Jun Kaneko

Awards

Sculpting heads at Mission Clay Products in Pittsburg, KS, 2007.
Sculpting heads at Mission Clay Products in Pittsburg, KS, 2007. Photo by Takashi Hatakeyama.

Select Grants, Honors, & Awards

2023

Dick and Mary Holland Leadership Award, Omaha Symphony, Omaha, NE

2021

International Sculpture Center Lifetime Achievement Award

2018

Commendation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Honorary Doctorate, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship, American Craft Council

2011

Master of the Media, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC

2010

Artist Advisory Board, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2008

Honorary Doctorate, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA

2006

Honorary Doctorate, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE

2005

Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London, England

1996

Fellow of the American Craft Council

1994

Honorary Member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Nebraska Arts Council Fellowship

1985

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1979

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1967

Archie Bray Foundation Fellowship