Unititled 2 2009
- Unititled 4 2009
- Unititled 2009
- Unititled 3 2009
IMAGES: TAKAYUKI SAKIYAMA Google Images
LINKS:
- JOAN B MIRVISS LTD
- GALERIE PIERRE MARIE GIRAUD, Brussels, Belgium
- MAD MUSEUM , New York City
BIO/CV:
- 1958 Born in Shimoda City in Shizuoka Prefecture
- 1981 Graduated from Osaka Art College
- 1987 Built Hidaka–yô kiln in Koganezaki (a town west of Izu city)
- 1990 Exhibited at “Shizuoka Prefectural Art Exhibition II” at the Shizuoka Prefectural Art Museum
- 1991 Awarded the Fugoku Culture Award
- 1991 Won entry to the Japan Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition,Yokohama; awarded prize
- 1992 Awarded prize at Japan Contemporary Ceramic and Sculpture Exhibition
- 1993 Exhibited in “Four Ceramic Artists” at Daimaru Art Gallery, Tokyo
- 1995 Rockefeller Exhibition at Mitsukoshi Museum in Shinjuku, Tokyo
- 1997 “Technique and Beauty “ Exhibition, Sano Art Museum in Shiga
- 1998 Participated in ceramic exhibition at Ginza Wakô in Tokyo
- 2000 Solo show at Ginza Wakô (also in 2002, 2006)
- Invited to show in “Ware for fragrance” at Toyota Fragrance Museum, Aichi
- 2001 Solo show at Kôbe Daimaru in Hyôgo
- Exhibited in “Ceramic in Japan” Exhibition at Daimaru Museum in Tokyo
- Exhibited in “Mishima Exhibition” at Sano Art Museum in Shiga
- Work entered collection of The Brooklyn Museum
- 2002 Exhibited at “Asia International Contemporary Ceramics” Taipei Ceramic Museum, Taiwan
- 2003 Solo Show Wakô Gallery
- Entered the Asahi Modern “Craft” Exhibition
- 2004 Work entered collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 2005 Won the Grand Prize and received the Emperor (Katsura no miya)’s Cup at the 18th Biennale Japan Ceramics Exhibition in Tokyo
- Contemporary Clay: Japanese ceramics for the new century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Chôtô, Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd, SOFA, New York
- 2006 Contemporary Clay: Japanese ceramics for the new century, Japan Society, New York
- Tôji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise,
- Musée national de cèramique Sèvres, France (featured on both poster and book cover)
- 2007 Kisetsu wo Tanoshimu, Wakô Ginza, Tokyo
- 19th annual Japan Ceramics Exhibition, Tokyo
- Collect, London
- Kikuchi Biennale II, Musée Tomo, Tokyo
- Numazu Goyôtei (Imperial Villa of Numazu), Shizuoka city, Shizuoka
- 2008 Ebb and Flow/Movement in Clay: The Art of SAKIYAMA TAKAYUKI Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd.
- 2009 Cultural Encouragement Prize, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
“All of my work is inspired by the sea, especially the natural curve created by the waves. When I was in junior high school I knew I had to find a way to be an artist and live by the sea. For three years after graduating from Osaka Art University, I traveled throughout Japan looking for an inspiring ocean view to set up my studio. I found that ideal spot on the west coast of the Izu Peninsula.”– Japan Times, May 18, 2005
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
Sakiyama Takayuki (b. 1958) creates irresistible vessels that are carved with rippling surface patterns that reinforce their surging, spiraling nature yielding objects that are sensuous, bold and seamless. Some works appear as if made from sand on the beach, the surface simply decorated by the current of the receding water. Others appear to undulate and twist in space as if in perpetual motion. His work has been selected for the exhibition posters at both the Metropolitan Museum of Art (where there is also a work by him currently on exhibit) and the Musée National de Céramiques, Sèvres.
Sakiyama’s carved and rippling surface patterns reinforce the surging, spiraling nature of his remarkable double-walled vessels –– form and surface influence the other, and work together to yield objects that are sensuous, bold and seamless. Some vessels appear as if made from sand on the beach, the surface simply decorated by the current of the receding water. Others appear to undulate and twist in space as if in perpetual motion. His work has been selected for the exhibition posters at both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Musée National de Céramiques, Sèvres