Goro Suzuki

Growing up in Toyoto City, Aichi, artist Suzuki Goro (b. 1941) had a goal of crafting 1,000 teacups in one day. Ultimately, Goro was able to complete 1,250 in ten hours. The artist honed his craft at the Japan Art Academy, for which he won an award in 1961. The very next year, Goro won the Grand Prize at the Asahi Ceramic Arts Exhibition, an honor he would repeat in 1966 and 1975. The artists' skillful blend of traditional ceramic styles with a playful contemporary spirit made him a consistent participator in gallery and museum shows from the 1970s through to 2010, and was even featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1975, Goro was a Visiting Scholar at the Rhode Island School of Design, and in 1982 returned to the U.S. to teach at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan. In 1997, he was the subject of a special exhibition for the 30th anniversary of the Sun Sumie Gallery in Nagoya, called 'The World of Suzuki Goro.' In 2001, he was presented with the Japan Ceramic Society prize.