Kishimoto Kennin
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Exhibitions
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Teabowls and Waterjars
4 Dec 2023 - 5 Jan 2024Read more -
The Artists of HANDS & EARTH
at The Katonah Museum of Art 1 Dec 2020 - 24 Jan 2021Read more -
Reflections of a Summer Scape
Clay, Prints and Paintings 20 Jun - 17 Aug 2018Read more -
Ao: Colors of Nature in Blue+Green
Winter Antiques Show 20 - 29 Jan 2017Read more
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biography
Residing in an exquisite compound in the mountains near Toki, the center for oribe and shino ceramics, Kishimoto Kennin derived his inspiration from these Mino traditions but has transformed these aesthetics into highly creative Iga ware. His enthusiasm for a variety of aesthetic traditions has provided him with a vast range of techniques typically used for unglazed pottery. From the mid-1990s until recently he has also focused the highly difficult craft of crackle-glaze celadon ware. However, his natural ash Iga ceramics that have brought him greatest acclaim in Japan, Europe and the US.
1934 Born in Aichi Prefecture
1982 First solo show at Umeda Hankyû Department in Osaka
1983 First Exhibition at Maruei Art Gallery, Nagoya
1984 First solo show at Nihonbashi Takashimaya in Tokyo
1988 Selected for exhibition: JAPAN ART, West Germany
1992 “Vier Elemente Drei Länder” at Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am Main, Ausstellung, Germany.
2000 Exhibited at Toyota City Art Museum
2003 Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tottori prefecture (again in 2005)
Exhibited at Toyota City Art Museum
2005 Solo show at Gallery Dôjima, Ôsaka cityUS Public Collections:
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, New York
Yale University Art -
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