Akio Takamori

Japanese/American, (1950–2017)

Takamori was born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan in 1950. He attended the Musashino Art College and the University of Tokyo. After moving to the US, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute and Alfred University in New York. Later, he moved to Seattle, Washington, where he taught ceramics at the University of Washington until his death in 2017.