MITSUO SHOJI Professional Record EDUCATION 1971–1973 Master of Fine Arts Kyoto City University of Fine Arts, Japan 1967–1971 Bachelor of Arts and Teaching Certificate Kyoto City University of Fine Arts, Japan
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS, TEACHING EXPERIENCE, PROFESSORSHIPS 2024 2018 2015 2011–2017 2007 1992–2007 1988 1978 1977 1975 1973–1974
Consultant, International Creativity Design Centre, Shanglin Lake Celadon Park, China Honorary Adviser China Celadon College, Lisui China Visiting Professor Northern University Shanxi China Honorary Associate Professor, Sydney College of the Arts Honorary Senior Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts (retired July 2007) Senior Lecturer, Ceramics Studio, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney Acting Head of Ceramic Studio SCA Sydney NSW Lecturer, Ceramics Department, Sydney College of the Arts Associate Professor in Ceramics, California State University, San Jose, USA Lecturer, National Art School, Sydney Senior Tutor in Ceramics, Caulfield Institute of Technology, Melbourne
AWARDS AND HONOURS 2017 Japanese Foreign Minister’s Award Sydney NSW-contribution to the arts in Australia. 1998 Grand Prize, Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, New Zealand. international recognition of his black fired sculptural work 1988 First Prize, Canberra First Prize, 2nd Australian National Ceramic Award, Canberra. ACT national recognition for Shojis sculptural work 1982 Faenza Italy Purchase Award ,First Prize an important international award. Black fired work in the museum collection 1976 Yomiuri Press Award, City Art Exhibition, Osaka, Japan early recognition in Japan of his talents
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2007–2017 2007 1992 1978 1977 1975 1975 1973-1974
Honorary Assistant Professor SCA. (Post retirement) Retired, Senior Lecturer, Ceramics Studio SCA University of Sydney Appointed Senior Lecturer Ceramics Studio SCA Lecturer Ceramics Studio SCA Associate Professor in Ceramics, California State University San Jose US Lecturer, National Art School (East Sydney Technical College) California State University San Jose, Guest Artist, Summer School US Senior Tutor in Ceramics, Caulfield Institute of Technology, Melbourne VIC
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CERAMICS (IAC ) 1980
Appointed as a member of the IAC
Attended IAC conferences in Czech Republic (Prague )Taiwan, Paris, Tajimi/Seto, Arita Japan, Xian China Invited to Jingdezhen China (Taoxichuan ) twice in 2024 ,2025 as a result of this long-standing IAC membership. Exhibited as a result of these two residencies ARTIST RESIDENCIES 2025 Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue, Jingdezhen Ceramics Studio, China Artist Residency (1 month) 2024 Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue, Jingdezhen Ceramics Studio, China Artist Residency (2 months) 2015 Gaya Ceramics Art Centre, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Artist Residency and Workshop (2 weeks) 2013 Rakuten Ceramics Studio, Jingdezhen, China Artist Residency (1 month) 2009 Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga Prefecture, Japan Artist Residency (5 weeks) VAB Australia Council grant 2009 National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan Artist Residency (1 month) 2008 Pymble Ladies’ College, Sydney, Australia Artist Residency (1 month) 2002 Pymble Ladies’ College, Sydney, Australia Artist Residency (1 month) 1997 Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey Artist Residency (1 month) 1990 École d’Art, Aix-en-Provence, France Artist Residency (1 year) 1986 School of Visual and Performing Arts, Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. Artist Residency (1 week), presented as part of the First International Craft Symposium organised by Alan Watt, Canberra School of Art 27
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024 2018–2019 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2009 2008 2008 2003 2003 2003 2002 2002 1998 1997 1997 1994 1991 1990 1990 1989 1989 1987 1987 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1984 1984 1983 1982 1982
