Mishima Kimiyo

Biography
1932　　Born in Juso, Osaka as the first daughter of Kiyoji Shimizu and Kinuko.
1951　　Graduated from Ohgimachi Public High School, Osaka, Japan.
1952　　Entered Atelier Montagne Youga Kenkyusho (Atelier Montagne Laboratory) led by Shigeji Mishima.
1953　　Married Shigeji Mishima.
1954　　Became a member of Dokuritsu Bijutsu Kyokai (until 1969).
c.1981　Started using the industrial ceramic kiln in Toki city, Gifu.
　 　　　Life between home in Juso and Toki city begins.
1986-87 Studied in New York, supported by Rockefeller Scholarship (ACC).
c.1988　Built an atelier in Toki city.

Awards
1954　Kansai Dokuritsu Enconragement Prize, Kansai
　　　Dokuritsu Exhibition, Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan
1961　Kansai Dokuritsu Member Prize, Kansai Dokuritsu Exhibition,
　　　Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan
　　　Osaka City Prize, Dokuritsu Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1963　Grand Prize and Suda Prize, Dokuritsu Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1964　Kansai Dokuritsu Prize, Kansai Dokuritsu Exhibition, Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan
1965　Honor Prize, The 9th Shell Art Award Exhibition, Shirokiya, Tokyo, Japan
1966　Kansai Dokuritsu Effort Prize, Kansai Dokuritsu Exhibition, Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan
1974　Gold Medal, International Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art in Faenza, The International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Faenza, Italy
1975　Honor Prize, The 11th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1988　Gold Prize, Contemporary Ceramic Art, ’88 Toki, Tokishi Bunka Plaza, Toki, Gifu, Japan
1989　Bronze Prize, International Ceramics Competition Mino’89, Tajimi Gymnasium, Tajimi, Gifu, Japan
1996　Grand Prize, Sai no Kuni Saitama Chokoku Variety’96, Saitama, Japan
2001　Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum Prize and The Citizen Prize, The 19th Contemporary Japanese Sculpture Exhibition, Ube City Outdoor Sculpture Museum, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
2002　Yaizu Mayor’s Prize, The 3rd Japan Humorous Pottery Sculpture Exhibition, Ceratopia Toki, Toki, Gifu, Japan
2019　The 5th Tadao Ando Cultural Foundation Prize, Japan
　　　SARDI PER L’ARTE BACK TO THE FUTURE Prize, Artissima 2019, Torino, Italy
2021　Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award, Japan
2022　The 63rd Mainichi Art Award, Japan
　　　11th Enku Award, Gifu, Japan
　　　The Japan Ceramic Society Gold Award, Japan