Miyanaga Tozan III 三代 宮永東山

1935 Born in Kyoto as a son of Tozan Miyanaga the Second

His real name is ‘Rikichi’

1958 Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts faculty of sculpture

Started Advanced Course

Studied under Shindo Tsuji and Masakazu Horiuchi

Intended to make sculptures using clay

Awarded the Newcomer Prize and Encouragement Prize of the Sculpture Division at the

Action Art Association Exhibition

Became a member of Japan Action Art Association and belonged there until 1969

1960 Dropped out of advanced course and moved to the United States

Travelled from Mexico to New York and studied at Art Students League

1964 Group exhibition; “Survey of Contemporary Art” at the National Museum of Modern Art,

Kyoto

1965 Solo exhibition at Tokyo New Center

1970 Became a member of “Sodeisya”

Group exhibition; “Six young Japanese potters,” Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery in

Scripps College, the United States

Group exhibition; “Contemporary Pottery : Europe and Japan,” the National Museum of

Modern Art, Kyoto

1979 Group exhibition; “Current Japanese Pottery,” Denver Art Museum, the United States

1991 Published Collections of works “YAKIMONO : the world of Miyanaga Rikichi”

1995 Selected as a recommended artist of Nihon Togei ten (Japan Ceramic exhibition) and

exhibit afterward

Appointed professor at Wakayama University

Group exhibition; “Japanese studio crafts,” Victoria and Albert Museum,England

1998 Received Kyoto prefecture Cultural Contribution Award

1999 Succeed the name of Tozan Miyanaga the Third

Exhibition; “Three Generations of

Tozan,” The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

2000 Group exhibition; “’Utsuwa’: Thoughts on Contemporary Vessels,” The National

Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

2001 Group exhibition; “Arts and Crafts in Kyoto―1945-2000,” The National Museum of

Modern Art, Tokyo and Kyoto

2004 Solo exhibition at Gallery Shibunkaku and Gallery Nakamura

2008 Received Kyoto prefecture Art Contribution Award in March

2015 Second Solo exhibition at Gallery Shibunkaku in January

Public Collections

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto / The Japan Foundation / Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives / The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama / The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park / Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum / Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art / The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka / Kure Municipal Museum of Art / Takamatsu City museum of Art / Victoria and Albert Museum, England / Musée Ariana, Switzerland / Museus d’Olot, Spain / Les Arts Décoratifs, France / Everson Museum of Art, the United States / Scripps College, the United States / Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia / Newcastle Art Gallery, Australia / Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand /

Emba Chinese Museum of Modern Art, China