BORN:
1922
Pepeekeo, HawaiiEDUCATION:
BORN:
1922Pepeekeo, Hawaii
EDUCATION:
| 1948-51 | | University of Hawaii |
| 1951-54 | Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| 1954-56 | | Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| 1954-55 | University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | |
| 1955-64 | Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH | |
| 1958-59 | Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI | |
| 1967-92 | Princeton University, Princeton, NJ |
| 1952 | | McInerny Foundation Grant |
| 1954 | Lillian Haas Prize, Michigan Artist Craftsmen Show | |
| 1958 | Potter Mellon Award, Cincinnati, OH Founder's Society Purchase Prize, Michigan Artist Craftsmen Show | |
| 1962 | Pemco Award, Syracuse, NY Women's Art Club Award, Cleveland, OH Founder's Society Award, Michigan Artists Craftsmen Show | |
| 1964 | Tiffany Foundation Grant | |
| 1975 | Elected Fellow of the American Craft Council, New York, NY | |
| 1980 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | |
| 1983 | Dickinson Arts Award, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA | |
| 1986 | New Jersey Governor's Award | |
| 1987 | Honorary Ph.D., Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR Living Treasure Award, Honolulu, HI | |
| 1992 | Honorary Doctorate of Fine Art, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA Howard Behrman Award, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ | |
| 1993 | Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI | |
| 1994 | New Jersey Pride Award from NJ Monthly magazine Gold Medal from American Craft Council, New York, NY Human Treasure Award, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC | |
| 1996 | Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ | |
| 1997 | Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA |
| 2002 | | Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY |
| 2001 | Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York, Purchase, NY An Essential Balance, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI | |
| 2000 | An Essential Balance, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 1998 | Toshiko Takaezu: At Home, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clifton, NJ | |
| 1997 | Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 1996 | South Gallery, The Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1995-98 | Toshiko Takaezu: Retrospective, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan; traveled extensively throughout Japan; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK; The Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, FL; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR; American Craft Museum, New York, NY | |
| 1994 | Outdoor Sculpture, Longhouse Foundation, East Hampton, NY New Works, Forum for Contemporary Art, Saint Louis, MO 1954-1994, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ | |
| 1993 | Toshiko Takaezu: 1950-1992, Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI Toshiko Takaezu: 1980-1992, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI Toshiko Takaezu: 1950-1980, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI Maveety Gallery, Portland, OR | |
| 1992 | Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1990-92 | Four Decades, Montclair Museum, Montclair, NJ; traveled to Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA; Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan | |
| 1990 | The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 1989 | University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT Volcano Art Center, Kamehameha School, Honolulu, HI | |
| 1988 | Tapestries and Recent Ceramics, University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville, IL Punahou School, Honolulu, HI Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ | |
| 1987 | Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL Hau-Pulamamau Kuakini Hospital, Honolulu, HI | |
| 1985 | Florida Junior College, Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1983 | Community College of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA Ceramics, Textiles and Bronzes, Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA | |
| 1981 | Belks Art Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC | |
| 1980 | Contemporary Craft Center, Portland, OR Keystone Junior College, La Plume, PA | |
| 1975 | Florida Junior College, Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1974 | Lafayette College, Easton, PA | |
| 1973 | Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ | |
| 1971 | Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA Boise Art Association, Boise, ID Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR | |
| 1968 | Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA | |
| 1966 | Contemporary Art Center, Honolulu, HI | |
| 1965 | Edinboro State College, Edinboro, PA Gallery 100, Princeton, NJ Indiana State University, Terra Haute, IN Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA | |
| 1962 | State University College of Education, Oneonta, NY | |
| 1961 | Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, TN Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN Clarke College, Dubuque, IA Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE | |
| 1959 | Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH | |
| 1955 | Bonniers, New York, NY University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| 1980 | | University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI |
| 1979 | Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ Haas Gallery of Art, Bloomsburg, PA | |
| 1969 | Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ | |
| 1960 | Lake Erie College, Painsville, OH Hanamura Gallery, Detroit, MI | |
| 1959 | Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI | |
| 1958 | Women's Club, Cleveland, OH |
| 2001 | | Mentors & Friends, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY High Fire: Significant Ceramic Sculpture, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO |
| 2000 | A Century of Design, Part III: 1950-1975, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO Living with Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Craft, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR | |
| 1999 | Contemporary Japanese Abstraction, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 1998 | Clay, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO | |
| 1997-2000 | Crossing the Threshold, originated at Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York, NY and traveled extensively through United States | |
| 1996 | Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1993 | A Teacher's Influence: Toshiko Takaezu, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, YWCA, New York, NY | |
| 1989 | Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1988 | Ohio Designer Craftsman 25th Anniversary Invitational Show, Columbus, OH | |
| 1987-90 | The Eloquent Object, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK; traveled to: Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1987 | Twining Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1986-98 | American Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York, NY; traveled to: Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA | |
| 1985 | Hawaii Celebrating 100 Years of Japanese Immigrants, Honolulu, HI The Art Museum of Princeton, NJ Gallery North, Setauket, NY Earth and Fire, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ | |
| 1984 | Historic Bethlehem, Inc., Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1983 | Campbell Museum, Camden, NJ | |
| 1982 | Meredith Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD Reading Museum, Reading, PA | |
| 1977 | American Crafts Council, Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1975 | Visual Arts Faculty Show, The Art Museum, Princeton Museum, Princeton, NJ Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| 1968 | Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA | |
| 1966 | Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY | |
| 1962 | First National Invitational Ceramic Exhibition, San Jose State College, San Jose, CA Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics, Prague, Czechoslovakia | |
| 1961 | University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI Museum of Contemporary Craft, New York, NY | |
| 1960 | International Culture Exchange Exhibition, Czechoslovakia First International Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY | |
| 1959 | Ostend International Show U.S. Handcrafts, organized to travel by U.S. Information Agency | |
| 1958 | Syracuse International Exhibition, Syracuse, NY Las Vegas Highland University, Las Vegas, NV Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 1957 | Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC |