Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Artists

Featuring over 50 examples made by more than 35 artists during the last two decades contemporary clay offers an overview of everything that is most innovative creative and iconoclastic in the world of modern day japanese ceramics.

Japanese contemporary ceramic artists.

Dai ichi arts ltd. This list is intended to encompass japanese who are primarily fine artists. Is an art gallery located in upper east side of new york city. Like a piece of pop art for the craft world kimiyo mishima s vibrant pieces are intensely fun and as a result mishima has become one of japan s most prominent ceramic artists with her work being exhibited world wide beginning her career as a painter pottery became her canvas for silk screen printing where she transfers printed matter such as magazines and newspapers often with a.

Contemporary japanese ceramics exhibition open from sat mar 09 2019 to sun jan 05 2020 featuring an in depth selection of important works by master japanese ceramic artists of the last eighty years this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see significant examples of avant garde approaches to clay. Through 24 exhibitions per year a standing retail space featuring the best in contemporary studio pottery and a blossoming online presence eutectic promotes both established and emerging local national and international artists. Ceramic culture has thrived there for more than 15 000 years with a focus on practical objects especially pots that are used during the tea ceremony. For information on those who work primarily in film television advertising manga anime video games or performance arts please see the relevant respective articles.

Pottery is one of the oldest crafts and art forms in japan. The works range from painstakingly crafted porcelains inspired by chinese prototypes to rough hewn vessels that revel in the happy accidents of wood fired kilns. Vitamin c celebrates the revival of clay as a material for contemporary visual artists featuring a wide range of global talent as selected by the world s leading curators critics and art professionals. We specialize in japanese contemporary ceramics.

In 1948 the group sodeisha began the movement toward modern ceramics challenging the tradition of functional pottery. Clay and ceramics have in recent years been elevated from craft to high. That wasn t the case 20 or 30 years ago when there were. It s really nice to see how contemporary japanese ceramic art is being embraced by world collectors museums and galleries he said.

While plenty of artists have preserved the customary look and feel of the ancient craft many have opted to reinvigorate the medium through experimental approaches and unconventional aesthetics. We represent various japanese artists who creates both sculpture work and utilitarian work.