History
1964 Born in Melbourne, Australia
1978 Began potting in Bendigo, Australia
1981 First prize for Ceramics, Bendigo Show, Bendigo , Victoria
" Graduated Bendigo TAFE College, T.O.P. Art and Design
1984 Winner of the Kamel Kilns Ceramics Award
1985 Delegate to 4th National Potters Conference, Melbourne
" Graduated Latrobe University, Bendigo, BA Arts, Ceramic Design
" Established Studio Pottery in Swan Hill, Australia
1990 Moved to Japan
1991 Apprenticed to Tatsuzo Shimaoka, National Living Treasure, Mashiko
1993 Certificate of Japanese Language Proficiency
1994 Established independent Pottery and Wood fired kiln, Mashiko
2000 Moved kiln and studio to Ichikai, Japan
2011 Moved Kiln and studio to Minakami, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
1987 Swan Hill
" Sculptural work presented by City of Swan Hill to sister city Yamagata, Japan
1988 Swan Hill Regional Gallery of Contemporary Art
1992 Utsunomiya, Japan
" Mashiko Pottery Festival, Mashiko (Annually since)
1993 Mashiko, Japan
" Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
" Represented Australian Ceramics for the Australian Embassy's nation wide "Celebrate Australia" promotion, Japan
1994 Gallery in the Blue, Utsunomiya, Japan
1995 Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
1996 Gallery in the Blue, Utsunomiya, Japan
1997 Gallery in the Blue, Utsunomiya, Japan
1998 Galleria Viento, Utsunomiya, Japan
" “Art Walk” open studio event, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
2001 Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
" “Art Walk” open studio event, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
2002 Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Murata Pottery Festival, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
" Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
2004 Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney,Australia
" Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Gallery Ciel, Utsunomiya, Japan
" Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
2006 “Garaku” Gallery/Restaurant, Omiya, Japan
" Gallery ZEN, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
" Gallery St Ives, Tokyo
" Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Gallery ZEN, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
" Gallery St Ives, Tokyo
" Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
2008 Gallery St Ives, Tokyo
" New York Takashimaya, Takashimaya Department Store, Times Square Shinjuku, Tokyo
" Utsuwazaka, Sakado, Saitama, Japan
" Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
2009 New York Takashimaya, Takashimaya Department Store, Times Square Shinjuku, Tokyo
" Kyouhan 6 Gallery, Mashiko, Japan
" Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
" Mitsukoshi Department Store, Nihombashi Honten (Head office), Nihombashi,Tokyo
2010 Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Gallery Ciel, Utsunomiya, Japan
2012 Ebiya Gallery, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Ciel, Utsunomiya, Japan
Group Exhibitions
1984 Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne
" Victorian Ceramics Group Exhibition, Melbourne
1990 Mashiko, Japan
" Mohka, Japan
" 18th Unesco International Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Gallery
1997 Yokohama International Open Air Art Exhibition '97
(Participated also as member of the Executive Committee)
2001 “Japanese Links” exhibition, St Ives, UK
2002 “Box Art” Gallery in the Blue, Utsunomiya, Japan
2003 “Box Art” Gallery in the Blue, Utsunomiya, Japan
2004 “Totally Teabowls”, Oakwood Gallery, UK
2005 “Box Art” Gallery in the Blue, Utsunomiya, Japan
2006 “Box Art” Gallery in the Blue, Utsunomiya, Japan
2007 Tokyo Dome Tableware Festival, Tokyo
" “Totally Teabowls”, Oakwood Gallery, UK
" “Tea Bowl Exhibition”, Gallery St Ives, Tokyo
2008 Tokyo Dome Tableware Festival, Tokyo
2009 “Contemporary British and Australian Ceramics” Takashimaya, Nihombashi, Tokyo
2009 Beacon Art Gallery, New Jersey, USA
2010 “Contemporary British and Australian Ceramics” Takashimaya, Nihombashi, Tokyo
2011 “Mashiko Earthquake Appeal”, Gallery St Ives, Tokyo
" “Broken Earth; 15 Mashiko Master Potters”, Tiendschuur Ceramics Museum, Holland
2012 “Mashiko Potters Recovery Exhibion; 5 Mashiko Masters”, Frederick Harris Gallery, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan
Workshops and Lectures
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Sydney Ceramics Study Group, Sydney, Australia
" Central Coast Potters Association, Gosford, Australia
