucent white porcelain is painted with glass blue, thin peach red, pear green and gold, etc., set off girls with different personalities and postures.
1991 Born in Iwate,Japan
EDUCATION
2018 Graduated at Ishikawa Prefectural Institute for Kutani Pottery,postgraduate course
2017 Graduated at Kasama College of Ceramic Art
2012 Graduated at Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College,Textile Design Course
AWARDS/GRANTS
2020 Grant for Supporting Ceramic Artists, Foundation for the Promotion of Contemporary Art and Culture
2018 Permanent Collection Selection,Ishikawa Prefectural Institute for Kutani Pottery Graduate Exhibition
41st Traditional Kutaniyaki Craft Exhibition, Newcomer's Prize
Prize “ Prize of Jyoshi Art university Fumiko Omura “
EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Assemblage of Colours, The Assemblage of Paintings II - Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Painting, Touch Ceramics (Hong Kong)
2023 New Breeze from KUTANI Ⅲ -Porcelain Art Exhibition-, KAKIDEN Gallery（Tokyo, Japan）
solo exhibition,Girl Cell,Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store（Tokyo,Japan）
2023 Sake Vessels Exhibition, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store（Tokyo,Japan）
2022 KUTANISM, Master Craftsmen's Exhibition "NEXT Kutani vol.IV",The Kutani porcelain Art Museum（Ishikawa, Japan）
2022 Sake Vessels Exhibition, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store（Tokyo, Japan）
Kogei Art Fair Kanazawa 2022, Hyatt Centric Kanazawa（Ishikawa, Japan）
2021 New Breeze from KUTANI Ⅱ-Porcelain Art Exhibition-, KAKIDEN Gallery（Tokyo, Japan）
Kogei Art Fair Kanazawa 2021, Hyatt Centric Kanazawa（Ishikawa, Japan）
solo exhibition,Pop Girl Time,Enishira（Ishikawa,Japan）
2020 New Breeze from KUTANI -Porcelain Art Exhibition- ,KAKIDEN Gallery（Tokyo, Japan）
2020 Sake Vessels Exhibition, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store（Tokyo,Japan）
2019 Buzan Fukushima Ichimon Exhibition,Maruzen, Nihonbashi（Tokyo, Japan）
Special Feature of Tea Bowls by Contemporary Artists, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store（Tokyo, Japan）
Fragrance Vessels Exhibition - Perfume Bottles and Fragrance Cups-,Enishira（Ishikawa,Japan）
KUTANism-NEXT Kutani Exhibition-,Asakura Isokichi Museum（Ishikawa, Japan）
Enishira 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Enishira（Ishikawa, Japan）
2019 Sake Vessels Exhibition, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store（Tokyo,Japan）