Morino Taimei was born in Kyoto in 1934 and emerged early as a major figure in postwar Japanese ceramics. In 1957, while still a student at the Kyoto Municipal University of Fine Arts, he was accepted into the prestigious Nitten National Exhibition, an exceptional achievement at such a young age. Just three years later, in 1960, he was awarded the highly respected Hokutosho Prize at Nitten, signaling the arrival of a formidable new voice.
In the early 1960s Morino worked as a guest professor at the University of Chicago, an experience that broadened his international outlook and reinforced his experimental approach. Upon returning to Japan, his career accelerated rapidly. He received a second Hokutosho Prize at Nitten, followed by the Governor’s Prize and additional honors at the Gendai Kogei Ten (Modern National Crafts Exhibition). In 1972 his work was selected for exhibition at both the Kyoto and Tokyo National Museums, and in the same year he was accepted into the inaugural Nihon Togei Ten.
Since then, Morino’s record of exhibitions and awards has continued to expand, with repeated selections at major museums in Kyoto and Tokyo, as well as exhibitions throughout Europe and North America, including Paris, Italy, the United States, Canada, and Denmark. In 2007 he was awarded the Japan Art Academy Prize, one of the highest honors bestowed on an artist in Japan and comparable in stature to recognition as a Living National Treasure. This distinction places Morino Taimei among a rare and historically significant group of artists whose work has profoundly shaped the course of contemporary Japanese ceramics.
An EXHIBITION that also displayed his works "Shoka" Digital Catalog
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