Japanese-American ceramic sculptor (1950–2017)
Akio Takamori
Born (1950-10-11 ) October 11, 1950Nobeoka, Japan
Died January 11, 2017(2017-01-11) (aged 66) Nationality Japanese-American Education Musashino Art University, Kansas City Art Institute, Alfred University Known for Ceramic sculpture Website akiotakamori .com
Akio Takamori (1950 – 2017) was a Japanese-American ceramic sculptor and educator. Takamori often incorporates human forms into his creations.[ 1]
Biography
Takamori was born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki , Japan on October 11, 1950.[ 2] [ 3] In Japan Takamori attended Musashino Art University .[ 4] In 1974 he moved to the United States. He attended the Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) and Alfred University .[ 5] In 1993 Takamori began his teaching career at the University of Washington where he taught until he retired in 2014 as professor emeritus .[ 6] [ 7] In 2001 Takamori received a Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award.[ 8] In 2006 Takamori became a Fellow of the American Craft Council .[ 7] The same year he was awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant.[ 9]
Takamori died on January 11, 2017, in Seattle, Washington.[ 2] [ 3]
Work
His work is in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art ,[ 10] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ,[ 11] the Museum of Arts and Design ,[ 12] the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art ,[ 13] the Victoria and Albert Museum ,[ 14] His work, Alice with Rose , was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery 's 50th Anniversary Campaign.[ 15] [ 16]
In 2000 the Racine Art Museum held a retrospective of his work.[ 5] In 2022 the Vashon Center for the Arts held a retrospective of his work.[ 17]
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