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Henka / Transformation, Rochfort Gallery, North Sydney, NSW Gaman, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW Mitsuo Shoji Coming Home, Lesley Kehoe Galleries, Melbourne, VIC Mitsuo Shoji Ceramics and Paintings, Peacock Gallery, Auburn, NSW Mitsuo Shoji, Lost Bear Gallery, Leura, NSW Mitsuo Shoji, Depot Gallery, Danks Street, Waterloo, NSW Between the Language and the Form, Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney, NSW Language, Symbolism–Abstraction, Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, NSW Mitsuo Shoji recent work, PLC School Pymble NSW Mitsuo Shoji recent ceramics and paintings, SCA Gallery, Sydney, NSW Ceramics by Mitsuo Shoji, Meitetsu Dept Store Gallery, Nagoya, Japan Mitsuo Shoji, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, NSW Mitsuo Shoji, Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan Mitsuo Shoji, recent work, PLC Gallery, Pymble, NSW Is Our Life a Circle, Triangle or Square?, Green Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Mitsuo Shoji, Is our life a Square, Circle or Triangle?, Quadrivium Gallery QVB, Sydney, NSW Shinsho Fukei, Chifley Plaza, Chifley Tower, Sydney, NSW Ceramics Paintings by Mitsuo Shoji, Japan Foundation Gallery North Sydney NSW Mitsuo Shoji recent work, Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle, NSW Mitsuo Shoji Ceramics, sponsored by Kinki Nippon Railway, Asahi Broadcasting and Australia Council, ABC Gallery Osaka, Japan. Major exhibition. Recent Mitsuo Shoji Pottery with Traditional Manners, Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle, NSW Travil en Cours Art Gallery Ecole D’Art Aix en Provence, France Mitsuo Shoji Ceramic Sculptures and Paintings, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, NSW Mitsuo Shoji Ceramics and Glass Objects sponsored by NZ Potters Society and Waikato Museum of Art History, Hamilton, New Zealand Ceramics by Mitsuo Shoji, travelling show, NSW,TAS to Qld Colour Inlay Ceramics and Painting, Bonython Meadmore Gallery, Sydney, NSW Colour Inlay Ceramics by Mitsuo Shoji, Cuppacumbalong Craft Centre Gallery, Canberra Colour Inlay Ceramics by Mitsuo Shoji, Old Police Station, The Rocks ,Sydney, NSW Recent Ceramics by Mitsuo Shoji , Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane, QLD Black Fire and Ceramics Paintings , Devizes Gallery, Melbourne, VIC Pottery- Recent Works by Mitsuo Shoji, Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle, NSW Australian Perspecta 1985, AGNSW Sydney, NSW Experimental Ceramics by Mitsuo Shoji, Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne, VIC Mitsuo Shoji’s Ceramics, Bonython Gallery, Sydney Mitsuo Shoji black fired ceramics and paintings, Sherman Gallery, Glebe Recent Pottery by Mitsuo Shoji, Aladdin Gallery, Sydney Mitsuo Shoji’s Ceramics traveling show in Tasmania, Queen Victoria Museum Launceston, Crafts Board of Australia Council funding Objects-Painting-Installation, Canberra School of Art Gallery, ACT and Shepparton VIC Mitsuo Shoji, Holdsworth Galleries, Woollahra, Sydney, NSW Mitsuo Shoji: Solo Survey, David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW Mitsuo Shoji’s Ceramics, Gryphon Gallery, Victoria State College Melbourne, VIC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (CONT.) 1981 1981 1980 1980 1979 1977 1977 1974
Ceramic Work, Realities Gallery, Melbourne, VIC Black Fire & Clay Painting, Blackfriars Gallery, Sydney, NSW Clay Work, John Clarke Gallery, UNSW Sydney, NSW Pottery Works, Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane Mitsuo Shoji Ceramics, David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW Ceramic Objects, Nakamiya Gallery, Osaka, Japan Wet Clay Installation, Iteza Gallery, Kyoto, Japan Mitsuo Shoji Ceramics, Crafts Centre, Melbourne, VIC
TOURING SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1984 Mitsuo Shoji’s Ceramics Curated by Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania. Funded by the Crafts Board, Australia Council. Tour venues: • Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston • Burnie Art Gallery, Burnie •Tasmania Craft Council Gallery, Hobart TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2015 2008 2007 2006 2006 1987 1981 1981
Rapprochement of Cultures, One Humanity Beyond Diversity, Mitsuo Shoji and Seong Cho, Gallery Klei, Sydney NSW Journeys, Marianne Newman Gallery, Crows Nest, Sydney (with Chris Shoji) Mitsuo and Christine Shoji, Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan Sea Edge Lands Edge, Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong Landscape Mindscape, Mitsuo and Chris Shoji, Marianne Newman Gallery Sydney Clay Currents, Mitsuo Shoji and Stephanie Outridge Field, Roz MacAllan Gallery, Brisbane Mitsuo Shoji and Lloyd Rees, Bonython Art Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, NSW Mitsuo Shoji and Peter Rushforth, David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
black fired ceramic sculpture and his own Clay Paintings with some of his teachers and mentors from Japan . 1979, Australian Ceramics, Australian Craft Touring Show, Europe European touring exhibition representing Australian ceramics. Funded by Crafts Board of the Australia Council, International recognition of his work ,seen as non functional for the first time. Glass ceramics and wood were shown.
