Selected Exhibitions
2003 The World of White Porcelain and Celadon, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki, Japan
Crafts in Kyoto 1925-2000, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
2002 100 Years of Modern Ceramic Art, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
2001 Living National Treasure, solo exhibition of Shimizu Uichi, Museum of Modern Art,
Shiga, Japan
2000 Living National Treasure Exhibition, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Japan
1996 Quiet Clarity "Rin" – Beauty in Contemporary Ceramics, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural
Park, Japan
1983 Roaming in the 30 Years of Traditional Crafts, National Museum of Modern Art,
Tokyo, Japan
1970 Biennial International Ceramic Art Competition, Vallauris, France

Selected Awards
1988 Kyoto Culture Merit Award, Japan
1986 Awarded Purple Ribbon Medal
1985 Selected as an Important Intangible Cultural Property (iron glazed pottery)
1977 Gold Award, the Japan Ceramic Society

Selected Collection
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan

Shimizu has been fascinated by red soil's unpredictability in the creative process since he built a kiln by the west side of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture and studied the nature of local red clay. He incorporated what he learnt into his celadon creation and presented celadon works of art which have scale-like fine crackles emerged from the surface.