Born in 1979 in Echizen Town, Nyu District, Fukui Prefecture (formerly Miyazaki Village), Hiroshi Yamada is the second son of Kazu Yamada. He graduated from the Ceramics Department of the Department of Crafts at Osaka University of Arts. Early in his career, he honed his skills at the Jan Kollwitz Pottery Studio in Germany (2005) before building his first anagama kiln in 2006, followed by a second in 2014.
He has held numerous solo exhibitions in Japan, including at Maruei (2009, 2011, 2013), Gallery Kurimoto (2014), Ginza Kuroda Touen (2009–2013, 2015–2019), Bunkindo (2010), Asuka Gallery (2012), Matsuzakaya Nagoya (2018), Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store (2015, 2019, 2022), and Hankyu Umeda Main Store (2015, 2017, 2019, 2022). Internationally, his work has been featured with The Stratford Gallery including Treasures of Japan (2020), Treasures of Japan II (2022), Generations – Father & Son (2021) and with The Stratford Gallery at COLLECT 2024 in London.
He has also participated in notable group exhibitions, such as Masanori Sera’s New Generation Ceramists series: Young Blood (2010), Rising Sun (2011, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store), and Akatuki (2012, JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan).
