Hisashi Hibata

1974 Dedicated to Kibitsu Shrine
Graduated from Bizen Ceramics Center in 1979. Began to follow his father's pottery technique.
1981 Selected for Okayama Prefectural Fine Arts Exhibition. Selected, Japan Traditional Crafts East China Branch Exhibition
1982 Selected for the Japan Traditional Crafts East China Branch Exhibition
1983 Selected, China-Japan International Ceramic Art Exhibition / Selected, Okayama Prefecture Art Exhibition / Selected, East Chugoku Branch Exhibition
1984 Sanyo Broadcasting Award, Gengakai Exhibition / Chairman's Prize, Bikeikai Exhibition / Selected, Tabe Museum of Art Chanoyu Zokei Exhibition
1986 Solo exhibition at Abeno Kintetsu Department Store
1987 Selected for the Tabe Museum of Art Tea Ceremony Art Exhibition/Exhibition in Jingdezhen, China/ Solo exhibition at Asuka Gallery
1988 Bizen City Mayor's Prize at the Bikeikai Exhibition / Selected for the Issuikai Exhibition
1989Single Exhibition at Abeno Kintetsu Department Store
1990 President of the Art Division of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Japan / Solo exhibition at Mitsukoshi, Shinjuku
1991 BIGEI Association President's Award
1992 Solo exhibition at Shinjuku Mitsukoshi
1993Choosen for the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition
1994 Okayama Prefectural Governor's Prize at the BIGEIKAI Exhibition / Selected for the Chugoku Branch Exhibition
1996Single Exhibition at Seibu Tsukuba Store, Mitsukoshi Department Store, Shinjuku, Okayama Prefecture / Awarded the Okayama Prefecture Art Exhibition Prize / Chairman of the Okayama Prefecture Bizen Pottery Association Young Men's Club
1997 Bizen-Tanba: Three Gold Artists Exhibition
1998 Chairman of the Bizen Ikuttei Association / Solo exhibitions at Mitsukoshi Department Store in Shinjuku and Seibu Department Store in Tsukuba
2003 Supervisor, Okayama Bizen Pottery Association
Bizen Mayor's Prize, 2004 BIGEIKAI Exhibition
2007 Director, Okayama Prefecture Bizen Pottery Association / Vice President, BIGEI Association
2010 BIGEIKAI Exhibition, Bizen Mayor's Prize / Minister of Justice for Protective Services Award / Appointed as a member of the Board of Trustees of Ise Jingu Shrine
2011 Certified as "Traditional Craftsman" by the Minister of International Trade and Industry
2014 BIGEIKAI Exhibition Okayama Governor's Prize