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PERSONAL
- Born in Mumbai, India 1952
- Moved to Barcelona, Spain in 1981 and to Tokoname, Japan in
1992
- Moved to Odaka Highlands in Central Japan in 2000.
EDUCATION
- Studies with Honors BA Sociology Keele University, England
1974-77
- Ceramic Studies at Braintree College, England 1979-80
AWARDS
- Selected - Bienal de Valles, Granollers, Spain 1990
- Fletcher Ceramics Award, Auckland, New Zealand 1994
- Fletcher Ceramics Award, Auckland, New Zealand 1995
- Nisshin All Japan Noodle Bowl Competition 1995.
- Sogetsu-kai Ikebana Bienal, Tokyo, Japan. Fine Art Award 1996
- Mino Ceramics Competition. Honorable mention with "Beans make
you fart" 1998
EMPLOYMENT
- Started teaching at Ramon Fort`s Summer School. Llers, Spain
1990
- Managing a pottery studio on the “Potter’s Path” in
Tokoname 1992 - 2000
- Artist-in-Residence at Sanskriti Kendra,
New Delhi, India Indian Studio Potters. Mumbai. "Raku Firing
and Paper Kilns” 1996
- Design Center IIT Mumbai, India. Lectures
and demonstrations 1996
- Set up a major studio in the heart of
Tokoname in an old factory as a center for the creative arts
1996
- Landscape and design of house and garden in the Odaka Highlands,
Mie, Japan 2000
- Experimental Kilns and Firings/ Post-Biscuit
Constructions, Espacio Ceramico,
Vigo, Spain and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for The Canary
Islands Crafts Council 2001
- Artist-in-Residence Art-Sud,
L`Isle de La Reunion. Exhibition of Studio Work, firing and
construction of three
Fire Trees made from paper-clay and a workshop on Experimental
Firings and kiln construction 2002
EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS
| 1987 |
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First construction of kilns as ceramic objects at L`H Art,
Barcelona, Spain. |
| 1989 |
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OB`ART, Paris, France |
| 1991 |
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Ceramica Catalana Actual, Barcelona, Spain, Terra de l`Inde,
Galleria Terre Viva, St Quentin La Poterie, France |
| 1992 |
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European Festival of Ceramics - Dorset, England "Fire
Tree"
Museo Torre Valldovina, Barcelona, Spain. "Fire Tree" |
| 1997 |
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"Heart on fire", Czech-Japan Exchange, Brno, Czech
Republic |
| 1999 |
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"Japan in India " Delhi blue Pottery, New Delhi,
India |
| 2000 |
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Oppai Art Lab, Kyoto, Japan. Large scale installation of
a poem entitled “Breasts” by Reed Gage composed
of over one thousand ceramic letters. |
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Major exhibition in Gallery Kyoueigama, Tokoname |
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Gallery Cepica, Tokoname |
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Gallery Hoenkan, Tokoname |
| 2001 |
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Miyabi Gallery, Nagoya with painter Niren Bhat |
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Gallery Kyoueigama, Tokoname "United Clay FC" |
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Gallery Circus-Circus, Kobe "Drunk at the wheel" |
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Clay Omnibus with Pottery-Tech at the Design Gallery, Nagoya
Design Centre. |
| 2002 |
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Clay Monographs Series, "Raku" in the Odaka Highlands |
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Clay Monographs "Wood-Fired Spanish Lustre. Odaka Highlands
Central Japan |
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Aomori International Wood-Fire Festival., Goshogawara, Aomori.
Japan |
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ART-Sud, L`Isle de La Reunion. Fire Trees and workshop as
artist-in-residence. |
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Exhibition in Le Port Gallery TOHKA, Shizuoka "Bindu" |
| 2003 |
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Junikagetsu, Nagoya "To Tango in Tonga in Tanga" |
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Raku Summit with Genya Sonobe, Sinano Tojiki Centre, Seto
Gallery Kawarabanya, Seto. |
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Raku Work "Clay Jam" in Komono with Miquel Vazquez & Emilia
Guimerans |
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Wysing Arts, Cambridge. UK. artist-in-residence Fire Trees |
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Sumi Gallery, Nagoya |
| 2004 |
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IV Festival Internacional du Films sur la Ceramique, Montpellier, France |
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The film about the Fire Trees L'Arbre du Voyager is awarded le Prix d'ArgilleI |
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II International Festival of Ceramics in Nigran, Pontevedra Spain |
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"Japan close to you" with Japanese artists. Demonstrates Experimental Firings |
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Artist-in-Residence at Iga, Mie-ken. Japan Builds Fire Tree and also runs workshops where The Paper Kiln is a great hit! |
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Spanish Lustres and Soda Firing at The Sanskriti Kendra, Delhi organized by Delhi Blue. |
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Exhibitions |
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May at Gallery Toen, Shigaraki. Japan |
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June. Selected for the Fuji Bienal at The Nakatomi Museum of Fine Craft, Yamanashi, Japan |
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November at The Paramita Museum. The Contemporary Vessel |
| 2005 |
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Exhibition with Priya Sen at The Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, India |
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Exhibition at Kisseki, Nagoya, Japan |
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Firebrand in the hills of The Odaka Highlands. Clay Monograph Series. |
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Demonstration International Festival of Ceramics, Aberstwyth, UK |
FESTIVALS
- 1993 - Brighton Arts Festival, England.
- 1993 - Bienal Europeo de Ceramica, Manises, Spain.
- 1993 - Kyoto Arts Festival, Kyoto, Japan. Installation
- 1997 -"Yoko" Paperclay dragon. Onomachi Dragon Festival,
Japan
PUBLICATIONS
Butlleti Informatiu de Ceramica
- No 33 Article "Un forn de toves"
- No 40 Article "La fabricacio de Teules Arabs. Cap una
analisis racional en L`estudi de terres per a l`us ceramic"
Ceramic
Review
- No 137 "Sparks of hope to fire the future"
- No 143 "Fire, Earth and Fantasy"
- No 164 "Japan. A different perspective"
La Revista Ceramica.
- No 43 "Wali Hawes. Constructor de Grandes Volumenes"
- No 79 "El Anagama Miryoku"
Ceramics Technical (Australia)
No 7 "Building a paper clay
dragon"
Ceramics Art No 2 "Ohen, Hlina, fantasie"
Also have been mentioned in
"El Pais", "El Periodico", "Midi-Libre", "Times
of India", "Chunichi Shinbun", "
La Revue de la ceramique et du verre", "Ceramic ART" and
in "Japanzine", May 2001 (Japan).
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