Machiko Ogawa Crystals and Memories

1946 Born in Sapporo, Japan.
1969 Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Craft course.
1969-71 Studied Ceramic at École des Métiers d’Art, Paris.
1972-75 Studied Ceramics in West Africa.
1992 Awarded the prize “Takashimaya Culture Trust Fund”. 2001 Awarded Japan Ceramic Society Prize.
2008 Art Encouragement Prize of Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Selected Museum Collections
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama / The Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu / Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi / Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu / Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery / Suntory Museum of Art / Musée Tomo / Sogetsu Art Museum / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, U.S.A. / Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australia / Smith College Museum of Art, U.S.A. / Yale University Art Gallery, U.S.A / Baltimore Museum of Art / Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Hanford, CA, / Gitter – Yellen Collection / Brooklyn Museum / Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art