Calendar
Premio Targa Argento per l’opela di ‘Sign‘ di Yoshinori Akazawa artista contemporanea Giapponese Kyoto
Sign 2016 photo © Yoshinori Akazawa
Un tripudio per il Concorso della Ceramica d’Arte Città di Gualdo Tadino. La 39° edizione la più partecipata dal 1959.
AKAZAWA è nato a Kyoto, Giappone nel 1971, attualmente vive a Kyoto.
Nel 1995 si è diplomato all’università Municipale delle Arti di Kyoto, Belle Arti, con specializzazione artistica in Nihonga (Pittura stile di giapponese).
Nel 1997 frequenta la scuola speciale “tecnologica da vasaio” del Kyoto prefectural.
Nel 1998 si diploma presso l’Istituto di Ricerca Industriale Comunale Kyoto – Industriale Tecnologia Centrale, corso ceramico.
L’artista è stato ammesso alle ultime tre edizioni del “Premio Faenza – Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d’Arte Contemporanea” (Faenza: 2007, 2009, 2011) e, nel 2009, ottiene la “Medaglia del Rotary Club di Faenza”.
YOSHINORI AKAZAWA
CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC ART EXHIBITION
THINKER IN SPACE
works ‘Comedia’ 2016 : by Yoshinori Akazawa , Photo by Takashi Hatakeyama
The artist, AKAZAWA Yoshinori, transcends genres, being active in ceramics, nihonga-style painting and photography, both here in Japan and abroad. Born into a family of Kyōyaki potters famous for its Kōchi-ware (Kōchi-yaki, Cochin-ware) ceramics, he discovered an affinity existed between the nihonga-style of painting that he studied in university, the beauty of mosaic patterns and the materials used in Kōchi-ware, so he set about combining these various elements in his creative works.
This exhibition will feature works that have returned to Japan from open exhibitions abroad. In other words, it will provide the opportunity to see works selected by various people possessing differing aesthetics and values, all in one place. These works, which are a result of combining traditional Kōchi-ware techniques with inspiration acquired overseas, allow us a glimpse of the artist, others, the passage of time and the relationships that exist between different countries. The artist describes this sense, which surpasses time and space, as being that of a ‘thinker in space’, and we have used this as the title for the exhibition. We hope that this exhibition will serve to bring further innovation to the field of Kyōyaki ceramics.
SHIMOMURA Kazuma
Curator
Kyoto Ceramic Center
Thanks to
Critical text:
Rolando Giovannini (Milan and Faenza, Italy)
Professor in
Ceramic Materials in Architecture. Knowledge and Conservation
In SSBAP, Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Architettonici e del Paesaggio.
Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani.
Milan
Italy
Roser Vilardell Tarruella (Barcelona, Spain)
YOSHINORI AKAZAWA CV
1971 born, live in Kyoto
1995 BFA / Kyoto City University of Arts fine arts, Nihonga (Japanese style painting)
2002 Nihonga painting solo exhibiton ‘Hana-no-Ame (Flower Shower)’ Sakaimachi Garow (Kyoto, Japan)
2009-2010 ‘15 Fusumae (painting for Fusuma) donation as requiem for Nobunaga Oda’ Soken-ji temple, The ruins of Azuchi Castle (Azuchi / Shiga, Japan)
2016 ‘MADE IN JAPAN’ MIC International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Faenza, Italy
2017 ‘Honorable mention’ & ‘Prize of Targa Argent’ 39th International Ceramic Art Competition of Gualdo Tadino City (Gualdo Tadino, Perugia, Italy)
2018 Ceramic solo exhibition ‘JAPAN‘ Nihombashi Mitsukoshi main store Art square (Tokyo, Japan)
