Makoto Hatori

Makoto Hatori,ceramic artist who trained as a Japanese traditional potter but expresses his own philosophy into new, contemporary creations.

[Critical Essays] http://www.box.net/shared/spd2anhgdp

Makoto Hatori apprenticed to master potter Ken Fujiwara in 1969. He then earned a degree in sculpture at Nihon University, College of Arts and went on to study technology at the Gifu Prefectural Institute of Ceramics. By 1975, he had established his own studio in Ibaraki region in eastern Japan, where he still works today. Since 1978 the artist has participated in numerous exhibitions in Japan, Italy, Great Britain, New Zealand, Egypt, Belgium,Germany, Lithuania, U.S.A., Croatia, South Africa, Australia, Taiwan, Estonia, Korea, Spain, Hungary. 1992, he taught ceramics at Manchester Metropolitan University Department of Art and Design. 1994~1996, Makoto is member of Contemporary Applied Arts in England. 1996,98 Invited to International Ceramic Symposium by Lithuania Panevezyo City Council. 1997 Invited to "Earth and Fire" Craft Potters Association Great Britain. 2006 Invited to "Woodfiring symposium" - Organized program for 2006- by International Ceramics Studio in Hungary. 2007 Invited to International Ceramic Magazine Editors Association (ICMEA) by ICMEA and FuLe International Ceramic Art Museum, Fuping, Shaanxi, China. He has published a number of articles and reviews on ceramic art. His works are included in the collections of South African, Korean, Hungarian, UK museums. Currently he works as a studio artist.

[Selected International Exhibitions]

1993/ 48th Faenza International Ceramic Art Competition, Italy
1994/ Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award 1994, New Zealand
1994/ The 2nd Cairo International Biennial for Ceramics, Egypt
1996/ Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award 1996, New Zealand
1996/ International Biennial Ceramic Festival in Andenne, Belgium
1996/ Salzbrand Keramik '96, Handwerkskammer Koblenz, Germany
1997/ Contemporary Art Works of Faith '97,The Liturgical Art Guild, USA
1998/ 4th Cairo International Biennial for Ceramics, Egypt
1998/ Ceramics Biennial 1998, Association of Potters of Southern Africa
1998/ International Ceramist Juried Biennial Exhibition, USA
2000/ 5th Cairo International Biennial for Ceramics, Egypt
2000/ 19th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, Australia
2000/ The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards, Taiwan
2000/ Tallinn Applied Art Triennial 2000, Estonia
2000/ Altech Ceramics Biennial 2000, Association of Potters of Southern Africa
2001/ The1st World Ceramic Biennial 2001 Korea, International Competition
2002/ Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award 2002, Australia
2002/ Salzbrand Keramik 2002, Handwerkskammer Koblenz, Germany
2003/ "Two by Two" Gallery of Art, Eastern Washington University, USA
2003/ World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea, International Competition
2003/ 6th International Biennale of Ceramics Manises, Spain
2004/ 2004 Juried Wood Fire Exhibition, Kirkwood Community College, USA
2005/ 1st International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Hungary
2005/ 54th Faenza International Ceramic Art Competition, Italy
2008/ Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award 2008, Australia

[Selected Regional Exhibitions]

1978,79,81,82,85,87,89,90& 91/
Recent Work of Traditional Art Crafts, Nihon Kogeikai, Japan
1986/ "Asahi" Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Japan
1994/ "Studio Ceramics '94" Craft Potters Association of Great Britain
1997/ "Party Pieces"Craft Potters Association of Great Britain
1999/ "Edge to Edge" Victorian Ceramic Group, Australia

[Other Mixed Exhibitions]

1995/ Exhibition of Completion Memory, Ibaraki Ceramics Research Center, Japan
1995/ "Cans-but with lids" Handwerkskammer Koblenz, Germany
1997/ World Triennal Exhibition of Small Ceramics, Zagreb, Croatia
1999/ "Clay Fever '99" Victorian Ceramic Group, Australia
2000/ "Ibaraki Ceramic's Today" Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
2003/ Keramika Sisak 1700, Croatia
2004/ "Form of Autonomous Ceramics" Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
2005/ International Chawan Exhibition 2005, St. Benardus Abbey in Hemiksem, Belgium

[Public Collections]

1993/ Victoria & Albert Museum (U.K.)
1993/ Stoke-on-Trent City Museum (U.K.)
1993/ Reading City Museum (U.K.)
1994/ Manchester City Art Gallery (U.K.)
1996/ The British Museum (U.K.)
1996/ Panevezys Civic Art Gallery (Lithuania)
1997/ The Liturgical Art Guild (U.S.A.)
1988/ Panevezys Civic Art Gallery (Lithuania)
1999/ Zanesville Art Center (U.S.A.)
1999/ Victorian Ceramic Group (Australia)
2000/ Pretoria Art Museum, Gauteng (South Africa)
2001/ Inchon World Ceramic Center (Korea)
2002/ Gallery of Art, Eastern Washington University (U.S.A.)
2003/ World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Inchon World Ceramic Center (Korea)
2004/ Iowa Hall Gallery, Kirkwood Community College (U.S.A.)
2005/ Foundation for Contemporary Ceramic Arts (Hungary )
2005/ Ceramic Study Center (Belgium)
2006/ International Ceramics Studio (Hungary)


[Critical Essays]

"Marketing Conditions in Britain for Japanese Potters through the eyes of a Japanese Potter"
LA CERAMIQUE MODERNE, JOURNAL TECHNIQUE ET ARTISTIQUE MENSUEL, Nombre 337, pp.10-11 (FEVRIER 1994) 22, rue Le Brun -75013 PARIS

"Facing Tradition"
Ceramics Monthly, Vol.43, p.96 (May 1995)

"A Potter's Look at Tradition"
Ceramics Monthly, Vol.45, pp.56-59 (January 1997)

"Architecture in Potters - Lithuania, Panevezys International Ceramic Symposium -"
CPA News, The Newsletter of the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain, (January/February 1999)

"Two Wheels of Japan"
Ceramics Monthly, Vol.47, pp.110-112 (May 1999)

"Kaiseki"
CPA News, The Newsletter of the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain, Number76, p.6 (March/April 2001)

"Traditional Japanese Pottery as a Spirit - Influence of Zen -"
LA CERAMIQUE MODERNE, JOURNAL TECHNIQUE ET ARTISTIQUE MENSUEL, Nombre 480, pp.12-13 (JUIN 2003) 22, rue Le Brun -75013 PARIS

"Expanding the tradition"
The part "Communication as information or the intervention of the intellect" is available on the Web site of the British ceramic journal "Studio Pottery" under the title of "Linearity in Tradition" -www.studiopottery.co.uk-, October 2003.

"Beauty of Soul, Beauty of Form:Naturally-glazed Ceramics and Haiku"
The Log Book, Issue 22. 2005, pp.3-7, The International Publication for Woodfirers and those interested in Woodfired Ceramics - P.O.Box 612, Scariff,Co.Clare, Republic of Ireland