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KEY CAREER EXHIBITIONS 2017
Shadow of Sodeisha – 5 Irish Ceramists + 5 Japanese Ceramists, National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts & History, Dublin.
Invited by Michael Moore Belfast University of Arts Shoji was mentored by Yagi Kazuo, who founded the avant-garde Sodeisha ceramic group in1948 in Kyoto Japan. He was never a member of the group, despite making black fired sculptural objects for many years. Donated work to the exhibition and the gallery in Dublin. Visited the gallery in 2018. 2000
Icarus as Metaphor — Goulburn Regional Art Gallery and national tour of 10 regional galleries.
Funded by the Australian. Government Visions of Australia (now Create NSW) program , plus Goulburn City Council and Regional Galleries Association. Curated by Bert Flugelman and Guy Warren. Travelled from 1999- 2001. Participants included Guy Warren, Bert Flugelman, Tom Arthur, Mitsuo Shoji and John Johnson. Shoji exhibited his Clay Paintings in this show. Purchased by a private buyer. 1995- 1997
Delinquent Angel Australian Historical Aboriginal and Contemporary Ceramics.
International Tour : Europe, Scandinavia, Singapore, Japan, Australia. Funded by VAB/Crafts Board Australia Council, 365 black fired boats exhibited. Global touring exhibition to promote Australian crafts overseas. 1992
International Academy of Ceramics Members Exhibition
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic. Important in the context of long-standing IAC membership. 1991
Mitsuo Shoji Ceramics, sponsored by Kinki Nippon Railway , Asahi Broadcasting and Australia Council , ABC Gallery, Osaka, Japan
This was a major exhibition in Osaka showcasing his sculptural work and installation concepts in wet and black fired clay. The sponsorship was essential. 1987–1989
Four Aspects of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Organised with the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; sponsored by the Australia Council and supported by the Japan Foundation. Included important Japanese mentors (Hiroaki Taimei Morino, Mutsuo Yanagihara, Rikichi Miyanaga,) Touring show Australia A very important show for Shoji as he exhibited both black fired ceramic sculpture and his own Clay Paintings with some of his teachers and mentors from Japan. 1979
Australian Ceramics, Australian Craft Touring Show, Europe
European touring exhibition representing Australian ceramics. Funded by Crafts Board of the Australia Council, International recognition of his work ,seen as non functional for the first time. Glass ceramics and wood were shown.
