Biography
| 1946 | Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan |
| 1969 | Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1969−71 |
Studied Ceramic at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d' Art, Paris |
| 1972−75 | Spent three and a half years learning the local pottery-making techniques as a researcher assistant for her anthropologist husband in various parts of West Africa |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2024 | Mineral Vein. Shibunkaku, Kyoto |
| 2022 | Red Earth. Joan B Mirviss LTD, New York ('09, '14, '18) |
| 2017 | MACHIKO OGAWA. Japan Art - Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt |
| 2017 | Machiko Ogawa. Shibunkaku, Kyoto & Tokyo |
| 2016 | Machiko Ogawa - 2016 Solo Exhibition. Erskine, Hall & Coe, London |
| 2015 | MACHIKO OGAWA - Crystals and Memories. Shibunkaku, Kyoto & Tokyo |
| 2013 | Machiko Ogawa - Du temps cristallisé. Shibunkaku, Kyoto. |
| 2011 | Machiko Ogawa - Archetypal Vessels. Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota |
| 2002 | Machiko Ogawa - Li2O-NaO-CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 Breathing Bubbles. The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Kanagawa |
Group Exhibitions
| 2023−2024 | Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan. Art Institute of Chicago |
| 2023 | Shiryū Morita / Machiko Ogawa. Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris |
| 2023 | Worlds in Balance: Art in Japan from the Postwar to the Present. Okura Shukokan. Museum of Fine Arts, Tokyo |
| 2023 | Enamel and Body/ Ceramics. Ginza Maison Hermès, Tokyo |
| 2022 |
Toucher le feu. Femmes céramistes au Japon. Musée Guimet, Paris |
| 2021 | MOMAT Collection Special: Masterpieces of Japanese Art from the End of the 19th Century to the Present. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
| 2018 | NEW FORMS, NEW VOICES. New Orleans Museum of Art |
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Primal Water: An Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Art. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Las Vegas |
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| 2016 | Craft Arts: Innovation of "Tradition and Avant-Garde," and the Present Day. Crafts Gallery, the National Museum of Modern Art Crafts Gallery, Tokyo |
Installation
| 2019 | Time unearthed Q-2018. National Museum of Qatar, Doha |
Awards
| 2019 | The Japan Ceramic Society Award 2018 Gold Prize |
| 2010 | Prize of Excellence, The 3rd Musée Tomo Award |
| 2008 | The 58th Minister of Education and Culture Award for Fine Arts |
| 2001 | The Japan Ceramic Society Award 2000 |
| 1992 | New Artist Encouragement Award of Takashimaya Culture Trust Fund |
Permanent Collections
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama / Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu / Toyota Municipal Museum of Art / Takamatsu City Museum of Art / Tokyo Opera City Art Foundation / Suntory Museum of Art / Musée Tomo / Sogetsu Art Museum / The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka / Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art / Victoria & Albert Museum/ Musée Guimet / Art Gallery of Western Australia / Brooklyn Museum / The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Minneapolis Institute of Art / Baltimore Museum of Art / Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Yale University Art Gallery / Smith College Museum of Art / Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art / Gitter-Yelen Collection / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology / Asian Art Museum, San Francisco