vol.47
Keisuke Iwata Michiko Iwata Kouichi Uchida Mitsugu Sato
Furniture exhibition by artists
2012.7.27-8.19
We asked four artists who usually do interesting work to make furniture.
Keisuke Iwata and Kouichi Uchida are ceramic artists, Michiko Iwata is a sculptor, and Mitsugu Sato is a contemporary artist.I usually work on works with different stances.
Furniture that we see and touch as something tangible in our daily lives.
If it were them, what kind of sensibility, what kind of perspective, what kind of things would they produce?
This is an exhibition that was completed with such excitement.
The world is on summer vacation. I still can't go against my childhood memories. At this time of year, a strange playfulness appears on the face.
And just as I thought... No, more unique works than I imagined lined up in this "house"!
Above all, you can tell that the artists who are creating it are having fun.
Everyone who attended this precious opportunity, a great accomplice of the times, too.
Please love, touch, and sometimes sit.
Nao Masaki
Keisuke Iwata
1954 Born in Soeda-machi, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture
1977 Graduated from Nihon University College of Art majoring in Sculpture
Tajimi ceramic school advanced course admission
1978 Seto became apprentice to Goro Kawamoto
1983 Kiln opened in hometown
1986 First solo exhibition at Akasaka Ken Gallery, Tokyo
Presented his work at a solo exhibition around Japan
1992 Produced in Paris, solo exhibition
Estampage（ Take the model of the city) Start series production
1995 Moved to Tsuyazaki-cho, Fukuoka
2011-12 Exhibited at "es journees de la ceramique" sponsored by the city of Paris
Michiko Iwata
1956 Born in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
1979 Graduated from Ritsumeikan University College of Social Sciences
Part-time job at the office of graphic design at Kokura
1982-83 First trip to Europe Mainly visiting museums with Seiichi Horiuchi's "Travel from Paris" as a guide
Studied drawing and copperplate printing at an art studio in England and Italy
1993 Tokyo Franco-Japanese Hall Poster Original Drawing Contest Winner
2001 First solo exhibition at Gallery Kramer (Tokyo)
Presentation of works at solo exhibitions and group exhibitions in various place
2010 Atelier exchange with a French artist for two months,
Discarded things and used items as materials
2012 Scheduled for second atelier exchange in autumn
Kouichi Uchida
1969 Born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
1990 Aichi Prefectural Seto Pottery High School Ceramic Art Course Completed
1992 Moved to Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture and became independent
1993 Activities centered on solo exhibitions
2000 Exhibition "Looking at Vessels Crafts Living in Life"
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Museum (Tokyo)
2003 「UCHIDA KOUICHI」Exhibition Paramita Museum (Mie)
Published a collection of works "UCHIDA KOUICHI" from Kyuryudo
2004 Serene form "Uchida Kouichi"Works:2003-2004
4th MUSEUM RIVER RETREAT GAGAKU (Toyama)
2006 "Ceramic Now+ for the Present and Future of Ceramics"
Hyogo Ceramic Art Museum (Hyogo) / "SOFA" (New York)
and others, Spain, UK, USA, Vietnam, Thailand,
Produced and released in South Korea, India, West Africa, South America, etc.
At Gallery NAO MASAKI
2008 "born; the shape of appearing"
2009 "From Egypt Exhibition"
2011 "Statue HITOGATA"
Mitsugu Sato
1971 Born in Osaka
1992 Dropped out of the Department of Fine Arts, Osaka University of Arts
1994 Wandering from China to Asian countries, America, Central and South American countries, etc.
1998 After moving to Wakayama City, he resumed his artistic activities using flotsam.
2005 iTohen(Osaka) 06,10,11
PANTALOON( Osaka )09
lim Art( Tokyo )
「I want the moon」SEWING TABLE COFFEE( Osaka )
2006 colonbooks (Nagoya)
"Morning"SEWING TABLE COFFEE( Osaka )
2007 "Waltz" iTohen (Osaka)
Moriokashoten (Tokyo) '12
2010 Art Court Frontier 2010#8 (Osaka)
2011 Natural Midwifery MAIEU Tl KE Wild Creation Bakurocho ART+EAT (Tokyo)
2012 Position 2012 Nagoya Contemporary Art - The World Seen from This Place Nagoya City Art Museum (Nagoya)
At Gallery NAO MASAKI
2009 Solo Exhibition (Nagoya) '11