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2026 2026 2026 2025 2025 2024 2023 2023 2022 2022 2020 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2018 2017 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2013 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 *2002 *2002–2003
Mitsuo Shoji new work, Lost Bear Gallery, Katoomba, NSW Twilight Volunteers Exhibition, Hunters Hill, Sydney, NSW Mitsuo Shoji and Toni Warburton SURVEY SHOW, SCA Gallery USyd Sydney NSW. Retrospective Show Invitational Japanese Masters, Jingdezhen International Ceramic Masters Exhibition, Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum, China Still Life, LNL Gallery, Newtown, curated by Hendrik Kolenberg NSW Flowing Essence, Rochfort Gallery, North Sydney, NSW TERRA NOVA, Sturt Gallery, Invitational, Mittagong, NSW Blue, Rochfort Gallery, North Sydney, NSW Taiwan Ceraics Biennale, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei Clay Dynasty, Invitational, Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW Collectors Gallery, Rochfort Gallery, North Sydney Dolci, Rochfort Gallery, North Sydney In My Backyard, Rochfort Gallery, North Sydney Land Rhythms, Rochfort Gallery, North Sydney Girt by Sea, Rochfort Gallery, North Sydney SCA Gaffa Exhibition, Sydney, NSW Quiet Voices, Hobart, Tasmania SCA Australian Ceramics Triennale, Hobart, Tasmania World Celadon Conference, Longquan, China Shadow of Sodeisha – 5 Irish Ceramists + 5 Japanese Ceramists, National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts & History, Dublin, curated by Michael Moore Belfast 5th International NGO UNESCO Forum , Beijing, China, International Brick Symposium, Eskisehir, Türkiye Miniature Ceramics, Gallery Bilk, Canberra Skepsi @ Montsalvat, Montsalvat, Melbourne The Transcendent Spirit, (Asia Week) Lesley Kehoe Galleries, New York, US Ikebana and Clay, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Clay Utopia Art Gallery, Sydney Skepsi @ Montsalvat, Montsalvat, Melbourne Silver, Wangaratta Regional Gallery, Victoria Mark Making, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW Windows on Pain, National touring exhibition and auction Jingdezhen International Ceramic Masters Exhibition, JDZ Museum China Forty — Object Gallery, Sydney Collection — Green Gallery, Auckland Sightseeing — Sydney College of the Arts Gallery Vessel: Diverse — Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney The Hollow and the Whole — Delmar Gallery, Trinity College, Sydney Celebrating the Masters, Skepsi Gallery, Melbourne, Vic Weapon — Kecskemet Ceramic Centre, Hungary Satisfaction — Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery and national tour. Sponsored by VAB Australia Council, Create NSW and local Council
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS (CONT.) 2002 Material Culture: Aspects of Contemporary Australian Craft and Design, NGA, Canberra 2000 International Ceramics Symposium Exhibition — Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Türkiye 2000 The Master Series Qdos Gallery Lorne VIC 2000 Icarus as metaphor, Goulburn Regional Gallery touring exhibition 2000 Friends at the Edge — Fremantle, Western Australia 2000 Kazutaka Kanagae Memorial Exhibition — Fukuoka Museum of Art, Japan 2000 Icarus as Metaphor group touring exhibition. Regional art galleries 1999 Salad Days, Ceramics Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW 1999 67 Sculptors working to a brief, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW 1999 Clara Hali Bronze Sculptures and Mitsuo Shoji Paintings, Wollombi Forge, NSW 1998 SOFA International Exposition, Chicago, USA 1998 Millennium Plate Show, Ceramics Art and Perception Gallery, Sydney, NSW 1998 Maru Sankaku Shikaku, Universal Thought, Qdos Gallery, Lorne, VIC 1998 Random New Space Gallery, Sydney, NSW 1998 Home Brand, Casula Powerhouse Sydney, NSW 1998 IN Context, Manly Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW 1997 From Strength and Hope for Amnesty International, Casula Powerhouse, NSW 1997 Australian Ceramics Symposium Exhibition Faenza Italy touring show 1997 Panevezys International Ceramic Symposium Exhibition, Lithuania 1996 The Beer van Gogh, Chika Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1996 Vessel - invitational exhibition, 8th International Ceramics Conference, Canberra School of Art, ACT 1997 International Ceramics Symposium Clay Sculpture, Gulgong NSW 1996 The World of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Korea 1996 IAC Members Exhibition Prague, Czech Republic 1996 Posio Pot 96, Coffee Cup Museum Finland (Touring Exhibition) 1996 Delinquent Angel Australian Historical Aboriginal and Contemporary Ceramics, International Tour, Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, Australia,funded by VAB/Crafts Board Australia Council. 