Curriculum Vitae of Yorigami Munemi

Born: July 7, 1944, Kyoto, Japan

Education & Early Career
1968 Graduated from Tokyo University of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Landscape Architecture
1969 Completed the Ceramic Technician Training Program at Kyoto Municipal Industrial Research Institute
1970 Became an assistant to Kazuo Yagi
1975 First solo exhibition featuring black pottery objects

Professional Career & Achievements
1980 Became a member of Sodeisha and a member of the Japan Craft Design Association
1984 Began producing Re-Creation works
1989 Awarded the Excellence Prize at the ’89 Yagi Kazuo Award Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition
1991 Gold Prize at the ’47 Faenza International Ceramic Exhibition
1992 Grand Prix at the 1992 International Contemporary Ceramic Invitational Exhibition (Taiwan)
1992 Bronze Prize at the 3rd International Ceramics Exhibition Mino ’92
1993 Contemporary Ceramics 1950–1990 Exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
1994 Served as Planning and Executive Committee Chair for Heian Capital Relocation Commemorative Outdoor Ceramics Exhibition in Kyoto
1995 Today's Clay Work Exhibition, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
1995 Featured in Smoke-Fired Pottery, published by A&C Black, UK
1996 Awarded at the World Ceramic Expo (Saga, Japan) Street Furniture Exhibition
1999 Sodeisha dissolved

International & Institutional Contributions
2007 Installed an artwork in the main hall of The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
2007 Cheongju International Craft Biennale (Cheongju, South Korea)
2009 2009 International Competition (South Korea)
2016–19 Visiting Professor, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
2016 Participated in Hangzhou International Contemporary Ceramic Art Biennale (China)
2019 To Ideal Land Ceramics – Grand Vessels in the Way of Dao (Tsinghua University, China)
2019 Created artworks at Shangyu Artist Residency (China)
2019 Guest Professor at Shandong University of Arts, guiding practical ceramics courses (China)
2021 A Chronicle of Modern Crafts – From the Collection of The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
2023 Served as a judge for Chain Blanc (Bai, China)
2023 Appointed Honorary Professor at China Academy of Art (Hangzhou)
2023–24 Visiting Professor at Hubei Institute of Fine Arts
2024 Residency in Jingdezhen, China

Solo Exhibitions
1971–2024 Solo Exhibitions at MARRONNIER Gallery

Current Positions
Honorary Professor, China Academy of Art
Visiting Professor, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts