Jun Kaneko

BIOGRAPHY

Jun Kaneko Biography

Jun Kaneko was born in 1942 in Nagoya, Japan and came to the United States in the 1960’s. Particularly drawn to sculptural ceramics, Kaneko studied at the Chouinard Institute of Art during a pivotal time when ceramics as functional craft was expanding to embrace the highest levels of contemporary artistic expression. After studying with Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, and Ken Price in California, Kaneko emerged during the time now identified as the “America Clay Revolution.”

Jun Kaneko’s work is defined by its overwhelming scale and exquisite form, implying a spatial relationship between the object and viewer. Evidence of Kaneko’s early years as a painter exists in the richly glazed surfaces and rhythmic pulse of his marks and patterns. Their sheer size combined with the artists hunger to push the physical limitations of his material, generate an undeniable presence.

 

PERSONAL

1942
Born in Nagoya, Japan

EDUCATION

1971
Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, studied under Paul Soldner

1966
University of California, Berkeley, CA, studied under Peter Voulkos

1964
Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
California Institute of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Studied ceramics at Jerry Rothman's studio, Paramount, CA

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1979-86
Cranbrook Academy of Art

1973-75
Rhode Island School of Design

1974
Scripps College (summer)

1972-73
University of New Hampshire

 

GRANTS AND HONORS

2006
Honorary Doctorate, University of Nebraska at Omaha

2005
Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London

1996
Fellow of the American Craft Council

1994
Honorary Member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts

1994
Nebraska Arts Council Fellowship

1985
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1979
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1967
Archie Bray Foundation Fellowship

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Aichi-Prefecture Museum of Ceramics, Nagoya, Japan

American Crafts Museum, New York NY

Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland

Arizona State University Art Museum, Phoenix AZ

Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock AR

Banff Centre of Fine Arts, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Boise Art Museum, Boise ID

California State University, Sacramento CA

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY

Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills MI

Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit MI

European Ceramic Work Center, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (DeYoung), San Francisco CA

Flint Institute of Arts, Flint MI

Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada

Gifu-Ken Museum, Gifu, Japan

Hawaii State Foundation on Culture & the Arts, Honolulu HI

Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu HI

Ichon World Ceramic Center, Seoul, Korea

Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan

Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha NE

Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha NE

Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton NY

Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles CA

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery AL

Museum Het Kruithis, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan

Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney NE

Nagoya City Museum, Nagoya, Japan

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City MO

Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff AZ

Oakland Museum of California, Oakland CA

Olympic Museum of Ceramic Sculpture, Athens, Greece

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Sacramento State College, Sacramento CA

Scripps College, Claremont CA

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE

Shigaraki Ceramic Museum, Shigaraki, Japan

Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, Washington DC

Takamatsu City of Art, Takamatsu, Japan

The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu HI

The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu HI

The Marer Collection at Scripps College, Claremont CA

The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan

The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler TX

University of Florida Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville FL

University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City IA

University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY

Weber State University, Ogden UT

Yamaguchi Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan

 

 

PUBLIC COMMISSONS

2006
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ

Grand Hyatt Hotel, Rippongi Tower (Project 2), Tokyo, Japan

University of Nebraska Foundation, Dr. C.C. & Mabel Criss Library, Univ. of Nebraska Omaha

Mid-America Center, Council Bluffs IA

Bartle Hall/Convention Center, Kansas City MO

University of Connecticut, Burton Family Football Complex, Storrs CT

2004
City of Omaha, Hilton Omaha, Omaha NE

2003
San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco CA

San Jose Repertory Theater Plaza, San Jose CA

Western Asset Plaza, Pasadena CA

2002
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Rippongi Tower (Project 1), Tokyo, Japan

2001
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle WA

2000
Beaverton City Library, Beaverton OR

Manchester Community Technical College, Manchester CT

1999
Mount Mercy College, Busse Center, Cedar Rapids IA

1998
Waikiki Aquarium, Honolulu HI

1997
University of Connecticut, Biology and Physics Building, Storrs CT

New McCormick Center, Chicago IL

1996
Aichi-Prefecture, Sannomaru Multiple Use Building, Nagoya, Japan

1995
North Carolina State University, Graduate Engineering Center, Raleigh NC

Yamashita Hospital (Project 2), Ichinomiya, Japan

The University of Texas at San Antonio, College of Business, San Antonio TX

1994
Maishima Sports Arena, Osaka, Japan

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City UT

1993
Yamashita Hospital (Project 1), Ichinomiya, Japan

Aquarium Station, Massachusetts Transportation Bureau, Boston MA

University of Akron, Polsky Building, Akron OH

1990
Arizona State University Plaza-West Campus, Phoenix AZ

Phoenix Airport, Terminal Four, Phoenix AZ

1985
Detroit People Mover, Detroit MI

1982
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA

 

 

EXHIBITIONS SOLO SHOWS

2006
Madama Butterfly: Costumes, Set, Properties & Projections by Jun Kaneko, Dayton Opera, Dayton OH

Jun Kaneko, Schuster Center for the Performing Arts, Dayton OH

Jun Kaneko: Madame Butterfly, Dayton Visual Art Center, Dayton OH

Jun Kaneko: Beyond Butterfly, Dayton Arts Institute, Dayton OH

Jun Kaneko: Drawings And Prints, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney NE

Jun Kaneko: Dangos and Glass, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe NM

Jun Kaneko, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

Jun Kaneko, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu Japan

Jun Kaneko: Platters, Holter Museum of Art, Helena MT

Jun Kaneko, Maureen Littleton Gallery, Washington DC

Kaneko Jun Exhibition, Gallery Kasahara/Chuden Build, Nagoya Japan

Jun Kaneko, Stremmel Gallery, Reno NV

Jun Kaneko: Beyond Butterfly, Bemis Art Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha NE

Jun Kaneko: Madama Butterfly, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha NE

Madama Butterfly: Costumes, Set, Properties & Projections by Jun Kaneko, Opera Omaha, Omaha NE

Jun Kaneko, Bentley Projects, Phoenix AZ

Tropical Reflection: Drawings Paintings and Sculpture by Jun Kaneko, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu HI

Jun Kaneko, Elaine Baker Gallery, Palm Beach FL

Jun Kaneko, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas TX

Jun Kaneko, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

Grand Opening, Bentley Projects, Phoenix AZ

Jun Kaneko, Millenia Gallery, Orlando FL

The issue of scale is one thing you cannot avoid . . . Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Jun Kaneko Sculpture, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

2004
Heads, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert CA

Jun Kaneko, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco CA

Jun Kaneko, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe NM

Jun Kaneko, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta GA

Jun Kaneko, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN

Jun Kaneko, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA

2003
Jun Kaneko, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia MO

Jun Kaneko, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta GA

Jun Kaneko, Gallery Bandstrup, Oslo, Norway

Jun Kaneko, Oslo Museum of Applied Art, Oslo, Norway

Jun Kaneko, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha NE

Jun Kaneko, Klein Artworks, Chicago IL

Jun Kaneko, Maureen Littleton Gallery, Washington DC

Jun Kaneko, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit MI

2002
Ceramic Sculpture and Paintings, Carson-Masuoka Gallery, Denver CO

Glass, Bullseye Connection, Portland OR

Jun Kaneko Solo, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City MO

Jun Kaneko, Holter Museum, Helena MT

Jun Kaneko, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo MI

Jun Kaneko, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe NM

Jun Kaneko, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper WY

Jun Kaneko, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA.

Jun Kaneko, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR

Jun Kaneko, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA

On the Edge and In the Round, Montalvo Gallery, Saratoga CA

2001
Jun Kaneko, Bullseye Connection, Portland OR

Dangos and Slabs, Klein Artworks, Chicago IL

Jun Kaneko, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale AZ

Jun Kaneko, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Los Angeles CA

Jun Kaneko, Klein Artworks, Chicago IL

Jun Kaneko, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR

Jun Kaneko, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler TX

Tropical Energy, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu HI

Jun Kaneko, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie WY

Jun Kaneko: Dangos in the Garden, Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton NY

2000
Jun Kaneko, Durango Arts Center, Durango CO

Jun Kaneko, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta GA

Jun Kaneko, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert CA

Jun Kaneko, Klein Artworks, Chicago IL

Jun Kaneko, Monumental New Works, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA

1999 Jun Kaneko, Lew Allen Contemporary, Santa Fe NM

Jun Kaneko, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN

Jun Kaneko, The Art Center in Hargate, St. Paul’s School, Concord NH

1998
Jun Kaneko, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale AZ

Jun Kaneko, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte NC

Jun Kaneko, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA

Jun Kaneko, Klein Art Works, Chicago IL (paintings)

Jun Kaneko, Klein Art Works, Chicago IL (sculpture)