365 Black fired boats exhibited 1995 Fresh Clay Australia Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne Vic 1995 Australian Ceramics Conference Participants show, University of Adelaide 1994 International Ceramics Symposium Exhibition, Louny, Czech Republic 1994 Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, Auckland Museum, NZ, First Prize, MANY WISHES installation, 365 seed pods, copper fragment flashing, with water 1993 Fire Up Clay Sculpture Symposium, Gulgong, NSW 1992 3rd International Ceramic Invitational Symposium Exhibition, Poland 1991 Brown - 1970’s Ceramics, Shepparton Art Gallery, Vic. Touring show 1990 International Ceramics Invitational, Touring show, USA 1988 2nd National Ceramics Award Exhibition Canberra School of Art, ACT First prize (Broken Boomerang, black fired work) 1988 Mitsuo Shoji, Milton Moon, Jeff Mincham, Bonython Meadmore Gallery, Sydney 1988 First International Craft Symposium Exhibition, Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT 1988 20 x 20: Craft in Society 1980–1990, Crafts Council Gallery, Touring NSW 1986 Earth Plastics, Lewers Bequest Gallery, Emu Plains, NSW
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS (CONT.) 1986 1986 1985 1985 1985 1985 1984 1984 1984 1984 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1982 1982 1982 1982 1981 1981 1979 1979 1978 1977 1977 1975 1974 1973 1971 1971 1971 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970
Presentation Pieces, Potters Society Australia Gallery, Sydney, NSW View of Points: The Impact of Cultural Diversity on Contemporary Australian Craft Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, Vic Japanese Contemporary Ceramics, Mitsuo Shoji and Satoru Hoshino, Lake Macquarie Art Museum and Gallery, Lake Macquarie, NSW Art Works Glass, Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney NSW Impulse and Form. Art Gallery of WA , Perth, WA Common Earth: Alive and Unfired, International Ceramics Symposium, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra ACT Contemporary Japanese Potters in Australia, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW A Japanese Theme, Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane, QLD Australian Decorative Art in the Past Ten Years, Australian National Gallery, Canberra ACT Sculptors Craftsmen, Meat Market Crafts Centre, Melbourne, Vic Project 43, NSW Art Gallery, Sydney NSW New Directions, Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne, Vic Ceramics Objects and Figures University of Tasmania Art Gallery, Tas Ceramics Show, Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Penrith, NSW Clothes and Clay, Orange Regional Art Gallery, Orange, NSW New Directions, 3rd Australian Potters Conference, Jam Factory, Adelaide, SA A Different Perspective, Art Space Gallery, Sydney, NSW International Raku and Smoked Fire Exhibition, Galerie Uzes, France Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica, Faenza, Italy Recent Australian Ceramics Wollongong City Gallery, NSW Image and Origin, Australia Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney, NSW SCA and City Art Institute Staff Exhibition, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW Mayfair Ceramics Exhibition, Meat Market Art Gallery, Melbourne Mayfair Ceramics Exhibition, Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney, NSW Australian Ceramics, selected work for Touring Europe show Spring Festival Exhibition, David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW Clay and Glass Conference, Market Place Gallery San Francisco USA Seven Men’s Ceramic Show, Imabashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan Craft Alive – Craft Victoria 75, National Art Gallery Melbourne, touring exhibition Vic Bendigo Ceramics Show, Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic Ceramic Boxes, Craft Centre, Melbourne, Vic Ceramica, Gallery Sonezaki, Osaka, Japan, 4 exhibitions Kyoto Art Exhibition, Kyoto City Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan Kyoto Crafts Exhibition, Kyoto Crafts Centre, Kyoto, Japan Seven Men’s Ceramics ,Gallery Nakamiya, Osaka, Japan Japan Export Ceramics Competition. Travelling show Japan Japan Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Takashimaya Dept Store, Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Japan Kyoto Art Exhibition, Kyoto City Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan Kyoto Crafts Exhibition, Kyoto City Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan
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GRANTS 2009 1998 1992 1991 1986
