Instructor Profile
Zuiho Ito
Director and Lecturer
In order to pass on Sanda ware (Sanda celadon) to the future, I am working hard as an artist while also training instructors and successors.
Career
Born in Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture in 1963
1986 - Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, Ceramics Department
1987 - Completed Manufacturing Course at Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Technology Institute
1988 - Relocated to Sanda City, Hyogo Prefecture / Began pottery work at Sanda-yaki kiln
1994 - Established independent kiln in the city / Adopted pottery name "Zuiho"
1994 - Appointed as instructor at Sanda Municipal Ceramic Art Museum
1999 - Participated in Sanda-yaki research project by Sanda City Board of Education
2001 - Participated in basic research and historical documentation project on Sanda-yaki pottery by Sanda City Board of Education
2003 - Appointed as Sanda-yaki traditional technique instructor at Sanda Municipal Myojin Kiln
2023 - Appointed as Director of Sanda Togei no Mori
Solo Exhibition
Exhibition History
2000 - Hyatt Regency Osaka
2002 - Hyatt Regency Osaka
2003 - Ikeda Gallery VEGA
2005 - Okayama Museum of Art, Nishiwaki City
2018 - Former Kuki Family Residence Museum
2020 - Kobe Hankyu Department Store Art Gallery
2021 - Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Annex, Harada-no-mori Gallery
2021 - Hankyu Umeda Main Store Art Gallery
2022 - Kobe Hankyu Department Store Art Gallery
2022 - Takashimaya Osaka Store Special Gallery
2023 - Hankyu Umeda Main Store Art Gallery
2024 - Kobe Hankyu Department Store Art Gallery
Awards
Awards and Recognition
2000 - Selected for "Flower Pottery Exhibition" by Kyoto Daikaku-ji Saga School of Ikebana
2004 - Encouragement Award, "BONSAI Vessels Exhibition" at Takagi Bonsai Art Museum
2004 - Chairman's Award, Otaki Village Hokkaido Ceramic Art Exhibition
2004 - Selected for Living Crafts Exhibition
2005 - Selected for Oribe Heart Pottery Exhibition
2005 - Selected for Otaki Village Hokkaido Ceramic Art Exhibition
2006 - Excellence Award, Yokkaichi Banko Ware Comprehensive Competition
2019 - Sanda City Technical Excellence Award (Kinran Prize)
Daisuke Koga
Lecturer
Currently continues pottery work in Bizen and serves as instructor at Sanda Togei no Mori.
History of Pottery
Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture in 1985
2005 - Graduated from the Department of Life Design at Sozosha Design College
2008 - Studied pottery in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa
2016 - Graduated from Bizen Ceramic Art Center
2016 - Received guidance from Kawabata Fumio
2018 - Traditional Crafts Exhibition, Chugoku Branch, Selected
He has been selected three times since then.
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