Yasuhisa Kohyama
Yasuhisa Kohyama è nato nel 1936 a Shigaraki, importante centro di produzione della ceramica in Giappone. All’età di quindici anni Kohyama inizia il suo percorso di ceramista lavorando in una delle più grandi fabbriche di ceramica a Shigaraki, Oumi Kagaku Touki. Negli anni successivi frequenta una scuola di formazione per imparare le tecniche elementari e in seguito collabora con designer, architetti per importanti progetti.
Nel 1973 avvia la sperimentazione delle sue tecniche di taglio e cottura e, nello stesso anno, la sua prima mostra personale al Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Department di Tokyo, fu un grande successo. Le sue opere sono esposte in Giappone presenti nelle collezioni a livello internazionale nei principali musei tra cui, The Metropolitan Museum of Art e The Museum of Art and Design a New York, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art.
YASUHISA KOHYAMA EXHIBITION
GROUP SHOW (a selection)
2015
Yugen - Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
2012
Craft Spoken Here, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
2011
Beauty in All Things, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
2010
SOFA-West, browngrotta arts, USA
The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show, New York, USA
2009
Contemporary Voices in Clay, Lacoste Gallery, Boston, USA
2008
SOFA NY, Galerie Besson, Art Miya, USA
SOFA Chicago, Galerie Besson, Chicago, USA
2007
Asian Art Fair, Art Miya, New York, USA
Classic and Contemporary Ceramics, Galerie Besson, London UK
2006
Tradition and Departure, Craft Act, Canberra, Australia
Contemporary Clay, Japan Society, New York, USA
Toji avant-garde et tradition du Japon, Sèvres, France
2005
Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Works from the Lake Land, The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Arts, Shiga, Japan
2004
Palmbeach Contemporary, browngrotta arts, USA
SOFA NY, browngrotta arts, USA
2002
Ceramic Modernism: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and Their Legacy, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
2001
Great Shigaraki, The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Arts, Shiga, Japan
SOLO SHOW (a selection)
2015
Erskine Hall & Coe, London, UK
2012
Erskine Hall & Coe, London, UK
Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokio, Japan
2011
Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokio, Japan
2010
Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Lacoste Gallery, Boston, USA
2009
The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, USA
2008
Galerie Besson, London, UK
2005
The Ceramic Art Gallery, Sidney, Australia
2003
Galerie De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, Netherlands
WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTION
The Cleveland Museum Of Art, Cleveland, USA
Everson Museum of Art, Syracusa, New York, USA
Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
European Ceramic Work Center, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany
The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
Shigaraki Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Arts, Shiga, Japan
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Powerhouse Museum, Sidney, Australia
Worchester Art Museum, Worchester, USA
AWARDS
2010
Sofa New York, Long House Reserve Special Recognition Award for Best Artwork in Show
A thing of beauty
Rose Cabat, Hans Coper, Keiji Ito, Yasuhisa Kohyama, Kazuhito Nagasawa, Lucie Rie, Päivi Rintaniemi, Shingo Takeuchi, Kati Tuominen-Niittylä, Nanni Valentini, Carlo Zauli
Dal 22 maggio 2019 al 28 settembre 2019
