Born in Tokyo in 1950 as the third son of Japanese painter Shuki Matsuzaki.
After graduating from Tamagawa University's Department of Art and Ceramic Art in 1972, he became a disciple of Tatsuzo Shimaoka.
1977: Established kiln in Mashiko Town, where it continues to this day
1978 Solo exhibition at Keio Department Store, Shinjuku branch (every year thereafter)
1980: Received the Nojima Award from the Kokugakai
Solo exhibition at Hankyu Department Store, Osaka Umeda Main Branch (and every year thereafter)
1982: Member of the Kokugakai Association
1984: Received the Kokugakai Fellow Works Award
1986: Member of the Kokugakai
1993: Master and Student Exhibition at the Modern Japanese Ceramic Art Exhibition at Elysian Art in New York
1995 Group exhibition at GALLERY DAI ICHI ARTS, New York
Six Master Potters at the Modern Ages exhibition at BABCOCK GALLERIES, New York
(Shoji Hamada, Tatsuzo Shimaoka, Ken Matsuzaki, Bernard Leach, Warren Mackenzie, Randy Johnson)
1997: Four-person Japanese and American ceramics exhibition at Seibu Department Store, Ikebukuro
(Tatsuzo Shimaoka, Ken Matsuzaki, Warren Mackenzie, Randy Johnston)
1998 Tanko Biennale
2000: Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, "The 20th Century of Tochigi Prefectural Art II" Millennium Door Exhibition
Kiln Change by Ken Matsuzaki DVD Production
2001: RUFFORD GALLERY JAPAN EXHIBITION AT RUFFORD 2001, UK
2002 Solo exhibition at PUCKER GALLERY BOSTON, Boston (every other year thereafter)
Workshop at Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis
At the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles
EMERGING CONTENPORARY JAPANESE CERAMIC ARTIST Exhibition
2003: Exhibited at the "Oribe: Japanese Art in Transition" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Workshop at the Wales Clay Art Festival, UK
Solo exhibition at RUFFORD GALLERY in the UK
Solo exhibition at RUTHIN GALLERY in the UK
Workshop at the UK International Ceramics Festival
2006 Workshop at Harvard University, Boston
2007 Solo exhibition at Goldmark Gallery in the UK (every other year thereafter)
2008: Production of the Boston KEN MATSUZAKI BURNING TRADITION collection
Invited to exhibit at Lake Oswego of Art in Oregon
Workshop at the Art League School, Alexandria, Virginia
Workshop at University of Wisconsin, Minneapolis
2010 Workshop at New Hampshire Institute of Art
Solo exhibition at Koetsudo Museum in Akita
Solo exhibition at Boujimoriya Annex in Hakodate
Solo exhibition at Sakurano Department Store, Hachinohe
Solo exhibition at Sakurano Department Store, Aomori
2011 Ginza Matsuya Exhibition of the Matsuzaki Brothers, Toru and Ken
Workshop in Kigbeare, UK
Solo exhibition at Aoki Gallery, Utsunomiya
2012: At the Aoki Gallery in Utsunomiya, "Don't let the fire of Mashiko go out: Ken Matsuzaki's large plate exhibition"
2013 Workshop at Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center Maui
Workshop at Donkey Mill Art Center, Big Island of Hawaii
At the Aoki Gallery in Utsunomiya, "Light the Fire of Mashiko: Kenta Matsuzaki's Jar Exhibition"
2014 Ken Matsuzaki Ceramic Art Exhibition at Gallery Yoshinoya in Mashiko
2015 Workshop at Centro De Arte Curaumilla, Chile
Workshops on the three islands of Hawaii: Big Island, Maui, and Kauai
Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Building
2016 Contemporary Ceramic Artists Exhibition by Three Artists (Saeki Morimi, Teramoto Mamoru, Matsuzaki Ken) at Gallery Ryokutori, Yamani Otsuka, Mashiko
2017 Ken Matsuzaki Ceramic Art Exhibition at Gallery Yoshinoya in Mashiko, Mashiko
Ken Matsuzaki Ceramic Art Exhibition at Gallery Ryokutori in Yamani Otsuka, Mashiko
2018 Ken Matsuzaki Ceramic Art Exhibition at Gallery Yoshinoya in Mashiko, Mashiko
Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Building