Jun Kaneko, Lewis and Clark College, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Portland OR

Jun Kaneko, Stroke Gallery, Osaka, Japan

Jun Kaneko, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Inc., Fort Worth TX

1997
Jun Kaneko, Academy of Art, Leuren, Belgium

Sculptors Drawing, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA

Jun Kaneko, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham MI

1996 Jun Kaneko, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA

Jun Kaneko, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, The Netherlands

Jun Kaneko, Horwich LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe NM

Jun Kaneko, Klein Artworks, Chicago IL

1995
Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan

Jun Kaneko, Kasahara Gallery, Osaka, Japan

Jun Kaneko, Klein Art Works, Chicago IL

1994
Jun Kaneko, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale AZ

Jun Kaneko, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA

Jun Kaneko, Horwitch LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe NM

Jun Kaneko, Indigo Gallery, Boca Raton FL

1993
Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan

Jun Kaneko, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City MO

Jun Kaneko, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham MI

1992
Jun Kaneko, Jun Kaneko, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA

Jun Kaneko, Helen Drutt Gallery, New York NY

Jun Kaneko, Klein Art Works, Chicago IL

Jun Kaneko, Mark Masouka Gallery, Las Vegas NV

Yokohama International Art Fair, Kasahara Gallery, Yokohama, Japan

1991
Jun Kaneko, Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica CA

Jun Kaneko, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, Japan

Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan

1990
Jun Kaneko, Blue Star Space, San Antonio TX

Jun Kaneko, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA

Jun Kaneko, Klein Art Works, Chicago IL

Jun Kaneko, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City MO

Jun Kaneko, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh PA

Jun Kaneko, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio TX

Jun Kaneko, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham MI

1989
Jun Kaneko, Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica CA

Jun Kaneko, Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Toronto, Canada

Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan

Jun Kaneko, New Gallery, Omaha NE

Jun Kaneko, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City IA

1988
Jun Kaneko, Paul Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL

1987
Jun Kaneko, Arabia Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Jun Kaneko, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA

Jun Kaneko, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, Japan

Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan

Jun Kaneko, Heath Gallery, Atlanta GA

Jun Kaneko, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln NE

Jun Kaneko, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham MI

1986
Jun Kaneko, Klein Gallery, Chicago IL

Jun Kaneko, Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi TX

Jun Kaneko, Painting Project, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi TX

1985
Jun Kaneko, Laumeier Sculpture Garden, St. Louis MO

Jun Kaneko, Tweed Museum, Duluth MN

1984
Jun Kaneko, Fabric Workshop Gallery, New York NY

Jun Kaneko, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia PA

Jun Kaneko, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City MI

Jun Kaneko, Public Square, Belleville, LA

1983
Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan

Jun Kaneko, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia PA

Jun Kaneko, Norman Fire House Art Center, Norman OK

Jun Kaneko, Paul Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL

Jun Kaneko, Quay Gallery, San Francisco CA

Jun Kaneko, Ree Schonlau Gallery, Omaha NE

Jun Kaneko, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham MI

1982
Jun Kaneko, Betty Moody Gallery, Houston TX

Jun Kaneko, Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission KS

Jun Kaneko, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred NY

1981
Jun Kaneko, Two shows, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan

Jun Kaneko Parallel Sounds, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston TX

Jun Kaneko, Banff Centre of Fine Art, Walter Phillips Gallery, Canada

Jun Kaneko, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia PA

1980
Jun Kaneko, Gallery Toen, Shigaraki, Japan

1979
Jun Kaneko, Clayworks Studio Workshop, New York, NY

Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan

1978
Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan

1977
Jun Kaneko, Coa Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

1975
Jun Kaneko, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI

1971
Jun Kaneko, Mori's Form, Osaka, Japan

1969
Jun Kaneko, El Dorado Gallery, Nagoya, Japan

 

 

GROUP SHOWS

2006
A Ceramic Legacy – Selections from the Stephane Janssen and R. Michael Johns Collection, Arizona State University Museum, Tempe AZ

Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ (3-person)

10th Anniversary Exhibition, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu HI

Jun Kaneko and Michael Sarich, Stremmel Gallery, Reno NV (2-person)

Clayarch Int’l Architecture/Ceramic Exhibition, Gimhae Museum, South Korea

ClayFusion Ceramists work in glass, Jun Kaneko Sushi Plates, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland OR

Recent Ceramics, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR

2005
Jun Kaneko & Douglass Freed, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City MO (2- person)

25th Anniversary Exhibition, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta GA

