Shomura Misato

Shomura Misato

正村 美里

As a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, she engages in the collection, research and organization of exhibitions focusing on crafts – including modern and contemporary ceramics– as well as contemporary art. Involved in the International Ceramics Exhibition Mino for many years. From 2014 to 2016, chief curator of the curatorial department at Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu. Served as a deputy director of the curatorial department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu from 2016 to March 2026.

Major exhibitions:“Turning Point: Oribe and the Arts of 16th Century Japan”at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. (2003), “ITO KEIJI: Getting My Measure” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu (2011), “Resonance of Traditional Color: Traditional East Asian Ceramic Art” at Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum, Korea (2015), “Beyond the Material” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu (2021)