Nagasawa Setsuko Born 1941in Kyoto Lives and works - Exhibit-e

Nagasawa Setsuko
Born 1941in Kyoto
Lives and works in Paris, France
1959-65
1964-66
1967
1973
1975-78
1977-79
1979-84
1985
1985-05
19861987
1987-90
1991
1991-92
1991-05
1993
1994-09
1998-05
2000-01
2001
2002-08
2006
2007
2007-10
2009
2011
Kyoto Fine Arts University, BFA and MFA (Prof. K.Tomimoto)
Collaboration with Claude Presset, Geneve, Switzerland
Established first atelier in Kyoto
Invited to Scripps College (Prof. P.Soldner), Claremont, California. U.S.A
Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Geneva, Switzerland
Diploma: Sculpture (Prof. G. Stanulis)
Teaching at Ateliers Pluridisciplinaires d’Expression Plastique de
Fontblanche, Vitrolles, France
Teaching at Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, Geneva
Become a member of the International Academy of Ceramics
Artist in Residence at Keramische Verkcentrum, Heusden, the Netherlands
Teaching at Ecole supérieure des Arts appliqués, then HES de Genève
First atelier in Paris (rue de la Mare, then move to rue de Bagnolet in 1992)
Guest lecturer at California State University at Long Beach, CA
Collaboration with Marazzi Enterprise, Sassuolo, Italy
Artist in residence at European Ceramics Work Centre (Opening-Project),
S’-Hertongenbosch, the Netherlands, also a committee member until 1997
Atelier in Geneva (Maison du Grutli de la ville de Beneve)
Teaching at Ecole supérieure des Beaux-arts, Geneva
Collaboration with Gien, France
Council member of International Academy of Ceramics
Council member of the Foudation Burkner, Carouge, Switzerland
Committee member for Triennale de la Porceraine, Nyon, Switzerlad
Conference at Kyoto Arts University, Design Department
Vice-president of International Academy of Ceramics
Conference at Ecole Supérieure d’Art appliqué, Dupérré, Paris
Conference at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Art, Limoges, France
Jury, Travaux de Diplome, Design Céramique, Haute Ecole d’Art et Design,
Geneva
Organizating member for AIC 2010 France by AIC-AAF, Paris
Jury, International Ceramic Concours, Carouge, Switzerland
Jury, the 3rd International Triennale, Silicate Arts, Kecskemétm Hungary
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1996
1972
1979
1985
1986
Nakamiya Gallery, Osaka
Imabashi Gallery, Osaka
Musée Ziem, Martigues, France
Palais de l’Athénée, Geneva, Switzerland. Awarded Boris Oumansky Prize
Franz Halsmuseum, Haalem, the Netherlands
1988
1994-5
1995
1996-97
1997
2000
2003
2004
2008
2009
2010
2011
De Witte Voet Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (also in 1992, 1995,
1997, 2003, 2009)
Galerie Andata/Ritorno, Geneva, Switzerland
Christa de Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland (also in 2001 and 2006)
Musée Ariana, Geneva
Setsuko Nagasawa Musée Ariana, Geneva; Musée d’art contemporain,
Dunkerque
Galerie Kita, Lille, France
Teojacob, Geneva, Switzerland
Tazawa Gallery, Kyoto, Japan (also in 2003, 2006 and 2009)
Yuufuku Gallery, Tokyo
Art Life, Mitsuhashi Gallery, Kyoto
Hélene Porée Gallery, Paris, France
Marianne Heller Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany
Marianne Brand Gallery, Carouge, Switzerland
COLLECT 09, Marianne Heller Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany and Saatchi
Gallery, London, UK
The Geometry of the Essential, De Witte Voet Gallery, Amsterdam, the
Netherlands
Tazawa Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Capazza Gallery, Nançay, France
Institut Franco-Japonais du Kansai, Kyoto
Selected Group Exhibitions since 2005
1963
1965
1968-72
1972
1973
1975
1976
1977
1978
1980
1981
Japanese Contemporary Ceramics, Kyoto
23rd International Ceramic Competition, Faenza, Italy
Tôka-kai Annual Exhibition, Galerie Miyuki, Tokyo
Yufu-kai Annual Exhibition, Matsuzakaya Art Gallery, Osaka
Kyoto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
18 Artists and Earth, Galerie Noella Gest, St-Remy-de-Provence, France
5th International Biennale of Ceramics, Vallauris, France. Won Honor Prize
6 Sculptors and Earth, Galerie Noella Gest, St-Remy-de-Provence, France
Setsuko Nagasawa and Yuichi Otake, Palais de l’Athénée, Geneva,
Switzerland
Raw Earth, Galerie du Centre Genevois, Geneva, Switzerland
International Academy of Ceramics Exhibition, Musée des Arts décoratifs,
Lausanne, Switzerland (also in Kyoto 1980, Paris 1981, Budapest 1982,
Athens 2000 and 2002, Sèvres, France 2010)
Young Ceramic, Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
Philippe Lambercy and his pupils, Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
(Invited)
Research and Experiences, Palais de l’Athénée, Geneva, Switzerland
Raku, Cooked and Smoked Earth, Galerie du Centre Genovois, Switzerland
