Yoshimitsu Ishihara 石原祥充
B. 1971, OSAKA JAPAN
YOSHIMITSU ISHIHARA is a ceramist who focuses on traditional Japanese processes including carbonizing techniques and nobori-gama kilns. With a background in sculpture, ISHIHARA prefers to form his pieces free hand. His works are colored via the utilization of rice hull, either burned and blackened or powdered.
ABOUT HIS WORK
ISHIHARA forms his pieces free hand with local clay dug from the surrounding region. His carbonized works are buried amongst burnt rice hull prior to firing. This ancient process glazes the forms in a palette of blackened earth tones. ISHIHARA's rust works contrast these his carbonized pieces. Their surfaces are powdered with fresh rice hull, creating a light, white glaze, that emphasizes the forms textural, one-of-a-kind surface. Due to the duration of his process, these astonishing vessels are created only twice a year, Spring and Fall. Each firing taking over 40 hours continuously, day and night.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Ginza nichi-nichi, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Pragmata Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Gallery Kyoto Yamahon, Kyoto, Japan
2019 Gallery Yuanbai, Hangzhou, China
2019 Gallery Uchiumi, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Umeya, Fukuoka, Japan
2018 Pragmata Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Gallery Kyoto Yamahon, Kyoto, Japan
2018 Utsushiki, Miyawaka, Japan
2018 Gallery Uchiumi, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Umeya, Fukuoka, Japan
2016 Kayanoya, Fukuoka, Japan
2016 Gallery Uchiumi, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Yofudo, Matsuyama, Japan
2015 Umeya, Fukuoka, Japan
2014 Tohki, Fukuoka, Japan
2013 Umeya, Fukuoka, Japan
2011 Umeya, Fukuoka, Japan
2010 Gallery Ukou, Yokohama, Japan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Analogue Life, Nagoya Japan
2017 UMIE+, Kita-Kyushu, Japan
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