Kato Tsubusa was born in Tajimi City, the historic home of Shino ware, in 1962. He graduated from the Tajimi Municipal Pottery Design and Technical Center in 1979. After initially working in pottery, he shifted his focus to white porcelain—a decisive move that has defined his practice ever since.
Kato’s work has been exhibited at major institutions and exhibitions, including the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; the Chunichi International Ceramics Exhibition (Chunichi Kokusai Tōgei Ten); and the Asahi Ceramics Exhibition (Asahi Tōgei Ten), as well as in private exhibitions overseas, including in New York.
His works are held in prominent public collections worldwide, including the Aichi Ceramic Museum; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; the Brooklyn Museum; the Gifu Museum of Modern Ceramic Art; the Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum; the Musée Tomo in Tokyo; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, among others. His career and artistic contributions have been the subject of major publications, including Tōh Vol. 85 (1993), which is entirely dedicated to his work, as well as Quiet Clarity “RIN” (1996) and Fired with Passion: Contemporary Ceramics of Japan (2007).
An EXHIBITION that also displayed his works "Shoka" Digital Catalog
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