Colour Resonance: The Visual Language of Ceramics Catalogue
Lee Jong Min (b.1982) is a ceramic artist based in An-Seung, South Korea. He obtained his BA degree in Chung-Ang University Art and Crafts, South Korea, and membership of International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) since 2021.
To express his adoration of mother nature, Lee devotes his mind and time on traditional ceramic methods to develop his own craftsmanship and concepts, sculpting his work into meticulous shapes and minute details by impeccable concentration and perseverance. As a ceramic auteur, his works are collected by many International Museums, including National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art South Korea, MK&G Museum Germany, and Changchun International Ceramic Gallery China.
Lee Jong Min
Ogata Kamio
Ogata Kamio (1949 - 2022), hailing from the remote island of Hokkaidō, was a self-taught artist who specialised in the challenging art of neriage, or marbled clay. Despite lacking professional connections, Ogata has gained international recognition for his unparalleled mastery, with his works now held in esteemed art museums.
Utilising the neriage technique, Ogata layers hundreds of paper-thin sheets of coloured clay to create pieces with distinct striated patterns. He further enhances this effect by designing multi-ridged, folded, and pleated forms that amplify the optical qualities of his uniquely refined neriage ware, resulting in works that significantly diverge from their ancient Chinese predecessors.
Ogata strives to instil a rhythmic sensibility in each piece. The delicate layers of graduated blues, greys, and whites, combined with the pleated surfaces, create an optical illusion of movement, reinforcing the concept of rippling waves flowing around or through his ceramic creations.
Satoshi Kino
KINO is a distinguished ceramic artist from Uji, Kyoto. He started ceramic making since of age 15, earned his M.F.A. in Ceramics from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2012. He has participated in many exhibitions international wide and solo exhibitions in Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Taipei and New York. Kino also has been recognized in several international competitions and has received many First prize awards in Japan, China, Spain.
His works had been collected in many public and private museums in Japan, U.S.A., Spain, China and well-known in the contemporary ceramic area as a young ceramicist.
KINO only focus on the potter's wheel technique and porcelain clay. His works come from the adjectives found in Japanese to describe the natural world and infuse the serenity inherently found in water, the air, and plants, evoke elements of nature and convey abstract feelings to the viewer. Furthermore, he tries to replicate the tension which is quietly present in our surroundings and form those impressions into solid objects.
Kunihiro Akinaga
Kunihiro Akinaga (b. 1987) was born in Osaka, Japan. He graduated from the Ceramic Art Course in the Department of Crafts at Osaka University of Arts in 2001.
In contemporary society, where issues such as international relations and environmental changes abound, Kunihiro Akinaga is acutely aware of the information overload that obscures the truth. At the same time, society is advancing at an astonishing pace, driven by human desires that propel scientific progress and make nearly anything possible. This rapid development blurs the lines between "reality" and "unreality," as well as between "human" and "animal."
These contemplations have inspired Akinaga to create hollow ceramic works that embody the duality of "permanence," reminiscent of Japan's Jomon pottery, alongside a fragility that can easily shatter upon impact. Through this creative lens, he seeks to explore the relationship between humans and nature and to question the boundaries between reality and illusion.
