GALLERY crossing

Takayuki WATANABE

  • BIOGRAPHY
  • WORKS
  • CV

《Untitled》, 2025, Izu soil, bluestem grass (Themeda triandra)

《Nohara (Field)》2025, common sow-thistle, ramie, Bamboo ( part of a work)

《Katachi (Form)》, 2025, Izu soil

Takayuki Watanabe,2022,Ceramic

Takayuki Watanabe,2022,Ceramic

Takayuki Watanabe,2022,Ceramic

Takayuki Watanabe,2022,Ceramic

Takayuki Watanabe,kubomi,2020,Ceramic

Takayuki Watanabe,kakera,2020,Ceramic

Born in Shizuoka in 1981. After encountering ceramics in 2000, he met Shunichi Yoshimura, which deepened his fascination with clay, and traveled through India, Nepal, and China. In 2005, he began studying under ceramic artist Taizo Kuroda. Since 2008, he has been creating his own work in Izu. Watanabe digs his own clay, fires his kiln with wood he collects, and works within the cycles of life, presenting his works at galleries in Japan and abroad.

GALLERY EXHIBITION

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2021
    "Harvest", pragmata,Tokyo, Japan
    "ARU",Gallery noir/NOKTA, Shizuoka, Japan
    "Earth Elements", Gallery Utsuwanote, Saitama, Japan
    "IKITEIRU TO IUKOTO", ippo plus, Osaka, Japan
  • 2020
    "terloboif", cite', Hiroshima, Japan
    "Earth collection 2020", GALLERY crossing, Gifu, Japan
    "Takayuki Watanabe's exhibition",Zazenseki, Shizuoka, Japan
    "Environment", Center for COSMIC WONDER, Tokyo, Japan
    "Takayuki Watanabe grande exposition de poteries", galerie 1to7, Paris, France
    "Takayuki Watanabe's exhibition", TRI GALLERY OCHANOMIZU, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2019
    "Takayuki Watanabe's exhibition", ippo plus, Osaka, Japan
    "Sedimentation", pragmata, Tokyo, Japan
    "KATACHI", miepump gallery, Tottori, Japan
    "Takayuki Watanabe's exhibition", Gallery noir/NOKTA, Shizuoka, Japan
  • 2018
    "TUCHI NO KOE", Gallery Utsuwanote, Saitama, Japan
    "Takayuki Watanabe's exhibition", Mokupere×gallery kino, Shizuoka, Japan
  • 2017
    "Takayuki Watanabe's exhibition"TRI GALLERY OCHANOMIZU, Tokyo, Japan
    "terloboif", cite', Hiroshima, Japan
    "KITSUNE NO YOMEIRI", Gallery noir/NOKTA, Shizuoka, Japan
    "Language of Fire", pragmata, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2016
    "Yakimono", Center for COSMIC WONDER, Tokyo, Japan
    "Yakimono", sundayroom,KURA ,Gunma, Japan
    "Takayuki Watanabe's exhibition", Zazenseki, Shizuoka, Japan
    "SOKO NI ARUMONO", The Good Luck Store, Shiga, Japan
    "Earthenware and Utsuwa Exhibition", Keibunsha mini Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
  • 2015
    "Takayuki Watanabe's exhibition", mokupere×gallery kino, Shizuoka, Japan
    "Takayuki Watanabe's exhibition", Gallery noir/NOKTA,Shizuoka, Japan
    "米+水=酒", pragmata, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2014
    "Earthenware and Utsuwa Exhibition", Keibunsha mini Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
    "Earthenware and Utsuwa Exhibition", gallery kikotsu, Shizuoka, Japan
  • 2013
    "Yakikono", sundayroom,KURA ,Gunma, Japan
    "Yakikono", Keibunsha mini Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
    "土・水・木・火・人", The Good Luck Store, Shiga, Japan
    "Earthenware and Utsuwa Exhibition", Levain, Nagano, Japan
  • 2012
    "TSUKANODOKOKA", MITTE gallery, Shizuoka, Japan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2021
    "Recommendation of thinking",mese building 105,Ibaraki, Japan
    "The VIEWING ROOM",GALLERY crossing, Gifu, Japan
    "YAKIMONO",游牧画廊 ,China
    "Familiar Soil", V.V.Sorry, Mexico
    "Exhibition of Kuroda Taizo's apprentices", Utsuwa nanohana, Kanagawa, Japan
  • 2020
    "Kogei-Seika Fair", pragmata, Tokyo, Japan
    "Modern Japan Craft 20'", Public Record, Auckland, New Zealand
    "GIFT", Gallery noir/NOKTA, Shizuoka, Japan
  • 2019
    "Yo in", Mr.kitry gallery, Australia
    "Bubblewrap",Contemporary art museum kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
  • 2017
    "Murakami Takashi’s Superflat Consideration on Contemporary Ceramics",Towada art center, Aomori,Japan
    "circulation", Nichiyoubi, Kanagawa, Japan
  • 2016
    "10", gallery noir, Shizuoka, Japan
    "inner energy", OZ zingaro, Tokyo, Japan *curated by pragmata gallery
    "Winter Table" Babaghuri, Tokyo,Japan
    "Cinerary urn collection" Tri gallery ochanomizu, Tokyo, Japan