1954 Born in Kyoto, Japan
1979 Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Waseda University, Japan
1983 Received the Grand Prix at the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition '83
1984 Exhibited in the 12th Chunichi International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts
Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition '84
1985 Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition '85
1986 Participated in the 14th Chunichi International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts;
Received the Foreign Minister's Prize
Received the Grand Prix at the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition '86
World Creative Ceramics Exhibition (Newcoa Department Store, Seoul, Korea)
An Encounter between Flowers and Vessels (Masuda Studio, Tokyo, Japan)
Ceramic Annex Shigaraki '86
(The Museum of Modern Art Shiga and The Shigaraki
Traditional Craft Center, Japan)
1st International Ceramics Competition '86 in Mino
1987 15th Chunichi International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts
Competition of Contemporary Ceramics - Yagi Kazuo Prize '87
2nd World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics (Zagreb , YUGOSLAVIA)
Ceramic Annex Shigaraki '87 (The Museum of Modern Art Shiga and The Shigaraki
Traditional Craft Center, Japan)
1988 Received the Kyoto Art Award for New Artists
Received First Prize in the Competition of Contemporary Ceramics - Yagi Kazuo Prize '88
'88 Selection Arts Exhibition (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan)
Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition '88
1989 Yo Akiyama, Masahiro Kiyomizu, Shigeki Fukumoto Exhibition
(ABC Gallery, Osaka Japan)
Yomiuri Prize in the Competition of Contemporary Ceramics - Yagi Kazuo Prize '89
Japan - Korea Young Ceramic Artists Crossing Exhibition '89
(Kyoto Craft Center, Kyoto, Japan)
2nd International Ceramics Competition '89 in Mino
Europalia - Japan Exhibition '89
[Ceramics of the Showa Era : Tradition and Innovation]
(Mons Art Museum , Belgium)
1990 Europalia - Japan Exhibition '89 (Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Japan )
'90 Selection Arts Exhibition (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan)
Ceramics Today - From Kyoto
(Takashimaya , Tokyo / Yokohama / Osaka / Kyoto /Japan)
Japanese Clay Work Today (Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Japan)
Korea - Japan Young Ceramic Artists Crossing Exhibition '90
(Kumho Museum , Seoul, Korea)
Contemporary Ceramics (Wakayama Prefectural Modern Art Museum, Japan)
1991 New Generation in Kyoto Arts and Crafts (Ginza Matsuya , Tokyo, Japan)
'91 Selection Arts Exhibition (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan)
Japan--Korea Young Ceramic Artists Crossing Exhibition '91
(Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan )
Young Leaders -- Ceramic Arts (Itami City Arts and Crafts Center, Itami, Japan )
1992 '92 Selection Arts Exhibition (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan)
Ceramics Today - From Kyoto (Takashimaya , Tokyo / Kyoto / Osaka / Yokohama, Japan)
Ceramics as Contemporary Art (Seibu , Kobe / Ikebukuro, Japan)
Continuity and Transformation: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
(Everson Museum of Art, USA)
1993 Received the Kyoto Cultural Award - Incentive Award
Art Festival: Kyou - Changing Forest (Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan)
'93 Selection Arts Exhibition (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan)
Contemporary Ceramics 1950－1990 ( Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan)
The 48th International Ceramic Art Competition (Faenza, Italy)
Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collection
(Japan Society Gallery, New York, USA)
1994 The Taipei International Exhibition of Ceramics 1994 (Taipei, Taiwan)
Annex Shigaraki '94 (The Museum of Modern Art Shiga, Japan)
Clay Work (The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan)
1995 The 49th International Ceramic Art Competition (Faenza, Italy)
1996 Sharaku Interpreted by Japan's Contemporary Artists (Tokyo, Japan)
1997 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award (Shepparton Art Gallery, Australia)
Poyntzpass Pioneers Ceramics Award
1998 '98 Fresh Selection Arts Exhibition (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan)
Dialogue with Clay - The Spirit of Contemporary Ceramics
(Rias Ark Museum of Art, Kesennuma, Japan)
1999 Received Takashimaya Art Award
2000 Promoted to 8th Rokubey Kiyomizu
2001 Leaders of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics (Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Japan)
Crafts in Kyoto (The National Museum of Modern Art , Kyoto, Japan)
2002 The New Way of Tea (Japan Society/Asia Society, New York, USA)
International Asia - Pacific Contemporary Ceramics Invitational Exhibition
(Taipei County Yingko Ceramics Museum, Taiwan)
IAC 2002 Hellas 50th Anniversary Member's Show (Greece)
Korea - Japan Ceramic Artists Crossing Exhibition 2002 (Kyoto Art Center Gallery, Japan)
The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art (Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan)
2003 Japan - Korea Ceramic Artists Crossing Exhibition 2003
(Gallery SAGAN / Seoul, Korea)
2003 Korea - Japan Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition
(Kumho Museum of Art, Kumho Art Gallery / Seoul, Korea)
2004 East Asian Ceramics Arts International Invitational Exhibition
(China Art Gallery / Beijing, China)
The Retrospective Exhibition of KIYOMIZU Rokubey Ⅰ-Ⅷ
(Chiba City Art Museum, Japan)
2005 Received the 2004 Japan Ceramic Society Prize
Contemporary Clay - Japanese Ceramics for the New Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA)
Communicating & Extending - Korea-China - Japan International Ceramic Exhibition
(Milal Museum of Art / Seoul, Korea)
2006 CERAMICS beyond borders (National Library, Singapore)
2007 22nd International Open Sculpture Competition (Ube Open - Air Museum, Japan)
2009 Received Kyoto Cultural Award - Achievement Award
2013 The KIYOMIZU Rokubey Family (Aichi Ceramic Art Museum, Japan)
Received the Kyoto Art Culture Award
2015 The Blending and Interaction of Civilizations:
An Exhibition of East-West Dialogue in Ceramic Art
(China Art Gallery / Beijing, China)
2016 Craft Arts:Innovation of "Tradition and Avant-Garde" and the Present Day
(The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Japan)
2019 SODEISHA CONNECTED to AUSTRALIA (Newcastle Art Gallery, Australia)
2021 Kiyomizu Rokubey Ⅷ - Constructing with Ceramics -
(The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan)
2022 Kyoto City Person of Cultural Merit
2023 Kiyomizu Rokubey – CERAMIC SIGHT －(NONAKA HILL, Los Angeles, USA)
2024 Kiyomizu Rokubey – CERAMIC SIGHT －(Chushin Art Museum Kyoto, Japan)
2026 Poetics of Form: Six Voices in Contemporary Clay (Mulan Gallery, Singapore)
Public Collection
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Japan)
The International Museum of Art, Osaka (Japan)
The Japan Foundation (Japan)
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (Japan)
Kyoto Prefecture (Japan)
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Japan)
Wakayama Prefectural Modern Art Museum (Japan)
The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park (Japan)
Hyogo Ceramic Art Museum (Japan)
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu (Japan)
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum (Japan)
Takamatsu City Museum (Japan)
Everson Museum of Art (USA)
British Museum (United Kingdom)
Taipei Fine Arts Museum (Taiwan)
The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (Czech Republic)
Royal Ontario Museum (Canada)
Shepparton Art Gallery (Australia)
Sèvres National Museum of Ceramics (France)
Keramion Museum (Germany)
Benaki Museum (Greece)
National Museum of China (China)
Museu del Cantir d’Argentona (Spain)
Newcastle Art Gallery (Australia)
Qingtian Museum (China)
Member of the International Academy of Ceramics
Member of the Japan Ceramic Society
Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University of the Arts