Represented by Pucker Gallery since 2001
BORN: 1950 in Tokyo, Japan
RESIDES: Mashiko, Japan
Most Recent Exhibition:
Burning Tradition: Ceramics by Ken Matsuzaki
14 June - 14 July 2008
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Ken Matsuzaki was born in Tokyo and received a degree in Ceramic Art from Tamagawa University School of Fine Arts, Tokyo. After graduating he moved to Mashiko in 1972 to apprentice with Tatsuzo Shimaoka (who himself had moved to Mashiko to study with Shoji Hamada). After his five year apprenticeship, Matsuzaki established his own kiln, Yuushin Gama, down the road from Shimaoka. Matsuzaki's works, as Shimaoka's, have a strong grounding in the Mingei philosophy though his approach is very contemporary, introducing a focus on the Oribe style with yohen, shino, and oribe glazing.
Works by Matsuzaki have recently been accepted into the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Illinois), The Worcester Museum of Art (Massachusetts), the Tikotin Museum (Haifa), and the Israel Museum (New York).
While in Boston for his recent exhibition, Matsuzaki did a day long workshop at Harvard's Radcliffe studio.
For more information on Ken Matsuzaki and his work please visit www.yuushin-gama.com |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Glaze Yohen Shino Vase
Stoneware
14 x 9 x 9"
MK258 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Glaze Yohen Vase
Stoneware
12 x 8 x 8"
MK241 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Glaze Yohen Vase
Stoneware
8 ½ x 6 ½ x 6 ½"
MK369 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Glaze
Oribe Cup
Stoneware
3 ¾ x 3 ¼ x 3 ¼"
MK491 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze Shino Cup
Stoneware
4 ¼ x 3 ½ x 3 ½"
MK483 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Tetsu Shino Tea Bowl
Stoneware
3 ¾ x 4 ¼ x 4 ¼"
MK460 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Shino Sake Bottle
Stoneware
6 ¼ x 4 ½ x 4 ½"
MK359 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Narumi Oribe Vase
Stoneware
11 ½ x 9 ¾ x 2 ½"
MK401 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Yohen Shino Tea Bowl
Stoneware
4 ¾ x 3 ¼ x 3 ¼"
MK365 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Oribe Guro Tea Bowl
Stoneware
3 ¾ x 4 ½ x 4 ½"
MK453 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Yohen Shino Vase
Stoneware
13 ¼ x 12 ½ x 12 ½"
MK340 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Yohen Shino Teapot
Stoneware
11 ½ x 7 ¾ x 10 ½"
MK323 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Glaze Yohen Shino Vase
Stoneware
17 ½ x 7 ½ x 4"
MK384 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Glaze Yohen Shino
Water Container
Stoneware
9 ½ x 6 x 6"
MK270 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Glaze Yohen Shino
Rectangular Vase
Stoneware
10 x 5 x4"
MK265 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Glaze Yohen Vase
Stoneware
15 ½ x 16 x 16"
MK404 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Yohen Golden Shino
Rectangular Vase
Stoneware
10 x 10 ¼ x 5 ¼"
MK343 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze
Shino Water Container
Stoneware
6 ½ x 8 x 8"
MK440 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Glaze
Yohen Rectangular Vase
Stoneware
12 x 9 ½ x 2 ½"
MK243 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Yohen
Golden Shino Vase
Stoneware
11 ¼ x 6 x 6"
MK347 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Glaze Yohen Shino
Square Vase
Stoneware
10 x 4 x 4"
MK268 |
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Ken Matsuzaki
Oribe bowl
Stoneware
5 x 7 x 8 ½"
MK280 |
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