Nakashima Katsuko 中島克子
Nakashima Katsuko graduated from the Osaka School of Art and Design and first garnered attention with a silver prize at the Nihon Tojiki Ceramics Design competition in 1984.  Her works have been selected for display and awarded at the Asahi Gendai Kogeiten Contemporary Craft Exhibition (awarded 1997), Mino International Ceramics Festival (Bronze award 1998) , Gyeonggi-do International Ceramics Exhibition, Korea, Gold price in 2003 and Grand Prize at the Kobe International Ceramics Competition among a host of others.