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)