1943-60
Born in Wuppertal, Germany. Study & work tour through European countries, Alaka and USA.
1967-70
Studied with Suzuki Seisei in Seto, Japan (visit Bernard Leach at St, Ives,England), settled in Mashiko, study under Mr. Tatsuzo Shimaoka’s guidance. Estblished first foreigner owned kiln in Japan. Invited as visiting artist at University of Hawaii, one man show at: Daisy’s Gallery, Honolulu.
1971-73 
Awarded Education Minister Prize and 1st. Mainichi News Japan ceramic art competition in Tokyo. Participated in “Modern Japanese Ceramic Art” tour exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery (Canada), Seattle Art Museum, Cornell University Museum, Ithaca NY; Cleveland Art Museum (USA) organized by: Japan Ministry of Foreign affairs, cultural agency Tokyo.
1974 - 79
Shimaoka Tatsuzo + Gerd Knäpper Arts and Crafts Museum (Germany). Opening exhibition for New Goethe Institute (South Korea). Rükyu Shimpo 90th anniversary Show (Okinawa,Japan).
1980-83
Solo traveling shows by invitation of The Japan Foundation: Japan Cultural Institute(Cologne), Kestner Museum(Hannover), Applied Art Museum(Copenhagen), Wihelm-Hack-Museum(Ludwigshafen), Silpakorn University Art Gallery(Bangkok), Goethe Institute Art Gallery(Hong-Kong), Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art(Sapporo), City contemporary art center(Osaka), Museum of Contemporary Art(Fukuoka).
1984-85
Akita-city Art Gallery(Akita), Goethe Institute Art Gallery(Singapore), Annual one man show at: Ginza Matzuya Store Art Salon(Tokyo), Germanisches-National-Museum(Nürnberg),Wuppertal von der Heyd-Museum(Wuppertal), Kunsthalle(Mannheim), Schloßmuseum(Aschaffenburg), Shinseigae Art Gallery(Seoul), Iwataya Art Gallery(Fukuoka).
1986 - 89
Awarded: Prime Minister’s prize at “Japan modern Arts & Crafts Exhibition at Metropolitan Art Museum(Tokyo). One man show at Shinseibashi Daimaru Store Art Gallery(Oaka). National Museum of Crafts(Berlin). Kumamoto-Pref. Art Museum(Kumamoto). 1st commission for art in public - Monuments(Daigo). Daimaru Store Art Gallery(Kobe). Boymann-Museum(Celle). 1st annual show at Ginza Wako Art Hall(Tokyo)
1990 - 92
Awarded: Order of Merit - The iron cross on ribbon - of the Federal Republic of Germany. Continuing exhibiting at: Berlin-German-Japan Center(Berlin), Kunsthalle(Darmstadt), MOA Foundation Art Gallery(Los Angeles), Goethe Institute Art Gallery(Chicago), Royal Ontario Crafts Council(Toronto), Phoenix Art Museum(Arizona), Franz-Mayer-Museum(Mexico City). “GERD KNÄPPER OBJECTS” at Yokohama Art Museum Gallery(Yokohama).
1993-95
“ Modern Japanese studio ceramics in American collections” Japan House Art Gallery(New York), Museum for applied art "Four Elements, Three countries, Germany, England, and Japan"- Giesela Freudenberg Collection(Frankfurt), Gallery of applied arts “Metal Objects Form + Function”(München), Museum for applied arts “KATACHI- New crafts from Japan"(Frankfurt).
1996 - 99
” Giappone in Italia” Trio exhibition at Japan culture Institute Art Gallery(Roma), Bryan Ohno Gallery “Options in Sculpture” (Seattle), “Artfair 97” (Seattle), 5th Kanazawa Crafts Exhbition(Kanazawa), “Form in Metal”-Kinzoku Zokei at Goethe Institut Forum(Tokyo), 1st FUJI Internatl. Biannual at Nakatomi Art Museum(Yamanashi), “GERD KNÄPPER OBJECTS” invitl. show at Aoyama BMW Square(Tokyo), Moritzburg State Gallery Art-Museum(Halle), Schlossmuseum(Karlsruhe), Gallery Lemperts Contempora(Cologne + Brüssel). Goethe Institut Art Gallery - conducting 1 week workshop lecture at International Art Colony “SANSKRITi”(New Delhi). Received NHK Japan Broadcast Corp. cultural honor. 14th Annual “Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition”(Tokyo).
2000-03
German Ceramics 1900-2000 at National Museum of Modern Art(Tokyo), 3rd. Modern Artists of Ibaraki at Museum of Modern Art(Mito). “Yakimono Tambo” NHK TV production combined exhibition at Mitsukoshi Art Gallery(Tokyo). “Presentation In Nature” solo exhb. Daishien-Museum(Takahagi). “GERD KNÄPPER + BOB FREIMARK” The Art Foundry(California). Represented at SOFA (Chicago). Asian Art Fair at The New York Ceramics Fair(New York). “Art Ceramics of far East” Tatsuzo Shimaoka and Gerd Knäpper; Rosenthal Studio House(Hamburg), 45th “Japan Contemporary Crafts Exhibition”, Metropolitan Museum(Tokyo).
2004 - 06
Modern Atists of Tochigi at Art Museu(Utsunomiya). Touring exhibition “Gerd Knäpper Objects” at T. Zink- Museum( Kaiserslautern), Museum Baden(Solingen), Japan Culture Institut art Gallery(Cologne), New Benaki Art Museum(Athens), TÜV Rheinland Art Forum(Yokohama).
19.5.2007
Opening exhibition Inaugurate: “GERD KNÄPPER TAROSAKA GALLERY"(Daigo).
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