2024

  • An Invitational Exhibit of Woodfired Ceramics - NCECA

2023

2022

2021

  • “Convergence” Online Exhibition with Ken Matsuzaki

  • 29th Annual Saint Croix Vally Pottery Tour

2020

2019

  • Chun Dao Art Gallery in Taiwan (April-Oct, 2019)

2018

2017

  • Morean Arts Center, FL

  • Schaller gallery, MI | Sake

  • Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational

  • Solo exhibit in Spain

  • CLAY AKAR solo exhibit

  • The International Woodfire Conference

  • Yunomi Invitational 2017 at AKAR gallery

2016

  • Oxford Ceramics Gallery, UK | Teabowl exhibition

  • Schaller Gallery, MI | International Wood Fired Exhibition

  • The David McCune International Art Gallery at Methodist University

  • Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational

  • Yunomi Invitational 2016 at AKAR gallery

  • Sara Japanese Pottery, NY with Tim Rowan

2015

  • AKAR Design, IA

  • Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational

  • Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, GA

  • North Carolina Pottery Center

2014

  • Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational

  • AKAR : ART | DESIGN | ARCHITECTURE

  • m.t. burton gallery, Surf City, NJ

  • Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC

  • Eno Gallery, Hillsborough, NC

2013

  • Potters Market Invitationalat the Mint Museum

  • Judge for pottery contest cone 10

  • solo exhibit at Beverly Hanks Gallery

  • Installation at Grove Park Inn

  • Mint Museum Randolph purchased for a permanent collection

  • Mint Museum Uptown purchased for a permanent collection

2012

  • SOFA NY

  • exhibit at Merwin Gallery - Illinois Wesleyan University

  • solo exhibit at Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC

  • Philadelphia Museum Show

  • Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational

2011

  • NCECA -Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts Invitational, Saint Petersburg, FL

  • Ma -the space in between- at The Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC

  • Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational

  • Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

  • Philadelphia Museum Show

2010

  • exhibit at The Signature Shop, Atlanta, GA

  • HandMade : The Western North Carolina Craft, Architecture and Design Expo, Asheville, NC

  • Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands, Asheville, NC

  • Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational

  • Philadelphia Museum Show

  • Smithsonian Craft Show

2009

  • Teabowl Invitational at Gallery Up, Rock Hill, SC

  • Wood-fired Clay Exhibition at Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC

  • Solo Exhibition at Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC 

  • “Soft Beauty of Traditional Shinos” Traveling Exhibition, Concord University, Athens, GA ; The Signature Shop, Atlanta, GA ; and Bridgemont Community Technical College, Montgomery, WV

  • MA“The Space Between” at The Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC

  • NCECA Show -- "Phoenix Rising" at The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ

  • “Looking Back, Japanese/American Ceramics” at the Artisan Gallery, Northampton, MA

  • Philadelphia Museum Show

  • Smithsonian Craft Show

  • Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational

  • Washington Craft Show, Washington, DC

2008

  • Philadelphia Museum Art Craft Show

  • The Smithsonian Craft Show

  • North Carolina Potters Invitational at Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC

  • Wood-fired Clay from the NC Mountains Exhibit at Hand in Hand Gallery

  • Exhibit for Handmade House at Biltmore Farms for Handmade in America

  • Mint Museum Potter's Market Invitational

  • Mint Museum purchased for a permanent collection

2007

  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show: National Award for Excellence in Contemporary Clay

  • New x THREE gallery show at Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC

  • Piedmont Craftsman's Fair

2006

  • Southern Highland Craft Guild Show, Asheville, NC

  • Asheville Arts Council Exhibition -- Japanese Arts and Crafts

  • Annual Lincoln Center Arts and Crafts Festival, NYC

2001-2005

  • Annual Lincoln Center Arts and Crafts Festival, NYC