Kondō Yutaka

Exhibitions
- The Eight Winds
  Chinese Influence on Japanese Ceramics 18 Sep - 31 Oct 2013
  
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- Kondo Yutaka
  The Transformation of a Traditional Kyoto Family 10 Nov - 17 Dec 2010
  
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biography

Kondō Yutaka studied at Kyoto City University of Art with three Living National Treasures: his father
Kondō Yuzō (1902-1985), designated for sometsuke ware (cobalt blue-glazed porcelain), Fujimoto
Nōdō (1919-92), known for his overglaze works, and Tomimoto Kenkichi (1886-1963), who
revolutionized Japanese ceramics as both artist and influential teacher. After graduating in 1955
and until his untimely death in 1983, Kondō also taught ceramic courses at the university. He drew
inspiration from medieval Chinese, Korean, and Islamic ceramic aesthetics, which he studied first-
hand during several trips abroad. Of these various techniques, the style of punch’ong ware from
15th – 16th century Korea, characterized by a white liquid slip-inlay and a black glazed surface,
became Kondō’s signature aesthetic.

1932 Born in Kyoto
1955 Graduated from ceramic department of Kyoto City University of Arts
1957 Studied with Tomimoto Kenkichi and Kondō Yūzō
1961 Appointed assistant at Kyoto City University of Fine Arts
1962-63 Traveled to U.S. and Europe, taught at Indiana University with Karl Martz
1964 Appointed Instructor at Kyoto City College of Fine Arts
1966 Japan Ceramics Association Award
1969 Participated in field research in Papua New Guinea
1971 Appointed Assistant Professor at Kyoto City University of Arts
1972 Invited to teach at Indiana University
1977 Participated in field research in Afghanistan and Korea
1979 Visiting instructor, Queen Elizabeth II Academy of Fine Arts in New Zealand
1980 Appointed Professor at Kyoto City University of Arts
1982 Studied medieval Korean ceramics and worked in Korea
1983 Died at the age of 50
Awards:

1957 Awarded the Kyoto Mayoral Prize, Kyo-ten (also in 1962)
1959 Awarded the Tomimoto Prize, Shinshō-kai
1960 Awarded the Emerging Artist Prize, Kyoto Shūsaku-ten
Awarded prize, Asahi Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
1981 Awarded the Merit Prize, Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition

Selected Public Collections:

Indiana University of Art Museum, Bloomington IN
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Musée Tomo, Tokyo
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Kondō Yutaka
bio pt 1

(1932-1983)

KONDŌ YUTAKA studied at Kyoto City University of Arts with two Living National Treasures: his father Kondō Yūzō (1902-1985), designated for sometsuke ware (cobalt blue-glazed porcelain) and Tomimoto Kenkichi (1886-1963), who revolutionized Japanese ceramics as both artist and influential teacher. After graduating in 1955 and until his untimely death in 1983, Kondō also taught ceramic courses at the university. He drew inspiration from medieval Chinese, Korean, and Islamic ceramic aesthetics, which he studied first-hand during several trips abroad. Of these various techniques, the style of punch’ong ware from 15th–16th century Korea, characterized by a white liquid slip-inlay and a black glazed surface, became Kondō’s signature aesthetic.

Selected Public Collections:

Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Indiana University of Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN
Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT