KEN MATSUZAKI

Represented by Pucker Gallery since 2001

BORN: 1950 in Tokyo, Japan
RESIDES: Mashiko, Japan

Upcoming Exhibition:
Exploring the Exquisite: Ceramics by Ken Matsuzaki
5 June - 19 July 2010
Opening Reception: 5 June 2010, 3:00 - 6:00 pm.
The artist will be present.

Most Recent Exhibition:
Burning Tradition: Ceramics by Ken Matsuzaki
14 June - 14 July 2008

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 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).

For more information on Ken Matsuzaki and his work please visit www.yuushin-gama.com


All works are stoneware.

Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze Shino Vase
13 x 9 ½ x 9 ½”"
MK516		 MK258 Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze Vase
12 x 8 x 8"
MK241		 MK241
Ken Matsuzaki
Kisteo Vase
12 ¼ x 7 ½ x 7"
MK536		 MK369 Ken Matsuzaki
Oribe Tea Bowl
3 ½ x 4 ¾ x 4 ½"
MK552		 MK491
Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze Vase
10 x 11 x 7 ¾”"
MK506		 MK483 Ken Matsuzaki
Tetsu Shino Tea Bowl
3 ¾ x 4 ¼ x 4 ¼"
MK460		 MK460
Ken Matsuzaki
Shino Sake Bottle
6 ¼ x 4 ½ x 4 ½"
MK359		 MK359 Ken Matsuzaki
Narumi Oribe Vase
11 ½ x 9 ¾ x 2 ½"
MK401		 MK401
Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Shino Tea Bowl
4 ¾ x 3 ¼ x 3 ¼"
MK365		 MK365 Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze Vase
11 ½ x 5 x 4 ½”
MK508		 MK453
Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Yohen Shino Vase
13 ¼ x 12 ½ x 12 ½"
MK340		 MK340 Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Glaze Incense Burner
6 ½ x 4 x 4”
MK22		 MK323
Ken Matsuzaki
Natural Ash Glaze Yohen Shino Vase
17 ½ x 7 ½ x 4"
MK384		 MK384 Ken Matsuzaki
Narumi Oribe Vase
10 x 10 ¼ x 4"
MK530		 MK270
Ken Matsuzaki
Kiseto Incense Burner
5 x 5 ¾ x 5 ¾”
MK538		 MK265 Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze Vase
15 ½ x 16 x 16"
MK404		 MK404
Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Vase
15 ½ x 13 x 13"
MK501		 MK343 Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze Shino Vase
11 ¼ x 8 ½ x 3 ¾"
MK389		 MK354
Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze Vase
8 ¾ x 4 x 4"
MK511		 MK243 Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze Shino Vase
14 x 7 x 4 ½"
MK517		 MK347
Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze Shino Vase
13 x 9 ½ x 9 ½"
MK515		 MK243 Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze
Shino Water Container
7 ½ x 7 ¾ x 7 ¾"
MK395		 MK347
Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Natural Ash Glaze
Shino Square Vase
10 x 4 x 4"
MK268		 MK268 Ken Matsuzaki
Yohen Tetsuyuu Sake Bottle
6 x 3 ¼ x 3 ¼"
MK558		 MK280