Masamichi Yoshikawa, born in Chigasaki, Japan in 1946, graduated from the Nippon Designer Institute in 1968, and then moved to Tokoname, a city renowned for its ceramic production since the 12th century.
Masamichi Yoshikawa specialises in creating sculptural forms in porcelain with pale blue seihakuji glaze. Yoshikawa’s works have received international recognition: he was awarded the Aichi Prefecture Arts and Culture Prize in 2006, the Grand Prize at the Taiwan International Ceramics Biennale in 2004 and a gold medal at the International Ceramics Festival in Vallauris, France in 2002, among others. His work is also featured in many notable public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Musée National de Céramique in Sèvres, France, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Incheon World Ceramic Centre in Korea.
By evoking Chinese ceramics and Japanese tradition, Masamichi affirms his belonging to a thousand-year-old history, but he firmly belongs to the post-war generation, that of an open and free Japan.
Selected Public Collections:
Asia : Ito Memonal Museum, Izu, Japan. Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan . Incheon World Ceramic Center Incheon, Korea. Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. USA: American Craft Museum, New York, USA. Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA . Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA . Europe : Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England. Porvoo City Art Museum, Finland . Musee National de Ceramique Sevres, France. Vallauris Ceramic Museum, France . Grassi Museum. Leipzig, Germany. Kestner Museum, Hanover, Germany. Landes Holstein Museum, Germany . Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt/M, Germany. Neuwe Sabulon Museum. Munich, Germany. Nyon Porcelain Museum, Switzerland.
Porcelain, celadon glaze with copper green spots, incised marks. 14 x 14cm
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