- 2011
- KENZAN2021 Galerie Sowa Prize
MIYAKO TERAKURA
MIYAKO TERAKURA
Miyako Terakura was born in Gifu Prefecture in 1994. She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2017 and completed a Master’s degree in Crafts (Ceramics) at the same university in 2020. In 2018, she studied abroad at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland, as an Erasmus+ scholar.
Using ceramic techniques such as hand-building with clay and casting with porcelain, she creates three-dimensional works with the motif of “children.” Children, as symbols of innocence and representations of our former selves, have the potential to resonate with our hearts as we navigate the complexities of the modern world—they are beings onto whom we can project our hopes and prayers.
Ceramics, transformed through firing from soft clay into a durable material that can outlast human life, serve as the medium for her exploration of the “child” within our hearts. Through this process, Terakura aims to create works that endure as vessels carrying our wishes and emotions into the future.
ARTWORKS
ARTICLES
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2025
- "Where the Clouds May Lead", Whitestone Ginza New Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2024
- "Between Dreams and Memories", Whitestone Gallery Seoul (Seoul, South Korea)
"On a Journey, Following the Clouds", Taguchi Art Gallery (Gifu, Japan) - 2022
- "Little Garden", Hakkendo Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2018
- "Touching the Heart of That Day", Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi (Tokyo, Japan)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2023
- "We Love China", Whitestone Gallery Beijing (Beijing, China)
- 2022
- "Fairy Whisper: A Duo Exhibition by Huang Pin Tong & Miyako Terakura", Whitestone Gallery Taipei (Taipei, Taiwan)
- 2021
- "KENZAN 2021", Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)
"Dimensions", Whitestone Ginza New Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) - 2020
- "Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Works Exhibition", The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo, Japan)
"New Year Art Museum – Color is Art", Gifu Media Cosmos (Gifu, Japan)
"tomoni Art Festival REBOOT", The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu (Gifu, Japan) - 2018
- "Erasmus+ Exhibition", Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design (Wrocław, Poland)
"ART FAIR TOKYO" (Tokyo, Japan) - 2017
- "The 56th Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Works Exhibition", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2016
- "Power of Art 2016", Isetan Shinjuku (Tokyo, Japan)
"Tokyo University of the Arts Ceramic Works Exhibition 2016", Tennozu Central Tower Art Hall (Tokyo, Japan) - 2015
- "Contemporary Artists Exhibition", Gifu Media Cosmos (Gifu, Japan)
"Kano Art - 5 Artists", Taguchi Art Gallery (Gifu, Japan)