Nobuo Nishida
Porcelain by Nobuo Nishida
July 12th - July 21st, 2024
Exhibition
Exhibition view
A sharp-shaped porcelain vessel made from porcelain clay, painted with blue mud, and fired.
Nine years ago, I discovered Nishida Nobuo's work at "Kandori."
I was amazed by its clean appearance and beautiful shape, and I became a big fan.
The piece is bisque fired using Kyoto porcelain clay, then painted with cobalt blue or mud paint using a brush, wiped off, and the process is repeated.
It looks like an abstract painting and also like a traditional brushstroke pattern.
He studied pottery in Kurashiki and Kyoto, set up a studio in his hometown of Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, and has now moved to Kochi City.
Nishida's pottery is not the trendy, decorative, elaborate, labor-intensive piece of work.
Is it true that quiet, clean and modest works are rare these days? They have won numerous awards.
Well, I've been waiting for a few years since I promised him a solo exhibition.
We hope you will come and see Nobuo Nishida's work, which will be on display for the first time in a long while.
Keiko Aono
Nobuo Nishida
Nobuo Nishida
1975 Born in Kochi Prefecture
2000 Graduated from Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Department of Crafts, Ceramics Course
2001 Completed the Kyoto City Industrial Research Institute Ceramics Course
2002 Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Ceramic Technical College, Molding Department
2004 Became independent in Nankoku City, Kochi Prefecture
2008 Selected for the Takaoka Craft Competition (Selected in 2009 and 2010)
2009: Winner of the Excellence Award at the 3rd Kikuchi Biennale Exhibition (selected in 2011 and 2013)
Selected for Kobe Biennale 2009
2010 Solo Exhibition Contemporary Ceramic Art Kandouri ('11, '13, '15)
Selected for the 57th Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition (selected until 2015)
Selected for the Contemporary Ceramics Hagi Grand Prize Exhibition
2013: Selected for the 1st Ceramics Exhibition
22nd Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition Special Award (selected in 2009 and 2011)
6th Contemporary Tea Ceremony Exhibition TOKI Oribe Grand Prize
Selected for the 31st Chozo Award Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition
Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Takashimaya ('16)
2014 Solo Exhibition at Kochi Daimaru
2015: 32nd Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Prize "Tea Ceremony Art Exhibition" Grand Prize
(Excellent Award in 2013, Encouragement Award in 2009 and 2010, Selected in 2011, 2012, and 2014)
Solo Exhibition: Contemporary Ceramic Art Salon Tosei
2016 Solo Exhibition at Kakiden Gallery