Australia Council Artist Development grant, New work Australia Council Special Project grant for Australian ceramics comp 2001 University of Sydney Travel grant Australia Council Artists Development grant Australia Council Special Development grant
ACADEMIC ADVISER 2000 1999 1999 1998 1998 1997 1994 1994 1989 1984–1986 1982–1988 1983 1982
Outside assessor, MA course, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Outside assessor, MA course, University Southern Cross, Lismore, NSW Outside assessor, MA course, RMIT University Melbourne VIC Outside assessor, MA course, University Tasmania, Hobart TAS Outside assessor, MA course, University Wollongong, NSW Outside assessor, MA course, University Wollongong, NSW Outside assessor, MA course, University Western Sydney, NSW Assessor, Dept Empt Ed and Training, Sydney, NSW Outside assessor, MA course, University Wollongong, NSW Outside assessor PG course, Newcastle Institute of Advanced Ed’n Member of Visual Arts Board of Studies, SCA, Sydney, NSW Outside assessor Ceramics Dept, Riverina CAE, Wagga Wagga, NSW Higher Ed Board consultant for Degree course, Riverina CAE, Wagga Wagga, NSW
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS : AUSTRALIA & INTERNATIONAL NSW Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney National Art School Macquarie University Art Gallery College of Fine Arts, UNSW Manly Art Gallery Campbelltown Art Gallery Newcastle Art Gallery Orange Regional Art Gallery ACT National Gallery of Australia Artbank, Parliament House Canberra Australian National University, Canberra VICTORIA National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Victorian State Craft Collection, Melbourne Deakin University, Melbourne Melbourne State College, University of Melbourne
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GRANTS (VICTORIA CONT.) Monash Art Gallery, University of Melbourne Ararat Art Gallery, Ararat Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Castlemaine Art Gallery, Castlemaine QUEENSLAND Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane School of Art, Brisbane Kelvin Grove CAE, Brisbane WESTERN AUSTRALIA Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Churchlands CAE TASMANIA Victoria and Albert Museum, Launceston Tasmanian Art gallery and Museum, Hobart INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC COLLECTIONS International Ceramics Museum, Shigaraki, Japan Total Art Museum ,Seoul, South Korea Fletcher Challenge Collection, Auckland, New Zealand International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland International Coffee Cup Museum, Posio, Finland International Ceramics Collection, Panevezy Art Gallery, Panevezy, Lithuania Umeeckopunmyslove Muzeumy Praze, Prague, Czech Republic The Bechyne International Ceramics Museum, Bechyne, Czech Republic The Art Museum, Walbrzych, Poland Dokuk Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey National Museum of Ireland Decorative Arts and History, Dublin, Ireland California State University, San Jose, California, US University of Hawaii, Manoa, US Memphis Academy of Art Memphis, US
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FORMER STUDENTS AND INFLUENCE OF TEACHING YEARS Mitsuo Shoji has taught many generations of ceramics students since 1973. Mostly through SCA . He is famous for his love of cooking and in the notices, Ceramics Lunch! would appear regularly around the Kirkbride buildings at SCA. Money was raised for visiting artists to receive a stipend if they gave a lecture at the College. Often bowls were sold to raise money for special events, such as enabling students to attend a conference at Gulgong, Tasmania or Canberra. Some of his famous graduate students are: Toshio Matsui Nakanoshima Art School Osaka, IAC Japan regional head, Won Faenza Grand Prize Steve D Edwards San Jose, Head of Glass studio Alfred University, New York State, US Merran Esson Caulfield Tech Melbourne Deceased, ex Head of Ceramics at NAS , Sydney, later prominent as a teacher and artist Dr Ken Yonetani SCA, now living in Japan, collaborative artist with wife Julia, 53rd Biennale represented Australia in Venice Environmental Installations. Dr Jia Haur Liang SCA, now lives in Taipei Taiwan , artist and educator, Professor and Chair of Crafts Design Dept., National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan Dr Yi Hui Wang SCA ,now lives in Taiwan, involved in teaching and researching ceramics and craft design, Taipei, Taiwan Dr Naoko Yehenara SCA - China / Malaysia/Australia Artist in clay . Dr Jan Guy SCA – Head of Ceramics Studio at SCA, now part of the University of Sydney main campus. Curator of the Survey show in 2026 for Shoji‘s 80th year Dr Julie Bartholomew SCA teaching ceramics at ANU Catholic University, Educator & Artist
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