Akio Takamori

Japanese-American ceramic sculptor (1950–2017)

Akio Takamori

Born	(1950-10-11)October 11, 1950 Nobeoka, Japan
Died	January 11, 2017(2017-01-11) (aged 66)
Nationality	Japanese-American
Education	Musashino Art University, Kansas City Art Institute, Alfred University
Known for	Ceramic sculpture
Website	akiotakamori.com

Akio Takamori (1950 – 2017) was a Japanese-American ceramic sculptor and educator. Takamori often incorporates human forms into his creations.^[1]

Biography

Takamori was born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan on October 11, 1950.^[2]^[3] In Japan Takamori attended Musashino Art University.^[4] In 1974 he moved to the United States. He attended the Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) and Alfred University.^[5] In 1993 Takamori began his teaching career at the University of Washington where he taught until he retired in 2014 as professor emeritus.^[6]^[7] In 2001 Takamori received a Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award.^[8] In 2006 Takamori became a Fellow of the American Craft Council.^[7] The same year he was awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant.^[9]

Takamori died on January 11, 2017, in Seattle, Washington.^[2]^[3]

Work

His work is in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art,^[10] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,^[11] the Museum of Arts and Design,^[12] the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,^[13] the Victoria and Albert Museum,^[14] His work, Alice with Rose, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.^[15]^[16]

In 2000 the Racine Art Museum held a retrospective of his work.^[5] In 2022 the Vashon Center for the Arts held a retrospective of his work.^[17]

References

^ "Akio Takamori". Craft in America. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Akio Takamori". Portland Art Museum. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Akio Takamori |". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Akio Takamori biography". Frank Lloyd Gallery. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Akio Takamori". Racine Art Museum. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Beloved Seattle ceramic artist Akio Takamori, 'a very gentle soul,' dies at 66". The Seattle Times. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Remembering: Akio Takamori". American Craft Council. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Takamori". The Marks Project. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Akio Takamori". Joan Mitchell Foundation. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Akio Takamori - Classic Goddess". CMOA Collection. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Akio Takamori". LACMA Collections. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Akio Takamori". Museum of Arts and Design. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Works – Akio Takamori". The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Two Women | Takamori, Akio". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ Savig, Mary; Atkinson, Nora; Montiel, Anya (2022). This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 228–238. ISBN 9781913875268.
^ "Alice with Rose, from the series Alice/Venus". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Akio Takamori : Time". Vashon Center for the Arts. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

External links

Akio Takamori on craft and being an artist in America video from Craft in America
Akio Takamori's Drawings and Sculptures of Men Apologizing interview by Jen Graves in the Stranger

American Craft Council College of Fellows

Honorary Fellows are listed in italics.

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