Miwa Kyusetsu XIII was born in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1951 as the third son of Miwa Kyusetsu XI (Miwa Jusetsu). He began his studies abroad at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1975. Since returning to Japan, he has continuously created distinctive art that transcends traditional Hagi ware ceramics at the family pottery, Fusoan Miwagama. Miwa assumed the family title of Miwa Kyusetsu XIII in 2019. He has presented major solo exhibitions, including Permanental Destruction (Gallery Ueda, 1987), Dreams in White (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, 1991), SETSUREI—The Succession of MIWA KYUSETSU XIII (touring exhibition in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Nagoya, 2019), and Being a pioneer of expression—The ceramic works of Miwa Kyusetsu XIII (Miwa Kazuhiko) (Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Uragami Museum, 2020). Notable group exhibitions include Now, what you see on enormous ceramic artwork? (Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, 1984), The World Ceramic Biennale 2005: Trans–Ceramic–Art (Icheon World Ceramic Center, 2005), Japon—Japonismes. Objets inspirés, 1867–2018 (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 2018), and Kogei 2020—The Art of Crafting Beauty from Nature (Tokyo National Museum's Hyokeikan Gallery, 2020). Miwa's works are held in various public collections throughout the world, including those of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Uragami Museum, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His awards include the Japan Ceramic Society Prize in 2007 and the Japan Ceramic Society Gold Prize in 2021.
