Kaneko Tsukasa

Kaneko, Tsukasa / Ceramic Artist. Born in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1970. Based in Hagi City, he creates Hagi-ware pieces with mushroom motifs using traditional techniques such as suminagashi (marbling). He has been active both in Japan and internationally, including a residency at the Carlo Zauli Museum (Italy) in 2009, the "Mushroom Art Laboratory Exhibition" at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art in 2010, and the "Kusabira Kusagusa Tsukasa Kaneko Ceramic Exhibition" at the Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Museum of Art, Uragami Memorial Hall in 2019.

[CV]
2022 Fukuoka Mitsukoshi micology (Fukuoka)
2021 CONTEMPORARY ART 2021 (Fukuoka Mitsukoshi)
2018 GARNI Solo Exhibition (Tokyo)
2017 Ginza Mitsukoshi Hyakumaisara (Tokyo)
2016 Fukuoka Mitsukoshi Ruru Solo Exhibition (Fukuoka)
Ginza Mitsukoshi Kyokasuigetsu Solo Exhibition (Tokyo)
2015 Milan Expo (Italy)
2014 Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store Mash Hunting Solo Exhibition (Tokyo)
2010 Mushroom Art Laboratory Exhibition, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (Hiroshima)
2009 Carlo Zauli Museum Artist-in-Residence Workshop (Faenza/Italy)
2006 Spiral Market Selection Vol. 116 Solo Exhibition (Aoyama)

[Awards]
2011 International Ceramics Festival Mino '11, Selected, Ceramic Park MINO (Gifu)
2004 Asahi Ceramic Exhibition, Selected
2000 Mashiko Ceramic Exhibition, Selected
Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Exhibition, Award of Excellence
1997 Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention