Wada Morihiro 和太 守卑良 1944-2008
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Photography by Shigyo Suenobu
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“I feel that the various vessel forms that I create depart from me and perform long dramas with their own characters and roles.”
- Wada Morihiro
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Exhibitions
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BEYOND THE SURFACE: The Unity of Form and Pattern in the Work of Wada Morihiro
Asia Week New York March 13 - 21, 2025Read more -
PAINTED CLAY
Wada Morihiro and Modern Ceramics of Japan March 16 - April 14, 2023Read more -
Vessel Explored / Vessel Transformed - Tomimoto Kenkichi and his Enduring Legacy
March 13 - April 26, 2019Read more -
The Winter Show 2019
The Five Elements - Gogyō: Five Japanese Masters of the Art of Clay January 18 - 27, 2019Read more -
Three Giants of the North: Kamoda Shōji, Matsui Kosei, Wada Morihiro
Asia Week New York 2018 March 12 - April 20, 2018Read more -
Winter Antiques Show 2016
A Benefit for East Side House Settlement January 22 - 31, 2016Read more -
The Salon Art + Design
Park Avenue Armory, NYC November 8 - 12, 2012Read more -
Winter Antiques Show
Confronting Tradition in Clay: Japanese National Living Treasures versus Iconoclasts January 21 - 30, 2011Read more -
SOFA:WEST (Santa Fe)
July 8 - 11, 2010Read more -
Eastern Departures
Ceramic Artists of Eastern Japan November 11 - December 4, 2009Read more -
Views from the Past, Visions of the Future
Masterworks of Japanese Art September 19 - October 15, 2007Read more -
Transcending Tradition
Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Art September 26 - October 7, 2006Read more
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Publications
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BEYOND THE SURFACE
The Unity of Form and Pattern in the Work of Wada Morihiro 2025 Read more -
Clay as Soft Power
Shigaraki Ware in Postwar America and Japan University of Michigan Museum of Art, 2022 Read more -
Contemporary Clay
Japanese Ceramics for the New Century Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Read more -
Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Read more -
Japan Now
Three displays at Gardiner Museum of contemporary Japanese ceramics Joan B Mirviss Read more -
PAINTED CLAY
Wada Morihiro and Modern Ceramics of Japan 2023 Read more -
Pure Form
Japanese Sculptural Ceramics Art Gallery of South Australia, 2022 Read more -
The Betsy and Robert Feinberg Collection
Japanese Ceramics for the Twenty-first Century 2014 Read more -
Three Giants of The North
Kamoda Shõji, Matsui Kōsei, Wada Morihiro 2018 Read more -
Vessel Explored / Vessel Transformed
Tomimoto Kenkichi and his Enduring Legacy 2019 Read more
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News
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Beyond the Surface: The Unity of Form and Pattern in the Work of Wada Morihiro featured in Gekkan Bijutsu
April 18, 2025Art Topics: A Solo Show for Ceramist Wada Morihiro in New York Nearly 60 representative patterns attract praise. An exhibition planned during the artist’s lifetime...Read more -
ArtDaily reports a fantastic Asia Week New York round-up
March 30, 2023With sales nearing $130M, Asia Week New York returns with robust sales, enthusiastic crowds With sales nearing $130M, Asia Week New York returns with robust...Read more -
PAINTED CLAY is today's cover story in ArtDaily
March 22, 2023ArtDaily News features Joan B Mirviss LTD's spring 2023 Asia Week exhibition, PAINTED CLAY ArtDaily Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Painted Clay: Wada Morihiro and Modern...Read more -
INFOCERÁMICA covers Joan B Mirviss LTD exhibition, PAINTED CLAY
March 17, 2023Del 16 de marzo al 14 de abril se puede ver en la prestigiosa galería neoyorquina Joan B. Mirviss LTD la exposición dedicada al gran...Read more -
PAINTED CLAY featured in Yomitime
March 17, 2023和太守卑良と日本の近代陶芸展 画廊ジョーンBマービスで 2023年03月17日号 Vol.441 和太守卑良と日本の近代陶芸展 画廊ジョーンBマービスで 和太守卑良(わだ・もりひろ、1944〜 200 8年)による陶芸作品の展覧会「Wada Morihiro and Modern Ceramics of Japan」が、3月16日(木)から4月14日(金)まで、市内の画廊ジョーンBマービスで開催される。アジアウィーク・ニューヨークの一環。入場無料。 和太は、現代的な造形力と抽象的な模様や色付けで独創性の高い作品で知られる。64歳で他界したが、その作品は没後も日本国内外で変わらない人気を集めている。 アジアウィーク・ニューヨーク期間中に伴い、展示会「The Colors of the Postwar Japanese Abstract Arts」も同時開催する。これは、日本美術の販売や出版事業を通して日本文化の継承・普及に携わる思文閣(しぶんかく)とのコラボレーション。山口長男、堂本印象、森田子龍など、カラフルな日本の抽象画の作品を展示する。 ■3月16日（木）〜4月14日（金）...Read more -
The New York Times covers Asia Week New York
7 Ways to Kick Off Your Asia Week Art Tour March 16, 2023'New York’s annual festival of Asian art has returned to full strength. Our critic selects seven of the most eye-catching works to anchor your itinerary.'...Read more -
Latest exhibition at Joan B Mirviss LTD in NY Seikatsu
March 16, 2023Japanese-language publication NY Seikatsu features PAINTED CLAY Wada Morihiro and Modern Ceramics of Japan in their latest issue. 和太守卑良、日本の近代陶芸展 アート, 文化・芸能, 注目記事 03/15/2023 16日からJoan B...Read more -
Wada Morihiro exhibition to open at Joan B Mirviss LTD
March 10, 2023A Japan-related event highlighted by the Consulate General of Japan in New York Wada Morihiro and Modern Ceramics of Japan Venue Joan B Mirviss LTD...Read more -
Asian Art Newspaper covers gallery exhibitions for Asia Week New York
March 3, 2023Multi-venue events around the world are finally getting back on their feet and Asia Week New York is no exception. ASIAN ART NEWSPAPER MARCH 2023...Read more -
Antiques And The Arts Weekly
Asia Week New York Rings Up $169,819,900 In Total Sales April 5, 2018Asia Week New York - the ten-day Asian art extravaganza that concluded on March 24, reports that combined sales totaled $ 169,819,900. At press time,...Read more -
Asian Art
Asia Week New York March 28, 2018Joan Mirviss's taste in contemporary Japanese ceramics is well known and this year she is presenting works by Matsui Kosei (1927-2003), Kamoda Shoji (1933-1983) and...Read more -
Architectural Digest
The Six Galleries to Visit This Asia Week March 28, 2018Joan B. Mirviss LTD Ceramics enthusiasts will leave Mirviss's gallery feeling absolutely energized. For around ten years, Mirviss has been preparing 'Three Giants of The...Read more -
New York Times
Rare and Unusual Objects Come Calling March 28, 2018Galleries Several angular pots by Wada Morihiro (1944—2008), one of the three major 20th-century Japanese ceramic artists to which her current show is dedicated, are...Read more -
Tribute to Wada Morihiro
(1944 - 2008) September 7, 2008It is with tremendous sadness that we note the tragic, unexpected death on September 7, 2008 of our beloved artist, Wada Morihiro, at age 63....Read more
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Watashigaraki, 2000. Unglazed Shigaraki stoneware with kiln effect, 21 x 20 x 17 5/8 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025.477.
