1981—Born in Sendai
2005—Trained in Mungyeong and Gyeongju, Korea
2009—Became independent in Shigaraki
2010—First solo exhibition at Gallery Touen (Shigaraki); Solo exhibition at Contemporary Ceramics Salon Tosei (Osaka) (held annually thereafter)
2011—Solo exhibition at Anagama Tougama Gallery Honishikino (Tokyo) (held annually thereafter); Solo exhibition at Sun Gallery Kae (Nagoya)
2012—Solo exhibition at Nagoya Mitsukoshi Sakae Art Salon (held every other year thereafter)
2013—Solo exhibition at Yokohama Takashimaya Art and Craft Salon (held in 2015); Solo exhibition at Daimaru Kobe Art Gallery (held in 2015)
2016—Moved studio to Iga; Solo exhibition at Ginza Kuroda Touen; Solo exhibition at Asuka Gallery (Okayama); Solo exhibition at Bunkindo (Gifu)
2024 - Soul of Japan - The Ceramics of Iga, The Stratford Gallery, United Kingdom

Hiroyumi Suzuki's works were first debuted by the gallery in our exhibition 'Soul of Japan - The Ceramics of Iga' in August 2024. What struck us immediately upon studying his work is how consistently characterful it is. Rare for a mid career artist to have found such a strong voice and personal style that is progressive and yet true to its ancestry. His work marries bearing witness to Iga's 'clay flavour' with a skilfully fired outcome of subtle biidoro, the naturally occurring glassy glaze from melted wood ash. Somewhere between silver birch bark and emeralds stands his style, gentle, beautiful and very accomplished.