Biography

1938
Born in Osaka
1959
Studied at the Saburo Miyamoto Class, Contemporary Art Laboratory
1986
Built a kiln in Ushimado, Okayama
1989
Established the Sekichu-kai group of artists working in the plastic arts.
1996
A member of planning and foundation committee of Shimane Design College.
Invited professor for ceramics.
1999
Established Konohana Yokota private school for ceramics, Shimane.

Selected Solo Exhibitions (Primarily Ceramics)

1967
First solo painting exhibition in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Since then,
has held ten solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Osaka, and other cities.
1987
Toyo Culture Center, Ehime
1996
DAIICHI Art, New York, USA
1997
Memorial exhibition for Masuo Ikeda, Gallery Kawanishi, Ehime
1998
Horizon of Ceramic and Sculpture, Sapporo Sculpture Museum, Hokkaido
1999
Horizon of Ceramic and Sculpture, Itami Craft Center, Hyogo.
2000
To-Bi Art Fair, Tokyo Fine Arts Club, Tokyo
The Anjin World Exhibition, Saijo Culture Center, Ehime
2001
Horizon of Ceramic and Sculpture, Spring Exhibition, Itohara Memorial Hall, Shimane
Autumn Exhibition, Itohara Memorial Hall, Shimane
2002
Anjin Abe and Great artists, Yokota Community Center, Shimane
Anjin Abe and Successive National Assets in Bizen, Gallery Kawanishi, Ehime
Espace Culturel Bertin Poiree, Paris, France
2007
Anjin Abe Ceramic, SHIBUI, Santa Fe, USA
2008
Arts of Pacific Asia Show, San Francisco, USA
2010
Miurart Village Art Museum, "Tao of Tou - Anjin Abe", Ehime
2011
Painting and ceramic exhibition, Gallery Kawanishi, Ehime
2012
Dazaifu Tenman-gu Shrine Museum, "Bizen no isai Abe Anjin",Fukuoka
"Miniature"painting exhibition", Gallery Kawanishi, Ehime
"Anjin Abe" exhibition, KURODA TOUEN Giza Tokyo
"ANJIN ABE"exhibition, Heikando and HAIS Gallery in a co-hosting situation
2013
Solo exhibition, Gallery HEIKANNDO, Fukuoka
Solo exhibition, Gallery AOYAMA, Tokyo
2014
Solo exhibition, Gallery AOYAMA, Tokyo
2015
Solo exhibition, Gallery AOYAMA, Tokyo
Iwakuni Art Museum "ANJIN ABE" Exhibition, Yamaguchi
PARA SOPHIA Art Space KAN Solo exhibition, Kyoto
2016
Solo exhibition, Gallery Kawanishi, Ehime
2017
Sabukaze ceramic art hall

Selected Group Exhibitions

1970-71
Kansai Western Painting Circles Exhibition, Osaka
The Japanese Dealers in Western Paintings Exhibition, Tokyo
1971
Gallery Recommended '71 Exhibition, Osaka
1982-86
Young People's Group, Tokyo Fine Arts Club, Plates Exhibition, Tokyo
1989
Exhibited oil paintings in the first Sekichu-Kai Exhibition, Tokyo
1995
With Masuo Ikeda, Yamagata and Shimane
'95 Milano International Exhibition, Italy
1996
With Masuo Ikeda, Saijo Culture Center, Ehime
1997-2012
Comtemporary Art Exhibition, Kono Museum, Ehime
1998-2000
Genbi Exhibition, Fine Arts Club, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Toyama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto
1999
With Masuo Ikeda, Sakata Museum, Yamagat
2002
Toyo Kaneshige and Anjin Abe, Art Communication, Bizen, Okayama
2003
Contemporary Ceramics in Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo
2004
5Tokai Exhibition, Kyoto
2005
Toyo Kaneshige and Anjin Abe, Nagoya Mitsukoshi Department store, Aichi
2006
IAC(International Academy of Ceramic) Members Exhibition, Riga, Latvia
Paramita Museum Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition 1th, Mie
2007
Contemporary Art Exhibition, Chelsea, New York, USA
2008
SOFA New York 2008, USA
Group Exhibition, Chelsea, New York, USA
2009
With Hikosaka Naoyoshi, Hiroyuki Oki Contemporary Art
"akewatashi " Perceived Affordance Exhibition, Kagawa
Group Exhibition, Chelsea, New York, USA
With Satoshi Yabuuti Exhibition, Konan Gallery Okayama
2010
Art Fair Tokyo 2010, Tkyo
IAC Members Exhibition, Sevres Ceramics Museum, Paris France
Art project in Honjima Island, Gallery ARTE, Kagawa
/Supported by FUKUTAKE SCIENCE and CULTURE FOUNDATION (Benesse Corporation)
2011
Ginza Gallery Art Fair (Ginza Kuroda Touen), Sinsaibasi Daimaru , Osaka
Art project in Honjima Island Vol,2"Natuno tukiakari", Gallery ARTE , Kagawa
/Supported by FUKUTAKE SCIENCE and CULTURE FOUNDATION(Benesse Corporation)
Daegu Art Fair 2011, Korea
2001-2012
The 21st Century Exhibition of Japanese Art (1st-12th), Fine Arts Club,
Tokyo, Kanagawa, Toyama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto
2012
Kano Museum of Art, "Momoyama kara Gnzai he", Shimane
Art Santa Fe 2012, USA
New Mexico Museum of Art, IAC "The International Academy of Ceramics", USA
Daegu Art Fair 2012, Korea
2013
Contemporary Istanbul 2013, Istanbul,Turkey
2014
NHK Furuta Oribe Exhibition, Ginza Matuya, Tokyo
World Wide Art LA, Los Angeles, USA
Niigata Mitsukoshi Department store, Niigata
IAC Members Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
Art Fair Tokyo 2014, Tokyo
The 21st Century Exhibition of Japanese Art(1st-12th), Fine Arts Club, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Toyama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto (2001-2014)
Contemporary Art Exhibition, Kono Museum, Ehime (1997-2014)
2015
ART KAOHSIUNG ART FAIR, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Contemporary Art Exhibition, Kono Museum, Ehime (1997-2015)
NHK Furuta Oribe Exhibition, Okuda Genso Museum, Hirosima
2016
Art Revolution Taipei, Taipei,Taiwan
Hankyu Umeda Department store, "Momoyama and Contemporary ceramics exhibition", Osaka
Contemporary Art Exhibition, Kono Museum, Ehime (1997-2016)

