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Makoto Hatori was born in Japan in 1947. He apprenticed under a master of traditional Japanese ceramics in 1970 and again in 1974. Following the completion of his bachelor's degree in sculpture at the Nihon University College of Art in 1972, he went on to research clay and glazes at the Gifu Prefectural Institute of Ceramics from 1972 to 1974. In 1975, he established his own ceramics studio in Tamatukuri, Ibaraki Prefecture, with a traditional firing kiln that he designed. Between 1975 and 2006, while running this studio, he produced traditional ceramics and exhibited them nationally. In 2007, he relocated his studio to Moriya, Ibaraki Prefecture, where he has been based ever since.
Since 1978, Makoto Hatori has been selected for numerous international exhibitions and has won awards across the globe, including in Italy, Great Britain, New Zealand, Egypt, Belgium, Germany, Lithuania, the U.S.A., Croatia, South Africa, Australia, Taiwan, Estonia, Korea, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia, France, Romania, Turkey, Latvia and Poland. In 1992, he was a ceramics tutor in the Department of Art and Design at Manchester Polytechnic, now Manchester Metropolitan University. From 1994 to 1996, he was a member of the Contemporary Applied Arts in England.
Makoto Hatori has also been invited to participate in a number of international symposia and conferences, including the International Ceramic Symposium by the Lithuania Panevezys City Council in 1996 and 1998, Earth and Fire by the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain in 1997, the International Woodfiring Symposium at the International Ceramics Studio, Hungary, in 2006, and the 2nd ICMEA (International Ceramic Magazine Editors Association) Conference at Fuping Pottery Art Village, Fuping, Shaanxi, China, in 2007.
In addition to his work as a ceramics artist, Makoto Hatori has written many reviews for international ceramics magazines, and his writing has been cited in other publications.
Since 1978, Makoto Hatori has been selected for numerous international exhibitions and has won awards across the globe, including in Italy, Great Britain, New Zealand, Egypt, Belgium, Germany, Lithuania, the U.S.A., Croatia, South Africa, Australia, Taiwan, Estonia, Korea, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia, France, Romania, Turkey, Latvia and Poland. In 1992, he was a ceramics tutor in the Department of Art and Design at Manchester Polytechnic, now Manchester Metropolitan University. From 1994 to 1996, he was a member of the Contemporary Applied Arts in England.
Makoto Hatori has also been invited to participate in a number of international symposia and conferences, including the International Ceramic Symposium by the Lithuania Panevezys City Council in 1996 and 1998, Earth and Fire by the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain in 1997, the International Woodfiring Symposium at the International Ceramics Studio, Hungary, in 2006, and the 2nd ICMEA (International Ceramic Magazine Editors Association) Conference at Fuping Pottery Art Village, Fuping, Shaanxi, China, in 2007.
In addition to his work as a ceramics artist, Makoto Hatori has written many reviews for international ceramics magazines, and his writing has been cited in other publications.
Note: In 1975, Makoto Hatori designed and built a traditional climbing kiln for Bizen pottery in Ibaraki Prefecture. It was probably the moment when Hatori made his debut in the ceramics world as a Bizen potter for the first time outside of Okayama Prefecture. He is the first Bizen potter outside of Japan's oldest traditional pottery production area. This was the starting point of Makoto Hatori as an artist. Newspaper and magazine interviews with Bizen Pottery artist Makoto Hatori, 1978-2010.
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