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Tom Cannon’s
Ceramic Resume |
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I had the good fortune of spending thirteen years in Japan,
where I started and pursued my study of ceramics. Every year I return to exhibit and sell my work and renew my
connection to the Japanese aesthetic. From 1975 to 1977,
I did a two-year apprenticeship with master potter,
Yasuteru Miura in
Kyoto, helping him to dig clay, prepare his glazes and fire his wood fired kiln. At the end of my apprenticeship, I had the
honor of exhibiting my work with his at an exhibition at the Yamaki Gallery in Osaka in 1977. Soon afterwards, I left Japan and
traveled throughout Southeast Asia researching and observing local pottery traditions in Thailand, Nepal, and India.
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1978, I returned to the United States to study ceramics at the University of Colorado with Betty Woodman and Tom Potter. The next year, I built my own kiln and established a workshop in Boulder, where I produced a range of Asian inspired
ceramics. In l981, I had the opportunity
to return to Japan
and work with another master, Haruo Shimada, who routinely threw
pots taller than I (6’3”). For the next year I was in Shimane, a prefecture along the Japan Sea, rich
with a folk pottery tradition from its contact with Korea. At the
end of that very challenging year, I moved to Tanba, a mountainous
region north of Osaka with a history of pottery making stretching
back eight hundred years. Here I built a wood-fired kiln, became
part of that tradition and exhibited my work at the top venues throughout Japan for the next eleven
years. In the spring l993, I returned to the United States to continue my work at my studio in Boulder, Colorado.
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One Man Exhibitions |
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1985 |
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Takezono Gallery, Ashiya,
Japan |
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1986 |
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Art Cycle Kobe, Japan; Shunjukan Gallery, Osaka |
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1987 |
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Hankyu Department Store
Gallery, Umeda, Osaka |
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1988 |
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Sogo Department Store Gallery, Sannomiya,
Kobe |
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1989-91 |
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Takashimaya Department Store
Gallery, Namba, Osaka |
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1989, 1991 |
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Tachikichi Department
Store Gallery, Kyoto |
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1992 |
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Isetan Department Store Gallery,
Shinjuku, Tokyo |
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1992 |
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Meitetsu Department Store
Gallery, Nagoya |
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1992 |
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Takashimaya Department Store Gallery,
Kyoto |
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1993 |
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Takashimaya Department Store Gallery.
Osaka, Okayama, and Yokohama |
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1994 |
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Tachikichi Department Store
Gallery, Osaka |
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1995 |
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Saikaya Department Store Gallery,
Kawasaki |
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1996 |
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Takashimaya Department Store Gallery, Yonago and Gifu |
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1997 |
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Hankyu Department Store Gallery,Umeda, Osaka and Kobe |
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1998 |
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Sogo Department Store Art Department,
Hiroshima |
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1999 |
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Daimaru Department Store Gallery;
Kobe, Japan |
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2003 |
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Gallery Syoh – Osaka |
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2004 |
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Takashimaya Department Store Gallery
Gifu and Kyoto |
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2004 |
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Stage One; Nagoya, Japan |
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2004 |
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Maruei Department Store; Nagoya,
Japan |
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2005 |
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Daimaru Department Store Gallery;
Kobe, Japan
(Opened since the 1600's) |
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Group Exhibitions |
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1986 |
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An Encounter with Japanese Art, Kyoto Tachikichi |
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1987 |
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Japan American Women of the Kansai
Charity Art Show Kobe, Japan |
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1988-1990 |
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Ceramic Exhibition of Foreign Ceramic
Artists, Seibu Department Store Ikebukuro, Tokyo |
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1996 |
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Tachikichi Hokaido, Japan |
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1999-2002 |
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Open Studios Juried Exhibition,
Boulder, CO |
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2002 |
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Boulder Art Association Annual Art
Show |
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2002 |
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Japan American Women of the Kansai,
Charity Art Show Kobe, Japan |
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2002 |
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Walker Fine Arts – Holiday Selection;
Denver, CO |
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2003 |
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Colorado Arts Expo, Colorado
Convention Center, Denver, CO |
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2004 |
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“Abstractions” Emil Nelson Gallery,
Denver, CO |
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2004 |
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6th
Annual Colorado Arts Festival and Showcase, Denver, CO |
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2004 |
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American Craft Council Show in San
Francisco |
2005 &
2007 |
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Open Studios, Boulder, CO |
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Collections
My work
is in the permanent collection of the Ohara Art Museum in Kobe,
Japan, and in private collections in the United States and Europe. |
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Media
and Publications
Newspapers: Mainichi Daily News (Japanese Ceramics, “Attention to
Detail”), Asahi News Yomiuri Daily News, and Kobe Newspaper
(International Kobe); Boulder Daily Camera (Travel Section) May
2003.
Television: Asahi TV - Ohayo Asahi (Good Morning Sunrise), Sun TV –
Te O Tsunaide Ikou (Holding Hands, Let’s Go), and NHK broadcasts.
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Tom Cannon’s Bronze Resume
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I started casting some of my ceramic vessels in bronze about four
years ago. This was a new development, but one that evolved
naturally from years of being influenced by Asian art and
aesthetics. My vessels
are a reflection of my years living in Japan, the inspiration and
influences I experienced from the Eastern cultures all those years,
and my teachers in this country, including Betty Woodman at the
University of Colorado. My vessels are intended to open a door to
the past and reflect the sacred use bronzes had in ancient China,
where bronze vessels were used as a means to contact ancestors for
guidance and to channel prayers to the divine. While I lived in Japan, I exhibited and sold
my work at one man shows throughout Japan, including the most
exclusive venues in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka.
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