Bio

• Birth and Early Education: Ryozo Miki was born in 1942 in Osaka, Japan. In 1960, he studied at the Kyoto Ceramic Design School.
  
  
• Apprenticeship: Between 1961 and 1966, he was an apprentice under the renowned Japanese master potter Mitsuo Kano. During this period, he exhibited with the prestigious Nitten group.
  
  
• Move to Europe: In 1966, he moved to Sweden and began working with Swedish ceramists. He then moved to Denmark in 1969, where he established his first studio.
  
  
• Establishment in Sweden: In 1976, he returned to Sweden and started a new studio in Wadköping, Örebro.
  
  
• Move to Skåne: In 2006, he relocated his business to Stockamöllan in Skåne.
  
  
• Artistic Expression: Miki is known for combining traditional Japanese pottery skills, which he learned in Kyoto, with a personal and free expression. His works are often a mix of impressed, incised, and painted decorations.

Selection of Exhibitions

1968: Gallery Birkdam, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo exhibition).

1969: Amager Art Society, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo exhibition).

1970 Lærernes Art society, Vendelboerne

1973: Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden (group exhibition).

1975: Gallery ”t”, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1978: Tajdemuseum, Villmanstrand, Finland

1980: Centrum house, Vingåker, Sweden

1982: Gallery Fenix, Örebro, Sweden (solo exhibition).

1992: Art Hall, Örebro, Sweden (solo exhibition).

1996: Daimaru Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo exhibition).

2005: Museum of International Ceramic Art, Middelfart, Denmark (solo exhibition).

2010: Rackstad Museum, Arvika, Sweden.

2012: Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden.

2015: Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum, Gustavsberg, Sweden.

2019: Rian Design Museum, Falkenberg, Sweden (retrospective exhibition).

2022: Kaolin, Stockholm, Sweden.