2000 Taipei International School, Mashiko Japan
" International School of the Sacred Heart, Mashiko, Japan
" “World Art Educators Workshop”, Mashiko, Japan
2001 Rufford Craft Centre, UK
" St Ives September Festival, St Ives, UK
" International School of the Sacred Heart, Mashiko, Japan
" “World Art Educators Workshop”, Mashiko, Japan
2003 “Japan Colour Forum”, Japan Fashion Colour Association, Tokyo
" International School of the Sacred Heart, Mashiko, Japan
" “World Art Educators Workshop”, Mashiko, Japan
2004 Sydney University, College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia
" International School of the Sacred Heart, Mashiko, Japan
" “World Art Educators Workshop”, Mashiko, Japan
2006 American School in Japan, Mashiko, Japan
" International School of the Sacred Heart, Mashiko, Japan
" “World Art Educators Workshop”, Mashiko, Japan
2007 Wood Kiln Building workshop, Mashiko Tougei Club, Japan
Wood Kiln Firing Workshop, Mashiko Tougei Club, Japan
" International School of the Sacred Heart, Mashiko, Japan
" “World Art Educators Workshop”, Mashiko, Japan
2008 North Wales Potters Association, Denbigh, Wales
" International School of the Sacred Heart, Mashiko, Japan
" “World Art Educators Workshop”, Mashiko, Japan
2009 Mitsukoshi Department Store, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto University of Art, Mashiko, Japan
" International School of the Sacred Heart, Mashiko, Japan
" “World Art Educators Workshop”, Mashiko, Japan
2010 Kyoto University of Art, Mashiko, Japan
" International School of the Sacred Heart, Mashiko, Japan
" “World Art Educators Workshop”, Mashiko, Japan
2011 Kyoto University of Art, Mashiko, Japan
" International School of the Sacred Heart, Mashiko, Japan
2012 International School of the Sacred Heart, Mashiko, Japan
Kyoto University of Art, Mashiko, Japan
Collaboration Dinners
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“Garaku” Gallery and Restaurant, Omiya, Japan
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“Kappo Toyoda” Japanese Restaurant, Chef Touru Hashimoto,
Tokyo, Japan
" “La Butte Boisee” French Restaurant, Chef Morishige, Tokyo, Japan
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“Kappo Toyoda” Japanese Restaurant, Chef Touru Hashimoto,
Tokyo, Japan
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“Kappo Toyoda” Japanese Restaurant, Chef Touru Hashimoto,
Tokyo Japan
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“Kappo Toyoda” Japanese Restaurant, Chef Touru Hashimoto,
Tokyo, Japan
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“Kappo Toyoda” Japanese Restaurant, Chef Touru Hashimoto,
Tokyo, Japan
PUBLICATIONS
English
1998 –“Mashiko: International Community of Potters.” Hannah Ross, Ceramics Technical No.7 (Australia)
2000 – “Modern Mashiko”, Mary Francis Flodin, Ceramics Monthly (USA) February Issue
2001 – “Beneath the Masters Gate”, The Studio Potter,(USA)
Volume 29 No.2
2003 – “Responsible Wood”, Ceramics Technical (Australia)No.17
2004 – “Twice the Length from One End to the Middle”,
Ceramics Technical (Australia)No.19
2004 – “A Potter in Japan”, Ceramics Art and Perception, (Australia)
Issue 56
2007 “The Art of Function, The Function of Art”, Ceramics Monthly (USA) December Issue
2011 “Aftermath”, New Ceramics (Germany) 4/11
“Equinox” GIA Reader, (USA) Vol.22 No.2, Summer
2013 “Studio Visit”, Ceramics Monthly (USA) March Issue
Japanese
2003 – “A Journey in Search of Japan”, Kazuko Shindo,
Wafu Jikan (Magazine) No.2
2005 – “Choosing ceramics that feel perfect when you hold them”,
Masahiro Miyake, Brutus (Magazine), July Issue
2008- “The Law of Mugs”, Tsukuru Toujiro, August Issue
2009- “Nihon Ryouri no Shiki”,(Four seasons of Japanese Cuisine)
Issue #40
2013 “Method Note”, “Neighbor” Magazine, Issues #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9
Dutch
2011- KLEI magazine, November Issue
2012- KLEI magazine, January, March, May, July, September, November
TELEVISION
2012-8-30 “Begin Japanology”, NHK World (Global Satelite Broadcast)
2012-12-6 “Totteoki Nippon” (Special Reserve Japan) TBS TV, Japan
2012-12-13 “Totteoki Nippon” (Special Reserve Japan) TBS TV, Japan
EuanCraig
Studio Address;
121-1 Higashimine, Minakami-machi,
Tone-gun, Gunma-ken JAPAN 379-1417
工房： 379-1417 群馬県利根郡みなかみ町東峰 121-1
Tel/Fax. 0278-25-3982
Mail:
Website: http://euancraig.com
Blog(English): http://euancraig.blogspot.com
Blog (Japanese 日本語): http://euanpottery.blogspot.com
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Euan Craig
Master Potter