Lectures

2007
"Bizen ceramics: Vessels of Artistic Tradition"
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
New Research Initiatives for Humanities and Social Sciences
Ocyanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan
2008
"Rediscovering the Soul of Momoyama Bizen"
SOFA New York 2008, New York, USA
"Bizen Ceramics: Past and Present" Columbia University, New York, USA
2009
"Ceramics and Japanese Culture" De Anza College, Silicon Valley, USA
"Ceramics and Japanese Culture" Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
2010
Anjin Abe lectures meeting,
provided by "KATACHI21"total of 5 times, Ginza, Tokyo
2012
"Bizen ceramics" Kano Museum of Art, Shimane
"Formative of tea bowl" Sabukaze ceramic hall, Okayama
2013
"Bizen ceramics" Saijyo city library, Ehime

Membership

Platinum Member (Patron), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Honorary Member of the Lions Club

Member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC)

TV & Radio

Saturday Art Morning, NHK TV, 1994

With Masuo Ikeda, Sunday Talk, NHK Radio, 1996

Monographs

Anjin Abe, Idea for firing Bizen ware, 1997

Anjin Abe, Forms of Rikyu and Oribe Style, 1997

Literary Work

Tradition; Creation and Transmigration, edited by Shigebumi Tsuji, Joint work, Shinyo-sha, 2003

Reference Books

Toh ; The best selections of contemporary ceramics in Japan, vol.61,Kyoto Shoin, 1993

Ceramic 21 ; Modern Ceramists in Japan, Dohosha, 1997

Anjin Abe ; Horizon of Ceramic and Sculpture, Sapporo Art Museum, 1998

Andoche Praudel ; ESSAI SURLA CERAMIQUE JAPONAISE DEPUIS LES ORIGINES, 2001

Masahiko Shibatsuji and Aritsune Yonezawa ; Geijutsu no Setsuri, Tankosha, 2002

Reference Essays (Selected)

Takachiyo UEMURA (art critic), Paintings of Anjin Abe, 1970

Naoki DEGAWA (arts & crafts critic), A symptom of completion of the Abe's Bizen, 1987

Naoki DEGAWA, (arts & crafts critic) Anjin Abe; A clear stream,1990

Shuzo YASUI (Curator of Sakata Museum),

Anjin Abe; Personality and Works-Something surmounting Bizen, 1993

Hiroshi SASAYAMA (art critic), Anjin Abe; Reason and Roman, 1995

Shigebumi TSUJI (Honorary Professor of Osaka University),

Form of Anjin Abe, Yasunari Kawabata and Natura Naturans, 1997

Masahiko SHIBATSUJI (arts critic), Anjin Abe; The Background, 1998

Yoshiyuki INUI (Former president of anazawa Arts & Crafts University/

Honorary director of Museum of ceramic Art, Hyogo),

The Ceramic art of Anjin Abe, 2000

Masahiko SHIBATSUJI, Anjin Abe ; The Modern Ceramics attracted by earth and flame, 2002

Mitsuru KADAWAkI, The essay; The form and firing of the Ade's Bizen, 2003

Naoki DEGAWA, Toyo Kaneshige and Anjin Abe, Nagoya Mitsukoshi Department store, 2005