NAKAMURA Kinpei 中村錦平
H10.5 × Dia 12 cm
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The Kanazawa artist Nakamura Kinpei is celebrated for his radically expressive and sculptural stoneware, hand-built ceramics. His hand-built vessels feature roughly textured bodies that consist of overlapping torn slabs with impressed markings, adorned with vivid glazes such as blue, green, or salt-glazed orange. He is inspired by Jomon ceramics, and there is certainly something archaeological in his work. His work is held in several museums and institutions both internationally and domestically in Japan. His brothers, Nakamura Takuo and Nakamura Kohei are also celebrated ceramic artists.
Artist biography:
1935 Born in Kanazawa as the third generation of the pottery master Baizan1955 Withdrew from Kanazawa College of Art,
Studied cooking and Rosanjin's pottery at Nakajima in Ginza, Tokyo
1969 Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation,
conducting comparative research on Japanese and American ceramics
1982 Exhibited "ARTand/orCRAFT: Decorating Today - USA,JAPAN"
1988 Confronted traditional crafts with a solo exhibition, "Japanese Hobby: An Answer".
1993 Awarded the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize for the exhibition
"Tokyo Ware: Exploring the Present through Meta-ceramics"
Awarded the Art Encouragement Prize
by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2006 Professor, Department of Crafts, Tama Art University
2014 Solo exhibition "Tokyo Ware Installation" at Oita Prefectural Museum of Art, commemorating the completion of the museum.
Selected permanent collections:
Rockefeller Foundation, U.S.A.
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
International Museum of Ceramics, Italy
National Museum of Wales, England
Scripps College, U.S.A.
Ariana Museum of Art, Switzerland
The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
Hokkaido Museum of Art
Ishikawa Prefectural Art Museum
Kure City Art Museum
Brooklyn Museum, U.S.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Everson Museum, U.S.A.
Aichi Ceramic Museum
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
Suntory Museum of Art
The Japan Foundation
Porvoo Museum, Finland
Design Museum, Finland
EKWC, Netherlands
Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Art 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Japan
Foshan Museum of Ceramic Art, Foshan, China