Ogawa Machiko 小川待子

Ogawa Machiko, born in 1946, studied crafts at the National University of Fine Arts in Tokyo, then ceramics by joining the ENS AAMA in Paris.
His creations reflect his interest in minerality, but also in the mixture of materials. The delicacy of a translucent glaze blends with the sharp and raw rock, creating a very modern effect.
Ogawa is one of six women to receive the Japanese Ceramic Society Prize (2001) and was the first admitted to the prestigious ceramics department at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts. She also received the 58th Minister of Education and Culture Prize for Fine Arts in 2008 and the Tomo Museum Excellence Prize in 2010.

Presence in permanent museum collections:

• Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
• Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, USA
• Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
• National Museum of Asian Arts-Guimet, Paris, France
• Oriental Ceramics Museum, Osaka, Japan
• Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
• Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, USA
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
• Brooklyn Museum, USA
• Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan