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Akio Takamori Biography
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1950 |
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Born in Nobeoka, Japan
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1950 - 1960 |
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Grew up in a small industrial town in Kyushu, in the south islands of Japan
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1974 |
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Moved to the United States
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1976 |
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Earned B.F.A. under Ken Ferguson at the Kansas City Art Institute
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1978 |
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Earned M.F.A. from Alfred University
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1986 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship Grant
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1988 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship Grant
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1992 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship Grant
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1993 |
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Associate Professor, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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1993 |
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Fellowship at Keramisch Werkcentrum ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
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1996 |
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Associate Professor, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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1996 |
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Fellowship at Keramisch Werkcentrum ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
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2001 |
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Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant, First Place, Evanston, IL
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2004 |
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Professor of Art at the University of Washington in Seattle
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2004 |
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Currently living in Seattle, Washington
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2004 |
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Visual Artists Award, Flintridge Foundation, Pasadena, CA
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2003 - 2005 |
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Hermine Pruzan Faculty Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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2003 - 2005 |
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Seattle Collects 2003 Purchase Award, City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
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2005 |
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Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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2006 |
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American Craft Council College of Fellows, New York, NY
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2006 |
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Hermine Pruzan Faculty Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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2006 |
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Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
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2007 |
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Contemporary Northwest Art Award Finalist, Portland Art Museum, Seattle, WA
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2008 |
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Neddy Artist Fellowship, Tacoma Art Museum, Seattle, WA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Contemporary Craft Museum, New York (Solo)
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2008
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Alice / Venus, Barry Friedman, Ltd, New York, NY (Solo)
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2008
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Transitions: 5 artists join Barry Friedman Ltd, Barry Friedman, Ltd, New York, NY
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2008
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Heads (dis)Embodied, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
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2008
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Art Chicago, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
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2008
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Maybe Yes, Maybe No, Harvey / Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO
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2008
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Public Places, Private Spaces, Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ
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2008
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No Joke: Selections from the Pruzan Collection, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
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2008
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International Ceramics, Galerie Artworks, Antwerp, Belgium
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2008
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A Human Impulse: Figuration from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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2007
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Kanzan and Jittoku, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
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2007
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Diane and Sandy Besser Collection: A Gift to the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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2007
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Black & White Red All Over, Michelle Mosko Fine Art, Denver, CO
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2007
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Northwest Figurative Clay Ceramics International, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT
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2007
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Shy Boy, She Devil and Isis: the Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the Wornick Collection, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA*
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2007
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Idea of Man ll, Kunstforvm Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland
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2007
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Man and Beast, Garth Clark Gallery, Long Island City, NY
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2007
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Akio Takamori: New Work, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Solo)
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2007
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Akio Takamori: Figures in Clay, International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary (Solo)
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2006
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Akio Takamori: The Laughing Monks, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (Solo)
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2006
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Akio Takamori, Gallery Camion Real, Boca Raton, FL (Solo)
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2006
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Poetic Expressions of Mortality: Figurative Ceramics from the Porter Price Collection, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
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2006
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Process & Promise: Art, Education & Community at the 92nd Street Y, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
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2006
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30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
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2006
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SOFA, New York 2006, New York, New York
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2006
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A Ceramic Legacy: The Stephane Janssen and R. Michael Johns Collection, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
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2006
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Human Form in Clay, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan (traveled to: The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan)
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2005
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The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions for the Kamm Collection, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
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2005
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Dual Vision: The Chazen Collection, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY (traveled to Elvehjem Museum, Madison, WI )
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2005
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The Figure in 20th Century Contemporary Ceramics, Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
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2005
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Innocence, Garth Clark Gallery, New York (Solo)
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2005
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Between Clouds of Memory, Akio Takamori, a Mid-Career Survey, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ*+ (traveled to: Marylhurst University, The Art Gym, Portland, OR (2006), Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (2006), Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI (2007)) (Solo)
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2004
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Akio Takamori: New Work, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA (Solo)
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2004
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Bare Clay, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
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2004
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North American Ceramic Sculpture NOW, Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA
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2004
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Seattle Collects: 2003 Award Winners, City Space, Seattle, WA
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2004
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Faculty Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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2004
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Double Vision, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
