Curved square form, 2009
Stoneware
9 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 4 inches
Inv# 6446
$7,250
Stoneware
9 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 4 inches
Inv# 6446
$7,250
Artist Bio
As the second son of a painter, Tsukamoto attended the prestigious Tokyo National University in the Crafts Department. He later specialized in ceramics as a graduate student under the astute direction of two artists who were later designated Living National Treasures: Fujimoto Yoshimichi (b. 1919) and Tamura Kôichi (b. 1918). Despite his painterly background, the pure lines and form inherent in sculpture always attracted him. Surface decoration was never part of his oeuvre and unglazed stoneware in functional forms became his focus. Throughout his career he avoided trade exhibitions and competitions, preferring to exhibit in select and exclusive shows.
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1944 Born in Tokyo
1969 Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, crafts department
1971 Graduated Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, ceramics department
1975 Opened his kiln in Minami Izu, Shizuoka
Selected Solo exhibitions
1979 Miharudô Gallery, Tokyo
1985 Scorched Earth, Akasaka Inui Gallery, Tokyo
1986 Light Boxes, Gallery Zokan, Kôchi
1987 Light Boxes, Miharudô Gallery, Tokyo
1988 Frame of Flower, Gallery Isogaya, Tokyo
1989 Eclipse, Atélier de Rambuteau, Paris
1990 Fragments of the Terra, Akasaka Inui Gallery, Tokyo
1991 Fragments of the Terra Part2, Galerie Kouki, Paris
Ware, Silver Shell Gallery, Oiso
1992 Ceramic Mirror, Kobo, Tokyo (annually)
Geosyncline, Atélier Uno, Tokyo
Geosyncline Part 2, Gallery Den, Shimoda
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1983 Ten-person Exhibition, Shanshûen, Shuzenji (annually until 1993)
1987 Soul Capsule, Gallery Isogaya, Tokyo
1988 Planetary Series, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
1994 Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections, Japan Society, New York; New Orleans Art
Museum, and Honolulu Academy of Arts,
References:
F. Baekeland, Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections, Japan Society, New York, 1993.
p. 149, pl. 74; Tsukamoto Seijiro, Toh, vol. 99, 1993.
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