2011-TO-12

Ogawa Machiko graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1969 and has travelled widely, including living and studying in Paris at the École d'Arts et Métiers (1969-71) and then in Burkina Faso, West Africa (1972-75). Her "vessels" draw deeply from nature, with pieces resembling glacial ice, others with a volcanic, cracked earth appearance.

Amongst other awards, in 2001 she was awarded the Japan Ceramic Society Prize and she has exhibited widely. Her works have entered significant public collections including the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Yale University Art Gallery and Los Angeles County Museum of art.

For a further selection of public collections with pieces by Machiko Ogawa, please go to www.christies.com

Selected public collections:
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Sogetsu Museum, Tokyo
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton MA, USA
Suntory Museum, Tokyo
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Japan
Toyota Museum of Art, Japan
Yale University Art Gallery, USA
Aichi Prefectural Ceramics Museum, Japan
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Hanford, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
Muse Tomo, Tokyo
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura