1950 Born in Tokyo, the third son of Nihoga Painter Matsuzaki Shuki
1972 Graduated from Tamagawa University, School of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Ceramic Art major Began a pottery apprenticeship with Tatsuzo Shimaoka, Mashiko (Tochigi Prefecture)
1977 Built a kiln and established a workshop in Mashiko, where he presently lives
1978 Solo exhibition at Keio depaetment stores, Tokyo (Afterward every year)
1979 Solo exhibition at Hankyu depaetment stores, Osaka (Afterward every year)
1980 Received the Kokugakai Arts Association Nojima Award.
1982 Became an associate member of the Kokugakai Arts Association
1984 Received the Associate Members Award from Kokugakai Arts Association, Prize of Excellence
1986 Became a full member of the Kokugakai Arts Association
1993 Modern Japanese Ceramics Exhibition, Elysium Art, New York
1995 Group Exhibition, Gallery Dai Ichi Arts, New York
Six Master Potters of the Modern Age Exhibition, Babcock Gallery, New York
2001 Japan Exhibition at Rufford 2001, Rufford Gallery, Nottinghamshire, England
2002 Tradition Today exhibition Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 Turning Point: Oribe and the Arts of Sixteenth-Century Japan exhibition Metropolitan Museum of Art.New York. NY
2004 Elemenral Force exhibition. Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Solo exhibition.Ruthin Craft Center, Wales, UK
International Ceramics Festival aberyswyth, Wales, UK
Solo exhibition. Rufford Gallery Nottinghamshire, England
2006 Transformation and Use exhibition. Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 Thirty Years of a living Tradition Exhibition. Goldmark Gallery, Uppinbham Rutland, UK
2008 Burning Tradition Exhibition. Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Solo exhibition at Goldmark Gallery.Uppingham, Rutland, UK
Elemental Ken Matsuzaki-Potter DVD produced. A Goldmark Film
2010 Exploring the Exquisite exhibition. Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 Solo exhibition at Goldmark Gallery. Uppingham, Rutland, UK
2012 Solo exhibition at Aoki Gallery. Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Big Platter exhibition at Aoki Gallery. Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
2013 Solo exhibition at Goldmark Gallery .Uppingham, Rutland, UK
Big Vase exhibition at Aoki Gallery. Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Workshop：Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, Donkey Mill Art Center, Hawaii
2015 Solo Exhibition, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo
2016 Workshop, Centro De Arte Curaumilla, Chile
Establishment of Ken Matsuzaki Scholarship Program in Chile
Solo Exhibition at, Kanoya Gallery, Mashiko
Solo Exhibition at, Yamani Ootsuka Gallery Midori, Mashiko
2017 Solo Exhibition at, Kanoya Gallery, Mashiko
Solo Exhibition at, Yamani Ootsuka Gallery Midori, Mashiko
Presents “Five Mashiko Potters”, England
Workshop, Clay College Stoke, England
Participates in “Enjoy Sake and Pottery”, Aoki Gallery, Utsunomiya, Tochigi
2018 Solo Exhibition at, Kanoya Gallery, Mashiko
Solo Exhibition at, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store,Tokyo
Solo Exhibition. atPucker Gallery. Boston, MA
Solo exhibition at Goldmark Gallery .Uppingham, Rutland, UK
Museum Collections:
Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH
Israel Museum. Jerusalem, Israel
Metrepolitan Museum of Art. New York. NY
Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
Peabody Essex Museum. Salem, MA
Sackler Museum of Art. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA
Tikotin Museum. Haifa, Israel
Victoria and Albert Museum. London, Enbland
Tochigi Prefctural Museum of Fine Arts. Tochigi, JAPAN
Mashiko Museum of Cerami Art. Tochigi, JAPAN
