Hirotsune Tashima          

Pima Community College, Professor/Director of Ceramics,

2202 W. Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85709

cell: 520-349-2372

e-mail : hirotashima@hotmail.com         http://www.hirotashima.com

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/hiro.tashima.12

 

Education

1995 M.F.A.      N.Y.S. C.C. at Alfred University, Alfred, NY

1993 B.F.A.      Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan

1992 Exchange Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD

 

International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) Geneva, Switzerland, Member since 2014

 

Teaching Experiences

1999–Present   Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ

1998–99           Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR

1996–98           The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

1996                 University of Delaware, Newark, DE

1993–95           N.Y.S. C.C. at Alfred University, Alfred, NY

 

Artist-in-Residence/workshops

2024        Taoxichuan Spring Art Fair, Jingdezhen, China (Invited)

2023        University of Hawaii, Windward Community College, kaneohe, Hawaii (Invited)

                  Red Deer Plytechnique College, Alberta, Canada (Invited)

2022        La Macina Di San Cresci, Italy

2019        China-Japan-Korea,Hainan Ceramic Camp, Hainan, China (Invited)

2019        Changchun International Ceramic 3 week Symposium & Competition, (Invited)     Received Bronze Award 

2015         Vallauris Institute of Arts, France (Invited)

                  Maison des métiers d'art de Québec, Canada (Invited)

2010         Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (Invited)

2008         A.I.R. Vallauris, France (Invited)

2006         The International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary (Invited)

                 International Ceramic Research Center, SkaelskØr, Denmark (Invited)

1996–98      The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA                                    

1995        The Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada

1993        Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan

 

Grants, Awards and Fellowship

2022   Tucson Lifestyle Magazine, "Made in Tucson Award"

2021   12th Mino International Ceramic Triennale Compeptition, Mino,  Japan,  honorable Mention

2019 Changchun International Ceramic Competition, Bronze Award 

2006   NCECA(National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts)

           International Residency Award

           Lighton International Artists Exchange Grant

2005    Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

2003    Arizona Artist Materials Fund Grant, Phoenix Art Museum

2002    Artist Project Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts

2001    International Cultural Exchange Grant, Tucson/Pima Arts Council

            Fellowship, Honorable Mention, Tucson/Pima Arts Council

1999   Emerging Artist Award from NCECA Foundation

1996    The Evelyn Shapiro Foundation Fellowship, The Clay Studio

1995    Artist-in-Residence Award from The Banff Centre for the Arts

1993    Ambassadorial Scholarship Award from The Rotary Foundation

1992    Full Scholarship Award from Osaka Prefectural Government

    

Selected Collections

         A.I.R. Vallauris, France

         Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand

         Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

         Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV

         Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

         Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA                                          

         Jingdezhen Museum of Ceramics, Jiang Xi, China

         Irish Arts Council, Dublin Ireland

         International Ceramic Research Center, SkaelskØr, Denmark

         Keramik Museum Westerwald, Germany

         Maison des métiers d'art de Québec, Quebec, Canada

         Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred University, Alfred, NY             

         Osaka Foundation of International Exchange, Osaka, Japan

         San Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX

         Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan

         Tate Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

         The Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada

         The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

         The International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary

         Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

         Vallauris Institute of Art, Vallauris, France

         New Taipei City Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan (R.O.C)

         Singer David Bowie, Singer Tatsuo Kamon

 

Selected Individual Exhibitions

2015   Gallery Yuki-sis, Tokyo, Japan

2014   Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan

2013    Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2012    Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan,

2011    Takashimaya Shinjuku, Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2010    Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan 

2009    Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan 

2004    Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ        

2002    Soh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan~Funded by Arizona Commission on the  Arts

2001    Soh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan~Funded by Tucson/Pima Arts Council

2000    Cast Iron Gallery, New York, NY

                Soh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan     

                Gallery Te, Tokyo, Japan

1999     Soh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1998     Galarie Pousse, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

               Kirin Plaza Osaka, Osaka, Japan

1997     Japan Embassy, Washington, DC

                The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

                Space CAVE, Brooklyn, NY

                Wesley College Art Gallery, Dover, DE

                Gallery Jonaisaka, Mashiko, Tochigi, Japan

1996    Cast Iron Gallery, New York, NY

                Wilmington Library, Wilmington, DE

1995    Cast Iron Gallery, New York, NY

                The Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada

1994    JAL Gallery, New York, NY

                Kansai International Airport Exhibit Space, Japan

1993    Gallery Haku, Osaka, Japan

 

Public Art Commissions

          Joaquin Murrieta Public Art, Tucson, AZ to be completed in the summer 2025

                    $48,699, Entrance Aztec water god Tlaloc with 2 animal and baseball bat, 4animal benches