38th International Ceramic Competition, Faenza, Italy
Artists of Geneva II, Mixed Media, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
Raku, Musée Cantini, Marseille, France
1982
2002
2003
2004
Tendencies of Contemporary Ceramics, Musée des Arts décoratifs,
Lausanne, Switzeland
Raku International, Galerie Labyrinthe, Uzes, France
Birth of Terre, Galerie Noella Gest, St-Remy-de-Provence, France
La Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Four Swiss Ceramicist, Galerie Kara, Geneva, Switzerland
Path of Earth, Bourges, France
Gaze over Today’s Japanese Art, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
Biennial of Swiss Ceramics, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
The Scripps Clay Connection, Lang Gallery, Claremont, CA
Foire Internationale d’Art Conteporain, Chicago
Exhibition of Nation Switzerland, Faenza, Italy, Lausanne and Zurich,
Switzerland, Dusseldorf, Germany
Foire Internationale d’Art Conteporain, Zurich, Switzerland
Exhibition, Foundation Camille Cludel, Evry, France
Toninstallation, Stadische Gallery, Waldkirch, Germany
Installation Terre, Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
In Situ (Sculpture / Land Art), Banon, France
The Opening Project Exhibition, European Ceramic Work Center, ‘SHertongenbosch, Germany
Installation Losange, Triennale de la Porcelaine International, Esplanade du
Musée de Nyon, Switzerland
Ceramic Art Exhibition – Switzerland and Germany, Centro Espositivo della
Rocca, Perugia, Italy
Biennale de la Céramique Contemporaine, Château de Aubonne,
Switzerland (Invited)
20 Years of the Gallery <<20 x 20 x 20>>, Galerie de Witte Voet,
Amsterdam
Gaze over Today’s Japanese Art, Office Fédéral de la Cultre Suisse. Athens,
Greece and Musée Vela, Ligornetto, Switzerland
Hayashi-Nagasawa, Galerie de Witte Voet, Amsterdam
Carte blanche to Bernard Dejonghe, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Swiss Ceramics – 38 Ceramic Maker in Switzerland, Galerie Handwerk,
Munich, Germany
Mise en scene végétales de 9 créateurs (Set on vegetation scene of 9
creators??), Musée des Arts décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
Material and Spirit, Centre A. France and Galerie Ouss’art. ClermontFerrand, France
New Object of Pleasure, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
Swiss Ceramics, Muséo National de l’Algelos, Lisbon, Portugal
Ceramic Road 2000, Copenhagen, Denmark
13 Portraits of School and Their Professors, Keramion Frechen, Saarbruken
and Mannheim, Germany
Craft Design, Sangyo Tenjikan, Shigaraki, Japan
Biennale of Ceamics in Contemporary Art, Second Edition, Albisola, Italy
The Scripps College’s 60th Ceramic Annual 2004 Exhibition, Claremont, CA
2005
30 years of the Gallery, Galerie de Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherland
1983
1984-85
1985
1986
1990
1991
1992
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
2000-01
2006-07
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Kunst Rai, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Crossed Look Over Ceramics, Rencontre Europe-Japon 2005, Espace
Culturel Bertin Poiree, Paris
Toji: Avant-garde and Tradition in Japanese Ceramics, Musée national de
Céramique, Sèvres, France
OBJECT, Hélene Porée Gallery, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Black and White, Capazza Gallery, Nançay, France
Katakuchi, Tazawa Galery, Kyoto, Japan
Fundamental Sculpture Galerie Capazza, Nançay, France
Galerie 22 Jamoz, Cabrieres, d’Avignon, France (also in 2011)
Galerie XXI, Paris
Musée de Design et d’Arts appliqués Contemporains, Lausanne,
Switzerland
Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
French Connection, Joan B. Mirviss LTD, New York
8 artistes & la terre, Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
Public collections:
Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
Banque Hypothécaire du Canton de Geneve, Switzerland
Boymans van Beauningen Museum (Ceramic Industrial Design), Rotterdam, the
Netherlands
Benaki Museum, Athens; Musée Ariana, Geneva
Fonds de Céramique et Art Verrier, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
Fonds Décoration Contonal de Geneve, Switzerland
Fondation Camille Claudel, Paris, France
Musée Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
Musée des Arts Décoratifs de la ville de Lausanne, Switzerland
Musée Cantioni, Marseille, France
Musée de Carouge, Carouge-Geneva
Musée de Design et Art appliqués Contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
Musée Franz Hals, Haarlem, the Netherlands
Museuo Nationale do Azulejos, Lisbon
National Museum, Scotland
Musée national de céramique, Sèvres
Musée national de Vallauris, France
Musée Zeim, Martigues, France
The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan