Glazed Shigaraki clay
9 7/8 x 10 x 10 1/4 inches
25 x 25.5 x 26 cm
Inv# 6572
$ 7,850
Artist Bio
After she received a B.A. from Nihon Women's University, Katsumata studied ceramics at the Ecole National Supérieur des Arts Appliqués et Metiers d'Art, France under well-known ceramist Fance Franck (b. 1931). Through the mentorship of Yanagihara Mutsuo (b. 1934) and her love for painting, she began to focus on the application of color to clay upon returning to Kyoto. Since 1979, when she won a prize at the Kyoto Design Exhibition, she has been showing her works in both solo and group exhibitions. She has exhibited extensively both in and outside of Japan, including in France, Holland and the U.S. Her work contains the energy of abstract painting's vigorous brush strokes, however, achieving this kinetic effect in her ceramics requires careful methodology. Instead of painting directly on the vessel, she covers the vessel with a piece of cloth while she applies the color in order not to leave traces of brushwork. The process of covering and applying decoration is repeated as required to produce a unique color and texture. Katsumata was invited to give a lecture at the National School of Decorative Art in Switzerland in 1997.
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1950 Born in Shizuoka
1972 B.A. in Home Economics, Nihon Women's University, Tokyo
1973-77 Atelier Francine Del Pierre, Paris, apprenticed to Mme. Fance Frank
1974-77 Ecole National Superieur des Arts Appliques et Metiers d'Art, Ceramics
1978 Built studio in Kyoto
Awards:
1979 Won entry to the Kyoto Design Exhibition, Kyoto
1980 Won entry to the Kyoto Craft Exhibition, Kyoto
Solo exhibitions:
1987 Takashimaya Department Store Gallery, Tamagawa, Tokyo (also in 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001)
1990 Gallery Tamura, Hiroshima (also in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000,
2001, and 2002)
1994 Savoir Vivre Gallery, Tokyo
1997 Meguro Ceramic Center, Mie
1999 Cakara Scremini Gallery, Paris
2002 ART SITES, New York
2006 Galerie Tazawa, Kawaramachi branch, Kyoto
Group exhibitions:
1993 Contemporary Ceramic Vessels, Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Urawa, Saitama
1994 Three Person exhibition, Gallery KOYANAGI, Tokyo
Art Work for the Desk Top, Seibu Department Store Gallery, Ikebukuro, Tokyo
1995 Mutsuo Yanagihara and Chieko Katsumata Joint Exhibition, Gallery Tazawa, Kyoto
Three Women Ceramic Artists Exhibition, Dai Ichi Arts, New York
1997 Artworks from the Forest, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Part Museum, Shiga
Artworks for the Desk Top, Contemporary Art NIKI, Tokyo
1999 KUNST RAI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (also in 2000)
2001 Group exhibition, Contemporary Art NIKI, Tokyo
2002 The Centurial History of Modern Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2003 Japanese Ceramics and Photography: From Traditional to Modern, Deichtorstr Museum, Germany
Mutsuo Yanagihara and the 14 Radicals of the Contemporary Ceramics, Museum of Art, Kôchi
2005 Exhibited and published, Contemporary Clay: Japanese ceramics for the new century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2006 Tôji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise, Musèe national de cèramique Sèvres, France
2007 Soaring Voices – Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists, The
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga
Public Collections:
Ishikawa Prefectural Kutani Research Institute, Ishikawa
Japan Foundation
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga
Selected References:
Exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Clay: Japanese ceramics for the new century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2005, pp. 56-59
B. Leigh, "Firebrands of Clay: Contemporary Asian Ceramists shatter cultural stereotypes," Art & Antiques, Dec. 2005, p. 72
Christine Shimizu, Tôji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise, Editions de la rèunion des musèes nationaux, Paris, 2006
Soaring Voices – Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists; The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, 2007
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Gallery Exhibitions
at Smith College Museum of Art
October 9, 2009 - February 28, 2010 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace Northampton, MA 01063 http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/index.htm
at the Crocker Art Museum
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