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RESUME 2009 Workshops Lecture and workshop Israel Pottery Symposium at Tel Hai College, Israel Lecture and workshop at The Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem Lecture and workshop at Tel Aviv Museum Art School Three day workshop at MudFire, Decatur, GA Exhibitions Teabowl Invitational at Gallery Up, Rock Hill, SC Wood-fired Clay Exhibition at Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC Solo Exhibition at Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC “Soft Beauty of Traditional Shinos” Traveling Exhibition Concord University, Athens, GA; The Signature Shop, Atlanta, GA; and Bridgemont Community Technical College, Montgomery, WV “The Space Between” at The Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC NCECA Show -- "Phoenix Rising" at The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ “Looking Back, Japanese/American Ceramics” at the Artisan Gallery, Northampton, MA Juried Shows Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington, DC Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA Mint Museum Potter’s Market Invitational, Charlotte, NC Washington Craft Show, Washington, DC 2008 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA North Carolina potters Invitational at Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC. Wood-fired Clay From the NC Mountains Exhibit At Hand in Hand Gallery, Flat Rock, NC Exhibit for HandMade House at Biltmore Farms for HandMade in America, Asheville, NC Mint Museum Potter's Market Invitational, Charlotte, NC One week workshop Odyssey Center, Asheville, NC The Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington DC 2007 National Award for Excellence in Contemporary Clay at Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA Piedmont Craftsmen's Fair, Asheville, NC Built wood-fired kiln Home Magazine, April issue feature on Akira Satake Pottery. New x THREE gallery show at Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC. 2006 Instructor, Odyssey Center, Asheville; "Inspired by Nature" summer and fall classes. "Inspired by Nature" one week workshop, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA. Asheville Arts Council Exhibition -- Japanese Arts and Crafts. 2005 Concert and lecture tour in Brazil for the Japan Foundation and the Japanese Consulate of Brazil. Participating artist, Southern Highland Craft Guild Show, Civic Center, Asheville. 2005/2006 Faculty of Swannanoa Gathering, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC. 2004 Built Japanese style oil/wood-fired kiln. 2003 Relocated to North Carolina from New York, NY. 2001-2006 Participating artist, Annual Lincoln Center Arts and Crafts Festival, NYC. 2002-2003 Lincoln Center "Fire on the Mountain" series of 60 concerts, NYC. 2002 "Carnegie Kids" series of 10 concerts, NYC. Carnegie Hall, Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road concert series, NYC. 1999-2003 Carnegie Hall "Neighborhood Concerts" series of 70 concerts, NYC. 2000 Produced Tim O'Brien recording "The Crossing" for Alula Records, NYC. Winner Indie Award for Best Contemporary Folk Music. 1999 Indie Award winner for Best Package Design for Kepa Junkera, Alula Records. 1998 Indie Award winner for Best Cover Design for "Voices" on Alula Records. German Critics' Award winner for Best World Music Recording for solo CD, "Cooler Heads Prevail." Featured artist at the Rudolstadt Music Festival in East Germany. 1997-2001 Owner and founder of Alula Records, NYC. 1989-1999 Owner of Damfino Productions, NYC. 1991 Faculty, Tennessee Banjo Institute. 1981-1982 Photographer for Saga Musical Instruments, San Francisco, CA. 1979-1981 Photographer for Studio Yamagishi, Osaka, Japan. 1977-1979 Attended Osaka School of Visual Arts, Osaka, Japan.
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or me, the act of creation is a collaboration between myself, the clay and the fire. Collaboration means finding what the clay wants to be and bringing out its beauty in the way that the beauty of our surroundings is created through natural forces. Undulations in sand that has been moved by the wind, rock formations caused by landslides, the crackle and patina in the wall of an old house; all these owe their special beauty to the random hand of Nature. The fire is the ultimate random part of the collaborative equation. I hope the fire will be my ally, but I know it will always transform the clay in ways I cannot anticipate. 