Born 1921 Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

1980 International Academy of Ceramics; elected member; Geneva, Switzerland
1960 Art Students League, NY, NY
1963 Studied at the Examination Room of Industrial Arts, Kyoto, Japan

Selected Exhibitions: 2000 SOFA/NY, Loveed Fine Arts, NY, NY / 1998 Enigmatic Visions, Sublime Forms-Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Sculpture, Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY / 1997 Japan Ceramic Society, Tokyo / Nishinomiya Art & Cultural Society, Hyogo / Gallery Kasahara, Osaka / Inside & Outside of Art, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo / 1996 Fifty Contemporary Japanese Artists, Nabio Museum, Tokyo / 1995 Message from Contemporary Art, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art / 1994 Time in Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, Shiga / International Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum / 1990 Contemporary Clay Work, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / 1989 Takako Araki: Recent Work, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY / The Space: Material, Tension, Vacancy in Japanese Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama / 1986 Basel Art Fair, Switzerland

Selected Collections: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo / Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum / National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto / National Museum of Art, Osaka / Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama / Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe / Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum / Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art / Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo / Yamagushi Prefectural Museum / Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France / Hetjens Museum, Dusseldorf, Germany / Cologne Cathedral Art Museum, Germany / Musee des Art Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland / Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland / Faenza Int. Ceramic Museum, Italy / Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY / Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Selected Publications: Takako Araki: Recent Work, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, Rudolf Schnyder & Ronald Kuchta, 1989