TOMOMI TANAKA
Biography:
1983 Born in Hyogo, Japan
2006 B.A., Aichi University of Education, Japan
2008 M.Ed., Aichi University of Education, Japan
Awards & Grants:
2019 Art Grant, Pola Art Foundation, Japan
2016 New Artist Award from Aichi Prefecture, Japan
2014 Silver Award (Ceramic Art Division), The 10th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan
2008 The 8th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan
2007 The 45th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Japan
2007 The 28th Choza Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, Japan
2006 Encouragement Award, The 44th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Japan
2005 Kyoto Mayor’s Award, The 39th Women’s Association of Ceramic Art, Japan
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions:
2026 Whispers of White: A Duo Exhibition of Ceramists, Rachel Cheung and Tomomi Tanaka, Contemporary Crafts Centre, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
2025 Solo Exhibition: It may be too personal, Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2021 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Blue, Kanazawa, Japan
2020 Solo Exhibition: Integrated Form, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2019 Painting and Ceramic − Shapes by Repetition (Two-Person Exhibition with Tomoko Sato), Kultur Am Kelterberg Vaihingen e.V., Stuttgart, Germany
2017 Solo Exhibition, Gallery SUKI, Aichi, Japan
2014 Solo Exhibition: L’envol les plis dans l’âme, MIZEN Fine Art, Paris, France
2014 Solo Exhibition, Takashimaya Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Solo Exhibition, Gallery SUKI, Aichi, Japan
2008 Solo Exhibition, INAX GALERIA CERAMICA, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2026–2027 Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA), Pomona, CA, USA
2025 Tempting Forms, Gallery VOICE, Gifu, Japan
2025 Exhibition of the Universe in the Palm 2025, You-Yuusya Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
2023-2025 Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL / Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC / The Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, USA
2023 Favorite Shapes Ⅴ, Gallery SUKI, Aichi, Japan
2023 Drinking Vessel Exhibition, Gallery SUKI, Aichi, Japan
2022 Favorite Shapes Ⅳ, Gallery SUKI, Aichi, Japan
2022 UTSUWA de GO! MINO, Gallery VOICE, Gifu, Japan
2022 Important Studio Ceramics: 1932–2022, Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2022 Ningbo International Contemporary Young Ceramic Artists Exhibition, China Port Museum, Ningbo, China
2021 Salon Art & Design, Moderne Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2021 Drinking Vessel Exhibition, Gallery SUKI, Aichi, Japan
2021 The Present Situation of Ceramic Art – Part ⅩⅧ, Gallery VOICE, Gifu, Japan
2020 Favorite Shapes Ⅱ, Gallery SUKI, Aichi, Japan
2020 Drinking Vessel Exhibition, Gallery SUKI, Aichi, Japan
2020 KOGEI Art Fair KANAZAWA 2020, Gallery SUKI, Kanazawa, Japan
2019 Living Clay: Artists Respond to Nature, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2017 Art Stage Singapore 2017, GALLERY KASSI TOKYO, Singapore
2017 COLLECT 2017, Sokyo Gallery, London, UK
2016–Present Yakishime: Earth Metamorphosis (Traveling Exhibition organized by The Japan Foundation), International venues worldwide
2016 Bi no Yokan (Signs of Beauty), Takashimaya Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Wondering! Amazing! Amusing! 4 Persons Exhibition, Gallery SAIHODO, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Contemporary Fantastic Ceramics by 6 Female Artists, WAKO Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2015 TSUCHI no KOTO no HA (Words from Clay), You-Yuusya Gallery, Aichi, Japan
2015 Creative Forms by Ceramics and Glass – Aichi University of Education, Seto Ceramic and Glass Art Center, Aichi, Japan
2014 Dialogue with Materials, Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center, Izmir, Turkey
2014 Five Persons Exhibition, Gallery SAIHODO, Tokyo, Japan
2014 New Horizon in Contemporary Craft Art Part 1, Shibuya Hikarie, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Drinking Vessel Exhibition, Gallery UTSUWAKAN, Kyoto, Japan
2013 The Present of Ceramics – Forms Made of Clay – Tokyo Limited, ART FAIR TOKYO 2013, Gallery VOICE, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Five Persons Exhibition, Gallery SAIHODO, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Group Exhibition, Gallery SUKI, Aichi, Japan
2013 Ceramics Today: Forms Made from Clay – Return of ART FAIR TOKYO 2013, Gallery VOICE, Gifu, Japan
2013 Group Exhibition, Hankyu Department Store, Osaka, Japan
2013 Drinking Vessel Exhibition, Gallery SUKI, Aichi, Japan
2012 8 Women’s Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, Gallery UTSUWAKAN, Kyoto, Japan
2012 Wonderful! Delight! Travelling in Modern Ceramics World, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki, Japan
2012 Ceramics Today: Forms Made from Clay Part 10, Gallery VOICE, Gifu, Japan
2012 WAN: A Variety of Forms, Gallery VOICE, Gifu, Japan
2012 Plastic Arts of AIKYODAI, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan
2011 Anjin-crossing, DAIKANYAMA T-SITE, Tokyo, Japan
2011 ART FAIR TOKYO 2011, Mitochu Koeki Co., Tokyo, Japan
2011 Plastic Arts of AIKYODAI, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan
2010 UN · Earth, iPRECIATION, Hong Kong
2010 Cera-Mix Part 2, Gallery Meguro, Nagoya, Japan
2010 Plastic Arts of AIKYODAI, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan
2009 The Power of Decoration – A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kogei (Studio Crafts), The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Women Ceramic Artists of the 21st Century, Paramita Museum, Mie, Japan
2009 Plastic Arts of AIKYODAI, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan
2009 Four Persons Exhibition, Gallery SUKI, Aichi, Japan
2008 Form with GRIP, Gallery VOICE, Gifu, Japan
2007 The Present of Ceramics: Form Made from Clay, Gallery VOICE, Gifu, Japan
2007 Korea – China – Japan Contemporary Ceramics Exchange Exhibition of New Generation, Seoul, South Korea
2007 Form with Lid, Gallery VOICE, Gifu, Japan
2006 Plastic Arts of AIKYODAI, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan
2006 Cera-Mix, Gallery Meguro, Mie, Japan
Public Collections:
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki, Japan
The Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA