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Kino Satoshi

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    • The Winter Show 2025

      The Winter Show 2025

      FORM not FUNCTION: Japanese Ceramic Sculpture 24 Jan - 2 Feb 2025
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    • The Winter Show 2021

      The Winter Show 2021

      Masterworks of Modern Japanese Porcelain 19 - 31 Jan 2021
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    • The Artists of HANDS & EARTH

      The Artists of HANDS & EARTH

      at The Katonah Museum of Art 1 Dec 2020 - 24 Jan 2021
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    • Windswept

      Windswept

      Sculptural porcelain by Kino Satoshi 21 Apr - 15 May 2020
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    • Kino Satoshi

      Kino Satoshi

      Rising Stars: Quiet Tension- The Sculptural Art of Kino Satoshi 12 Sep - 13 Oct 2017
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    • Ao: Colors of Nature in Blue+Green

      Ao: Colors of Nature in Blue+Green

      Winter Antiques Show 20 - 29 Jan 2017
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    • The Salon Art + Design

      The Salon Art + Design

      Park Avenue Armory, NYC 10 - 14 Nov 2016
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    • Summer Exhibition

      Summer Exhibition

      Clay Sculpture 13 Jul - 31 Aug 2016
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  • Kino Satoshi

    Kino Satoshi

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    bio pt 1

    Born 1987, Kyoto, Japan

    Having first created ceramics as a teenager, within ten years, KINO SATOSHI was already given his first museum solo exhibition at the New Taipei City Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan. Originally interested in pursuing a career as a stone sculptor, upon entering Kyoto Seika University and encountering the powerful sculptural ceramics of Nishida Jun (1977-2005) in a retrospective exhibition, Kino decided to major in ceramics. Inspired by Nishida’s powerful large and dense forms, he initially attempted to follow in that sculptural perspective but soon realized this did not suit his own aesthetic sensibility.

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    Fascinated by the potential of fired porcelain to become like stone when polished, Kino chose to focus on porcelain. His sculptures resemble long, billowing ribbons of celadon-glazed porcelain. First throwing a spherical band on the wheel, rather than mold-casting, Kino then severs this tapered band into segments. Using the centrifugal force of the wheel, he manually transforms these thin, attenuated, sections into flowing works of art. After drying, he thoroughly sands the entire work prior to bisque firing. Then, before the final firing, he applies translucent bluish-white (seihakuji) glaze with a compressor before firing in a reduction atmosphere. The artist credits his unique process as enabling works to be integrated into the surrounding space, as he is inspired by nature, particularly the phases of the moon.

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    Selected Public Collections:

    Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
    City Council of Marratxi, Spain
    Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
    Fule International Ceramic Art Museum, Xian, China
    Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
    Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
    Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Japan
    Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
    Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan
    New Taipei City Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan
    Newark Art Museum, NJ
    New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
    Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
    Phoenix Art Museum, AZ

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