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2004
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Signature Vessel, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
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2004
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Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
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2004
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Sleeping Figures, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Solo)
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2003
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Omnipotent, Garth Clark Gallery, New York (Solo)
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2003
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Akio Takamori, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (Solo)
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2003
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From the Neck Up, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
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2003
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Panopticon: An Art Spectacular, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
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2003
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Shared Passion: Sara and David Lieberman Collection of Contemporary Ceramics and Crafts, Nelson Fine Art Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
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2003
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Clay Body: Claudia Fitch, Akio Takamori, Patti Warashina, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
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2003
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Now and Now, World Contemporary Ceramics 2nd Annual World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Gyeonggi Province, Korea
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2003
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Akio Takamori: Promotion to Full Professor Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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2002
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Others and Self, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA (Solo)
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2002
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Postmodern Ceramics, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
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2002
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A Public Trust: Recent Acquisitions at the Museum of Art, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
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2002
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Clay Body Rhetoric: Ceramic Figures of Speech, Beach Museum of Art, Kansas University, Manhattan, KS
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2002
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The Erotic Life of Clay: A Group Exhibition of Contemporary and Historical Ceramics, San Francisco State University Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2002
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The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of Contemporary American Figure Drawings, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
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2002
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Visual Perspectives: 14 Years of the Virginia A. Groot Awards, Groot Foundation Space and SOFA at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
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2002
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The Figure in Ceramics, Galley of Contemporary Art, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
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2001
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Boat, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Solo)
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2001
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Identities: Contemporary Portraiture, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
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2001
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Figuration in Clay: A Collection, McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
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2001
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Poetics of Clay, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
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2001
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Taking Measure: American Ceramic Art at the New Millennium, World Ceramic Exposition, Yoju, Korea
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2001
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Poetics of Clay: An International Perspective, Museum of Art and Design/Taideleollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, Finland
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2000
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Akio Takamori: Figural Growth, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY (Solo)
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2000
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Ensemble, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA (Solo)
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2000
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Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
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2000
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Artists Making Prints, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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2000
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Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (traveled to: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO)
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2000
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Ceramic National 2000: The 30th Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY (traveled to: Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL)
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2000
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The Melba and Al Langman Collection, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
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1999
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Akio Takamori: New Work, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA (Solo)
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1998
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Akio Takamori, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Solo)
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1998
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Akio Takamori, Robert Else Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, CA (Solo)
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1997
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New Work, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY (Solo)
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1997
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Woman in Memories, Cohen/Berkowitz Gallery, Kansas City, MO (Solo)
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1996
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Master’s Touch: Akio Takamori, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ (Solo)
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1996
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New Work, European Work Center, ‘s-Hertogenbosh, Netherlands (Solo)
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1994
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Garth Clark Gallery, Kansas City (Solo)
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1994
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Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles (Solo)
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1993
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Garth Clark Gallery, New York (Solo)
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1992
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Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles (Solo)
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1991
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Garth Clark Gallery, New York (Solo)
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1990
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Blue and White, Garth Clark Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Solo)
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1989
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Garth Clark Gallery, New York (Solo)
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1989
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Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY (Solo)
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1988
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Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles (Solo)
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1987
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Garth Clark Gallery, New York (Solo)
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1986
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Garth Clark Gallery, New York (Solo)
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1986
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Esther Saks, Chicago (Solo)
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1985
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Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles (Solo)
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1984
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Garth Clark Gallery, New York (Solo)
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1983
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Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles (Solo)
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1980
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Himawari Gallery, Miyazaki, Japan (Solo)
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Collections
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Carnegie Institute Art Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Kruithuis Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Microsoft Corporation Art Collection, Redmond, WA
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki, Japan
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The National Museum of History, Taipei, Republic of China
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass, Geneva, Switzerland
Hallmark Art Collection, Kansas City, MO
Museum of Contemporary Art, the Netherlands
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Republic of China
Arizona State University Art Museum, Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, AZ
The Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AK
The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
George Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada
University of Washington, School of Law, Seattle, WA
University of Washington, Allen Center, Seattle, WA
Smithsonian Institute, Archives of American Art, New York, NY
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
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