          Wagging tails Gog Park, Tucson, AZ  07/ 2024

                     $45,000, Worked with 8 high school recent graduates

           Ajo and Valencia Rd,  Tucson, AZ 05/2020

                     $140,000, 8 local animal benches with shades 

           Oro Valley Community Center Entrance , AZ 06/2018

                     $35,000, Worked with 10 high school recent graduates

           Naranja Park Quail Trail, Oro Valley, AZ 08/2015

                     $35,000, Worked with 10 high school recent graduates

           Ward 3 Public Art, Tucson, AZ  05/2013

                     $25,000, Worked with 8 high school recent graduates

           Dunbar/Spring Gila Monster Bench, Tucson, AZ  12/2012

                     $3,000, making a realistic 8 feet  Gila Monster Bench

           Michael Perry Memorial Park, Tucson, AZ 08/2011

                     $25,000, made a 12 feet baseball bat bench, 6 feet rabbit, and 4 feet turtle.  Worked with 7 high school recent graduates.

           Mission Branch Library, Tucson, AZ   05/2008

                     $5,000, made three ceramic tile mural 3’x5’,  Worked with four high school students

           Phoenix Convention Center Public Art, Phoenix, AZ   12/2008

                      $100,000.  15’fish cactus, 8’ fashion cactus, 8’ over weight food cactus, "Beach in Heaven"

                      which talks about everything they have in the city of Phoenix.

           Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ  04/2001

                     $10,000, A cactus and traveler enjoys the blue sky in Arizona.

           Jacobs Park Water Park Project, Tucson, AZ                     04/2004

                      $10,000, fish cactus, the theme of the project was bring the beach in the desert, so I propose the idea and committee liked it.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions, Awards

2024      "Time Travelers: Foundations, Transformations, and Expansions at the Centannial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

                "The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, 50 years of making"  NCECA conference, Richmond, VA

               "Sanbao China-Japan-Korea ceramics Exhibition", Hyatt Jingdezhen, China

               "Taoxochuan Spring Art Fair Exhibition, Artist Lecture, Jingdezhen, China

               "Bill Jack and Other Friends", Alfred Ceramic Museum, Alfred, NY

                "Lost and Found-Love", ATTA Gallery bangkok, Thailand

2022      "IAC International Adcademy of Ceramics, Thematic Exhibition "Migration", Ariana Museum. Switzerland

               Yeoju International Wood Kiln Workshop and Exhibition, yeoju, South Korea

2021     " IAC On the Edge" online exhibition 

                "12th Mino International ceramic Triennale Competition". Mino Japan.        Honorable Mention

               "Cenyer of contemporary Artists International Competition, Spain

2020    "Lost and Found"  Gallery Yellow House, bangkok, Thailand

2019    "Korean International Ceramics Biennale 2019", Korea

            ’All That Gold Does Glitter". Macau China. 

            "Small Wonders". The Clay Studio Philadelphia, PA

2018    "IAC Members Exhibition", Yingge Museunm of Ceramics, Taiwan

            "Arizona Biennial", Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

            "Real-Possibility of Ceramics", Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan  

2017    "Sabbatical", Bernal Gallery, Pima College, Tucson, AZ

            "Evocative Garden"NCECA Invitational, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR

            “Self Reimagined”, New Jersey City University Gallery, NJ

            “The Fools”, Gallery Yuki-sis, Tokyo, Japan

2016    “Have you ever seen a UFO?”, Gallery Yuki-sis, Tokyo, Japan

            "Desire", Belger Arts Center , Kansas City, MO with NCECA

2015    "Tucson Sculpture Festival", The Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2014    “The Fools = Great Artists”, Gallery Yuki-sis, Tokyo, Japan

            “IAC Members Exhibition”, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland

           “From the Earth”, Tubac Art Center, Tubac, AZ

2013   “Re-Start”, Gallery Yuki-sis, Tokyo, Japan

            “Small Art Objects”, A.I.R.Vallauris, France

            “Ultra” contemporary art fair, Tokyo, Japan

           “Esperanto”, Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

            “Arizona Biennial”, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

            “The Figure/Sculpture”, Keramik Ｍuseum Westerwald, Germany

            “Art Fair Affordable”, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY

2012    “Magnetic Field Resonance”, Yuki-sis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

            “Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics, Santa Fe, NM

            “To wonder Out of Place~Artists and Asia”, Seattle Design Center, WA

2011    "Varia Nagoya Art Fair", Matsuzakaya, Nagoya, Japan.

            "Fresh Figurines", Fuller Craft Museum Brockton, MA

            "The Figure has Soul", Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA

2010   "Tokyo Art Fair", Tokyo Kokusai Forum, Tokyo Japan

2009    “Art in Dojima/Osaka”, Gallery Inoue, Osaka, Japan

            “International Residencies”, NCECA conference hotel, Phoenix, AZ

            “Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition", Tempe Art Center, Tempe, AZ

            “Spoon it, Fork it, Cut it up”, Baltimore Clayworks, MD   

            “Contemporary Japanese Ceramics”, Museion No1, Budapest, Hungary

            “Ox 09”, Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2008    “New Collection”, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan

            “Osaka Contemporary Art Fair”, Dojima Hotel, Osaka, Japan.

            “Exhibition of works created in residence”, Vallauris, France

            “Small Favors III”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2007    “New Works”, Bernal Gallery, Pima College, Tucson, AZ

            “Small Favors II”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

            “Tanuki Palace”, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan

           “Mastery in Clay”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

            “Figure in Context”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

            “The Legacy of Artist-in-Residence“, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan

            “Seize the Clay”, West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ

            “Living it Large”, Kentucky Museum of Art, Louisville, KY

2005    “Japan/USA”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

            “Artlink Juried Exhibition”, Phoenix City Hall, Phoenix, AZ

            Juror’s Award

            “Walking Clay-Figurative Sculpture”, Gallery Dai Ichi, NY, NY

            “30 Years of Excellence”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

            "Transformation", Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD

2004    “Edgy Characters”, NCECA 2004, National Ceramic Conference, NCECA invitational, Indianapolis, IN 

              “Artist’s Material Grant Recipients”, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

              “Asian American Ceramics”, Kentucky Museum of Art, Louisville, KY

2003    “Raphael Prize Exhibit”, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA

              “NCECA Emerging Talent”, Sculptural Object, Functional Art, Chicago

2002    “Mastery in Clay”,  The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

              “10 year retrospective of Evelyn Shapiro Fellowship”, Philadelphia, PA

              “Telling Tales~Narrative Teapots”, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

               “Tucson/Pima Arts Council Fellowship Exhibition”, T/PAC, Tucson, AZ

               “Contemporary Art Competition”, Taro Okamoto Museum, Japan

              “Ceramic National”, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

            “Political Art”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

              “Figures ~ Alone and Together”, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

               “Dinner Works”, Louisville Visual Art Center, Louisville, KY

              “Oregon Biennial” Portland Museum, OR

              “5 Kirin Contemporary Award Winners ”, Kirin Plaza, Osaka, Japan

1998    “Crafts National 32”, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA    Merit Award                                                                                                                                         

            “Immigrant Experience”, Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA

            “San Angelo National Competition”, Museum of Arts, San Angelo, TX

             Merit Award

1997    “Kirin Contemporary Award”,  Tokyo/Osaka, Japan            Merit Award                                                                                                                         

            “Sixth Annual Manhattan Arts International Competition”

             Award of Excellence

            “NCECA 1997 Clay National”, Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV

            “Artists on Their Own”, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY

1996    “Body Language”, SOHO Gallery, Pensacola, FL      Honorable Mention

           “Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award”, Auckland, New Zealand

           “Images 96”, HUB Gallery, University Park, PA                Juror’s Award

           “ Manhattan Arts International Competition”     Artist Showcase Award

            “GALEX 30 National”, Galesburg Art Center, Galesburg, IL

              Grand Award Juror : Rudy Autio

            “22nd Westmoreland Art Nationals”, Westmoreland, PA    Merit Award

1995    “Jingdezhen International Ceramic Exhibition”, Jiang Xi, China

            “Artists on Their Own”, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY

            “Images 95”, HUB Gallery, University Park, PA                  Merit Award

            “Westmoreland Art Nationals”, Westmoreland, PA              Merit Award

            “Craft National 29”, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA  Jurior’s Award

            “Feats of Clay”, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA                     Merit Award

1994    “Walks of Life”, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

            “Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award”, Auckland, New Zealand

            “Soho International Art Competition”, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

                                                                                                  Excellence Award

1993    Kobe City Exhibition, Hyogo, Japan      Workers’ Welfare Office Award                                                                                                                                        

1992    “52nd Kansai Bijyutsu-Bunka Show”, Osaka, Japan

             Osaka Board of Education Prize                                                                                                                                                                                                              

1991    “MICA All Student Show”, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD

 

