Ceramics Career
Contemporary Arts and Crafts Association – Regular Member
Fukushima Fine Arts Exhibition – Guest Judge
Contemporary Arts and Crafts Association – Regular Member
Fukushima Fine Arts Exhibition – Guest Judge
- 1980
- Born in Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture as the eldest son of Toukichirougama Obori Soma Ware Kiln’s Manabu Kondo
- 1999
- Entered Bunsei University of Art ’s Department of Fine Arts majoring in ceramics (Utsunomiya City)
Instructed by professors Kaku Hayashi, Living National Treasure Koheiji Miura, and Tatsuzo Shimaoka - 2001
- Entered and selected for the 41st Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition for the first time
Entered and selected for the 34th Nitten for the first time - 2005
- Graduated from the Bunsei University of Art Graduate School
Began working at Ceramic Art Messe Mashiko - 2006
- Selected for the 45th Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition
- 2008
- Selected for the 7th Mashiko Ceramics Competition
- 2010
- Returned to Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture to make pottery at the Toukichirougama Obori Soma Ware Kiln
Won the Fukushima Prefecture Art Award (Top Prize, Crafts Division) at the 64th Fukushima Fine Arts Exhibition
Won the Culture Foundation of Miyagi Award at the 36th Tohoku Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition - 2011
- Relocated his workshop to Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture due to the impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake
- 2012
- Selected for the 51st Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition (selected every year since)
Won Honorable Mention at the 66th Fukushima Fine Arts Exhibition - 2013
- Won the Fukushima Prefecture Art Award Grand Prize at the 67th Fukushima Fine Arts Exhibition
Selected for the 45th Nitten
Featured on Sendai Parco’s 5th anniversary poster - 2014
- Won the Contemporary Crafts Award Grand Prize at the 53rd Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Selected for the 1st Reorganized New Nitten - 2015
- Won the Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art Director’s Award at the 69th Fukushima Fine Arts Exhibition
- 2016
- Won the Contemporary Crafts Member Award at the 41st Tohoku Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Won the Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art Director’s Award at the 70th Fukushima Fine Arts Exhibition
Selected for the 3rd Reorganized New Nitten - 2017
- Selected for the 24th Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
Selected as Takumi (Master Craftsman) for the 2017 Lexus New Takumi Project - 2018
- Established a new gallery and workshop in Yotsukuramachi, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture
Selected for the 5th Reorganized New Nitten - 2019
- Won the Contemporary Crafts Member Award at the 58th Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Judged the 73rd Fukushima Fine Arts Exhibition
Selected for the 6th Reorganized New Nitten
Produced a commemorative piece for Toyo System Co., Ltd.’s 30th anniversary
Donated innocent blue to Futaba Future School - 2020
- Selected for the 7th Reorganized New Nitten