Japan/USA: A Cross Cultural Exchange, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM

Laura Russo Gallery, Portland Oregon (3-person)

Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe, NM (2-person)

Transformations: The language of craft, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

2004
Inaugural Exhibition, Bentley Projects, Scottsdale AZ

Sculpture Garden, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum ID

Studio Glass International, Concordia University, Seward NE

Summer Group Show of Gallery Artists, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR

The Secret History of Clay, Tate, Liverpool, United Kingdom

All Fired Up: A Contemporary Ceramics Experience, Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas NV

2003
The Character of Clay: Jun Kaneko & Bean Finneran, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum ID (2-person)

100 Treasures of Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit MI

Clay, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta GA

Concentus, National Museum of Decorative Arts, Oslo Norway

Group Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA

Shared Passion: Sara and David Lieberman Collection, ASU Art Museum, Tempe AZ

W. Wegman, J. Bartlett, J. Kaneko, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert CA

2002
25th Anniversary Exhibit, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA

Accent on Ceramics, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix AZ

Coming of Age, Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte NC

Contemporary American Ceramics 1950-1990, Aichi Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Tochigi Ceramic Museum in Tochigi, Japan

Evidence: Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City MO

J. Kaneko, T. Fawkes, M. Bauer, M. Kosuge, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR

Poetics of Clay: An International Perspective, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA touring to the Museum of Art and Design/Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, Finland

Sculptural Clay Invitational, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia MO

Setagaya Museum in Tokyo, Japan

T. Statom, J. Kaneko, L. González Palma, R. Goethals, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum ID

Untitled, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert CA

2001
Generations in Clay, Center of Earth Gallery, Charlotte NC

Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Clinton SC (2-person)

Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney NE

Poetics of Clay, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA

Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City MO

World Ceramic Exposition 2001 Korea, Seoul, South Korea

2000
Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, Japan (2-person)

Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston MA (2-person)

Color and Fire, L.A. County Museum, Los Angeles CA

Contemporary Clay: Master Teachers/Master Students, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH

. Everson Ceramic National, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY

LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe NM

Wonder & Discovery, Shigaraki Sculpture Park, Shigaraki, Japan

1999
Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase NY

Contemporary Clay, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH

Imago Galleries, Palm Desert CA

Rare Earth, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids IA

1998
Klein Art Works, Chicago IL

Le Geste et la Couleur, Musée Magnelli, Vallauris, France

LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe NM.

1997
Invitational Ceramic Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, WhiteWater WI

Society of Arts and Crafts Centennial, Clay Exhibition, Boston MA

1996
Voulkos/Kaneko, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nogoya Japan (2-person)

Chico State University, Chico CA

Fine Art of Craft and Sculpture, Horwich LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe NM

6-person show, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City UT

5-person show, South Carellan Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland

1995
Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley ID

3-person show, Maruei, Nagoya, Japan

1994
International Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Aichi Prefecture Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan

KPMG: Peat Marwick Collection, Renwick Gallery, Washington DC

New Craft Forms, Exhibition for Winter Olympics, Lillehammer, Norway

Revolution in Clay: The Marer Collection of Contemporary Ceramics, Scripps College, Claremont CA

1993
Contemporary Ceramics 1950-1990, Aichi Prefecture Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan

Weaves of the Cloth, Painted Bride Gallery, Philadelphia PA

William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA

1991
International Ceramic Invitational Show, Shigaraki Ceramic Park, Shigaraki, Japan

5-person show, Otsuka Ceramic Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1990
Jun and Fumi Kaneko, Mark Masuoka Gallery, Las Vegas NV (2-person)

Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan

Hovikodden Art Center, Oslo, Norway

Midland Invitational, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha NE

Otsuka Ceramic Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1989
Two Modern Masters Jun Kaneko and William Harper, the Society for the Art in Craft, Pittsburgh PA

Natasha Nicholson Works of Art, Madison WI

1988
A Fine Place to Work: Legacy of the Archie Bray Foundation, AR

East Meets West, International Ceramic Show at the 1988 Olympics, Seoul, Korea

Expression in Color Ceramics, New Jersey Center for Visual Art at Summit, NJ

1987
Clay Revision, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA

Contemporary American Ceramic Show, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

4-person show, Contemporary Ceramics, Yamaguchi Museum, Syracuse NY

Japanese/American Craft Invitational, Morikami Museum, Del Lay Beach FL

The Eloquent Object, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa OK

1986
Contemporary American Ceramic Show, Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland

Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Show, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY

Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Seibu Museum, Otsu, Shiga-Ken and Tokyo, Japan

Craft Today, American Craft Museum, New York NY

1985
Claremont Influences, Susan Cumming Gallery, Mill Valley CA

1984
7 Ceramic, Hope College, Hope MI

A Ha Hana Lima '84 Invitational, East West Center, Honolulu HI

Corpus Christi Invitational, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi TX

Directions in Contemporary American Ceramics, Museum of Fine Art, Boston MA

Forms That Function, Katonah Gallery, Katonah NY

Scripps Clay Connection, Scripps College, Claremont CA

Vision of Cranbrook Today, Grand Rapids Museum, Grand Rapids MI

Visiting Artists Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art MD

A Contemporary Cranbrook Vision, CDS Gallery, New York NY

Hadler/Rodriguez Gallery, New York NY

Platters and Related Forms, University Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville IL

1983
American Art, Inc., Atlanta GA

American Clay Artists, Philadelphia PA

Anagama Show, Pewabic Pottery MI

Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Traveling Show, organized by the Japan Foundation, Canada

Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills MI

Cranbrook Today, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham MI

Japanese Dynasty ’83, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia PA

Ree Schonlau Gallery, Omaha NE

Rhode Island School of Design, Craftsman's Gallery NY

Student Choice, Yale University, New Haven CT

1982
Artwear Exhibition, Virginia Beach Art Center VA

3-person show, Bennington College, Bennington VT

Michigan Ceramic '82, Eastern Michigan University, Ann Arbor MI

Painted Surface, Ceramic Invitational, Birmingham Art Association, Birmingham MI

3-person show, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre of Fine Art, Canada

1981
Gallery Shiro, Osaka, Japan

Maronie Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

1980
Art for Use at Winter Olympics, Lake Placid and Contemporary Craft Museum, Lake Placid NY

Homage to Josiah Wedgwood Ceramic Invitational, Hampton NY

Ceramic Invitational, Muskegon Community College, Muskegon MI

Ceramic Invitational, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA

Eighth Biennial Craft Invitation, Illinois State University IL

Fabric Invitational, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL

1979
A Century of American Ceramics, organized by Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY

1978
Art Now '78, Invitational Exhibition, Hyogo Modern Art Museum, Japan

1977
Bird's Eye View of Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan

1974
Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI (2-person)

San Diego Museum Ceramic Invitational, San Diego CA

1973
First Ceramic Invitational, University of Kentucky KY

1972
27th Ceramic National, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY

Invitational Exhibition, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA

Pennsylvania State University Ceramic Invitational, University Park PA

1971
Clay Plus: 10 ceramic sculptors, State University of New York NY

College of Arts and Science, Genesee NY

Contemporary Ceramic Art of America, Canada, Mexico and Japan, Invitational Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

1970
Cerritos College, Cerritos Ceramic Annual, Norwalk CA

Collegiate Show, San Bernardino, California, San Bernardino CA (First Prize)

Invitational Exhibition, Art in Other Media, Burper Museum of Art, Syracuse NY

Invitational Exhibition, Ceramic '70, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY

1969
Object U.S.A., Johnson Wax Collection, Contemporary Crafts Museum, New York NY

Selector, six Japanese artists for Scripps College Invitational Ceramic Show, Claremont CA

1968
Peter Voulkos & Jun Kaneko, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles CA

Downey Museum Annual Art Exhibition, Downey CA (First prize in Crafts)

National Invitational Crafts Exhibition, University of New Mexico NM

Third Ceramic Invitational, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana CA

California Design X, Collection of Sacramento State College, Pasadena Museum, Pasadena CA

1967
25th Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY (Arcadian Landscaping Prize)

5th Annual Southern California Exhibition, Long Beach Museum, Long Beach CA

Invitational Exhibition, Media Explored 1967 show, Laguna Beach CA

Kiyo Gallery, Gardena CA

1966
24th Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY (Arcadian Landscaping Prize)

Annual Scripps College Ceramic Invitational Exhibition, Scripps CA

Craftsman U.S.A. '66, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, National Merit Award New York NY

1965
7th Miami National Ceramic Exhibition, University of Miami FL

1964
23rd Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY

1963
Zaiya Invitational Painting Show, Japan

16th Chubu Niki Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan (First Prize)

1962
15th Chubu Niki Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

16th Niki Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan (Nagoya Times Prize)

1961
14th Chubu Niki Exhibition