KUWATA Takuro
Ceramic Bole
porcelain, glaze, steel, pigment, gold

2021
TOKYO TORCH Tokiwabashi Tower
Tokyo

Client: Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.
Curating & Direction: Code-a-Machine
Project members: NAKAHARA Takashi (DENBAK-FANO DESIGN)、TSUNOO Mai
Assistant: SONOBE Tatsuri
Technical Team: HIGURE 17-15 cas
PR: KOIKE Miki（HOW）

Photo: OTA Takumi

Supported by KOSAKU KANECHIKA

  • Art Consulting
  • Curation/Planning
  • Management/Coordination

Vibrant colors and eye-popping shapes make Kuwata Takuro's ceramic works some of the most fearless pieces of art. What lends his unusual art form its weight and strength is the creative process in which he consistently engages in a dialogue with ceramics both as a material and as a source of inspiration for his rich imagination. However, Kuwata is not confined to the traditional notions of ceramics, such as the creation of beautiful utilitarian objects and the culture of wabi-sabi. While interpreting and reconstructing tradition, he explores modernity and devises ways to create something that no one has ever seen before. In this project, the artist created a large-scale work incorporating a green inspired by the Tokiwa, an evergreen, of Tokiwabashi.

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KUWATA Takuro

1981 Born in Hiroshima, Japan. Lives and works in Gifu, Japan
2001 Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Associate in Fine Arts, Department of Ceramic Art

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 “Day After Day” Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kyoto
2015 Indoor stone garden “Heaven”, The Sogetsu Kaikan 1F, Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 “Master Teabowls of Our Days”, Musee Tomo, Tokyo
2012 “Art Crafting towards the Future”, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa

Selected Awards
2018 LOEWE Craft Prize 2018, Special Mention
2006 The 6th International Mashiko Ceramics Competition, Grand Prize, Hamada Shoji Award