Toshio Ohi, who exhibited at the Onishi Gallery in autumn 2007, inherits an artistic tradition that dates from 1666. That was when the first Ohi ware potter began crafting ceramic works for the tea ceremony near Kanazawa. Toshio is the 11th generation in the Ohi lineage. He deploys the characteristically lustrous effects of Ohi ware in bowls and other items for the tea ceremony and in a vast range of other works, both utilitarian and purely artistic.
A native of Kanazawa, Ohi earned a master’s degree in fine arts from Boston University. He has taught and lectured at universities in the United States and Taiwan, as well as in Japan.
Profile
- 1958
- Born in Kanazawa, Japan
- 1970s
- Studied under father, Chozaemon X
- 1981
- Graduated from Tamagawa University, Tokyo and begins graduate study at Boston University, where he earns Master of Fine Arts degree in 1984
- 1985
- Served as artist in residence at Boston University
- 1997
- Served as visiting associate professor at Rochester Institute of Technology
- 2004
- Served as instructor at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
- 2007
- Served as visiting associate professor at Tainan National College of the Arts;
Continues to produce Ohi ware and to engage in wide-ranging artistic endeavors
Selected Exhibitions
- 2009
- Japanese Contemporary Craft, Onishi Gallery, New York
- 2008
- SOFA New York
- 2007
- Onishi Gallery, New York
- 2006
- Tsinghua University, Beijing
- 2004
- Public and Culture Hall, Japan Embassy, Seoul
- 2003
- Kumho Museum, Seoul
- 1993
- Sierkunst Museum, Ghent
- 1984
- City Hall, Boston
Museum Collections (partial listing)
Academy of Art, Honolulu / Ariana Museum, Geneva / County Museum of Art, Los Angeles / Fine Arts Museum, Taipei / Sierkunst Museum, Ghent