TV/online Interviews

Ink and Staples-Mini Documentary Hiro Tashima

Wagging Tails Dog Park Public Art interview

KVOA News 09/29/2020 meet the art on Valencia

KVOA News Hiroshima Memorial 8/6/2020 on air

 Arizona Illustrated, 4/10/2001 on air

 Takeshi’s Everyone is Picasso, 8/28/1998 on air

Takeshi’s Everyone is Picasso, 7/17/1998 on air

 

Selected Publications

Tucson Weekly, P5,12, July 12, 2018

Sankei Newspaper, Evening,  July 25, 2014, P7

SACA News, News Sept-Oct 2013 P.3

"500 Figures in Clay" volume 2, P177 and 415,  

New Ceramics, Nov/Dec 2013 issue, P22-25

Arizona Daily Star, July 25, 2013

Arizona Daily Star, March 25, 2013

Ceramics Monthly, October 2012, P 42-46

Arizona daily Star, August 1, 2011, A2

Arizona Daily Star, July 11, 2011, A5

The Citizen Key West, March 14,2010, Vol.134, P 1, 3

Canberra Times,Australia, Jan 17, 2010, P7

Revista Ceramica Internationa, No.116, 2010, P 87-89

Ceramics:Art & Perception, 6/09, Issue 76, P.88-95

Arts Across Kentucky , Fall 2006 P12-13

Tucson Weekly, July 31-Aug 6, 2003 City Week P.20

Arizona Daily Star, Jan 11, Caliente, P.31

Ceramic Monthly, September 2002, P 49

Experience Clay by Maureen Mackey, P166

WINDS-Japan Airline Flight Magazine, 2/00, P31-33

Contemporary Ceramics by Susan Peterson, P119

The Craft and Art of Clay, 3rd&4th Edition by Susan Peterson, P267 

Weekly Pia, 7/24, 2000, P 242

Hanako,  No 598, 7/19, 2000, P64

Tokyo Classified, Issue 329, July 15, 2000, P4

Tenpyo, Issue Winter 2000, 002, P.143,144

NCECA Journal 1999, Vol.20, P153, 154

Mainich News Paper, Aug. 3. 1999, Vol. 2, P. 6

Ofix Report, Mar.1999, No. 16, P. 6

Hip Fish, Feb. 1999, Vol. 2 Issue 17, P.16,17

Look Japan, December 1998, Vol. 44 No513,  P36, 37

The Daily Astorian, Sep.15, 1998, Front Page

Contact Ceramics, Fall 98, no.114, P33

Ceramics Monthly, June/July/August 1998, P54-6

Ceramics Monthly, Dec. 1997, P3

Art Matters, Fall/Winter 1997, P 33-39  

American Ceramics, 12/3, 1997, P57                          

Clay Times, Vol.3, No.2, March/April 1997, P.2

Philadelphia Weekly, Feb.19, 1997, P.53

American Craft, February/March, 1997, P.91

Ceramics:Art & Perception, 12/96, Issue 26, P.90-93

The News Journal Wilmington, DE, Dec. 6, 1996, HR

Manhattan Arts International, Fall 1996, P20

Ceramophile, Vol.5, Winter/Spring 1995, P6               

Ceramics Monthly, Dec. 1995, P12

Ceramic Art, Sept. 1995, P77, Published in Taiwan

Voices (of Central Pennsylvania), Vol.3, 8-9/95, P9,12

Collegian, July 21, 1995, P10, 11                                                                    

Manhattan Arts International, Sept.-Oct. 1994, P14

 

Selected Professional Experiences-Workshops and Artist Presentations

2018   Workshop, Artist’s Presentation for Southern Arizona Clay Artists, Tucson, AZ

           Workshop, Artist’s Presentation, Florida Keys Community College, Key West, FL

2016   Lecture at Osaka University of the Arts, Osaka, Japan

2015   Workshop, Artist’s Presentation, Vallauris Institute of Art, France

Workshop, Artist’s Presentation, Maison des métiers d'art de Québec, Quebec, Canada

2014   Slide Lecture at University of Arizona, Greek Pottery Colloquium

2013   Slide lecture at Osaka Industrial University, Osaka, Japan

Figurative Sculpting Workshop, Maison des métiers d'art de Québec, Quebec, Canada

2012    Artist’s Presentation, Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka, Japan

            Artist’s Presentation, Kyoto Seika Art University, Kyoto, Japan

2010   Workshop, Artist’s Presentation, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

            Workshop, Artist’s Presentation, Florida Keys College, Key West, FL

2009    Artist’s Presentation and lecture, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts(NCECA) Conference, Phoenix, AZ

2008             Workshop, Artist Presentation, Osaka College of Arts, Hyogo, Japan