Mariko Isozaki1990 - 2013

Isozaki has created the ceramic and marble objects and passed away suddenly in 2013. After studying craft design in Japan, she entered in the National School of Ceramics in Faenza where she learned pottery as well as stone carving. Her works with colorful, humorous shape were inspired by forms found in the nature and has enjoyed wide popularity in both Japan and overseas. Large works are now in the collection of Oita Prefectural Art Museum recently renewed.

Biography

1964 born in Tokyo (died in 2013)
1990 BFA in Ceramics major of the Industrial, Interior and Craft Design Department of Musashino University of Art
1992 Graduated from Faenze National Ceramic Arts Institute, Italy
2005 Fellowship to study in Italy under the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artist for one year

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Solo Exhibitions

2014 Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
2009 Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery / Tokyo, 2011
2008 Cardazzo Contemporaneo Naviglio Modern Art Gallery / Milan, Italy
2007 Naviglio Modern Art Gallery / Milan, Italy
2006 Galleria Fogolino / Trento, Italy
2005 Gallery Tao / Tokyo, 2008, 2011
1997 Inax Galeria Ceramica / Tokyo

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Group Exhibitions

2012 "Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale", Nakao village / Tokamachi, Niigata
2010 "The 11th KAJIMA SCULPTURE COMPETITION" Bronze Award, Kajima KI Building / Tokyo
"2010 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale", Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum / Taipei
2009 "DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow 2009", the National Art Center Tokyo / Tokyo
"The Power of Decoration - A View point on Contemporary Studio Craft", The National Museum of Modern Art / Tokyo
2008 "The 6th Donnna Scultura", Churh of S. Agostino / Pietrasanta, Italy
"Art Verona '08", Verona, Italy
"Gallerism 2008", Osaka Contemporary Art Center / Osaka
2006 "3rd Salon de la c?ramique d'art contemporaine", Salle Annexe Mairie / Paris, France
2004 "New Movements in Craft [II] -Respective Forms-", Takashimaya Gallery / Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Japan
2003 "The 53rd International Contemporary Ceramic Competition", Faenza International Museum of Ceramic / Italy
2002 "New Movements in Craft [I] -Respective Forms- '02-'03", Takashimaya Gallery / Tokyo,Kyoto, Japan
2001 "Art Rotterdam", Rotterdam, Holland

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Collection / Public Art

Oita Prefectural Art Museum (Oita, Japan), Kotsu Eidan Ito Hearth Spa "SANTENYA Ito" (Shizuoka, Japan), Hotel Nikko Kansai Airport (Osaka, Japan), INAX Corporation
(Japan), Kyug-Hee University (Korea), Kutani Ceramics Institute (Ishikawa, Japan), Faenza National Ceramic Arts Institute (Faenza,
Italy), Faenza International Museum of Ceramic (Faenza, Italy), Sogetsu Art Museum (Tokyo), Museum of Model (Pietrasanta,
Italy), Saitama Prefectural Government Building (Saitama, Japan), Kampo Health Center "RAFRE Saitama" (Saitama, Japan),
Cosmos Welfare Institution for the Aged (Tokyo), Meiji Life Insurance Land Axis Tower (Saitama, Japan), "PROUD CITY Umejima"
(Tokyo), "Zushi Ocean Villa RIVIERA" (Kanagawa, Japan), "ART BLANC Ooimachi Mus?e" (Tokyo)
Trendmicro Corporation (Taipei), NIKI RESORT Inc. (Tokyo), etc.

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