Ryujiro Oyabu is a Japanese contemporary ceramics artist who based on Tokyo. When he was childhood, he was fascinated to excavate fossil of shells and sometimes found a broken pieces of Jomon Doki.

When he was 22 years old, he visited Alaska for two months, as a assistant for a professional wildlife photographer Keishin Kubo, He has been fascinated, and captured by the power of nature and appearances of numberless animals.

That is why he  has constantly applied a form from the nature for his pieces since then.

Previous 10 years, he had always tried to make a piece, be suitable for a modern life in Japan which has had long history about Ceramics that is over 15,000-years more. However, Occasionally, working in the great environment is being obstructed to make a decision, which is the right way or wrong.    

Now he has a strong desire to know how to combine with tradition and modern (contemporary) in ceramics art. This is it one of my objective.

Therefore, he will exploring to feel about oversea’s ceramic arts and the materials of ceramics, more globally.

At the same time, he continues to explore Japanese ceramics art which is always in the center of  our traditional Japanese culture that is superbly attractive.

Exhibitions / Achievements

2015 “ARTs of JOMON in NIMI” NIMI, OKAYAMA

2015 “ARTs of JOMON in SPIRAL GARDEN”

                 OMOTESANDO SPIRAL GARDEN, TOKYO

2014 “SOLO EXHIBITION”  KOUGEI IMA, GINZA, TOKYO

2014 “ARTs of JOMON in AOMORI”

                                    AOMORI MUSEUM OF ART

2013 “The Return to the Source” Solo Exhibition,

                  SANYO Department Store, Himeji, Hyogo

2012 International Ceramic Fair,  China Kaolin Grand Prix

2009 Contemporary Ceramics Art Exhibition

          of Three Nations,  Guangzhou, China

2008 “Echo Tour” Saikai Toki Gallery, Tokyo

2007 Ceramics In The City, Geffrye Museum, London

2006 Ceramics In The City, Geffrye Museum, London

2004 Group Exhibition, Gallery Torindo, Tokyo, Japan

2004 Group Exhibition, Takashimaya Department Store,  

         Yokohama, Japan

2003 Group Exhibition “The International Ceramics

         Exchange in Japan”

2003 TOYOKAI, Mitsukoshi Department Store,

         Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan

2003 Group Exhibition, Gallery Torindo, Tokyo, Japan

2003 Group Exhibition, Daimaru Department Store,

         Osaka, Japan

2002 “The International Ceramics Exchange” Anadoul

         University, Eskisehir, Turkey

2002 “Opening Exhibition” Ars Gallery Aoyama, Tokyo,

          Japan

2002 “Opening Exhibition” Gallery MAI, Tokyo, Japan

2002 Group Exhibition, Gallery Torindo, Tokyo, Japan

2002 TOYOKAI, Mitsukoshi Department Store,

         Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan

2002 Group Exhibition, Daimaru Department Store,

         Osaka, Japan

2001 Group Exhibition, Gallery Torindo, Tokyo, Japan

2000 Exhibition “Tsuyu No Tsunagari Ten” Psygoyama

         Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2000 Group Exhibition, Gallery Torindo, Tokyo, Japan

1999 TOYOKAI, Mitsukoshi Department Store,

         Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan