Kakurezaki Ryuichi

Animal sculpture by Kakurezaki Ryuichi

BORN 1950, FUKUE, NAGASAKI, JAPAN
KAKUREZAKI RYŪICHI is a highly celebrated artist whose exhibitions in Japan often sell out within minutes of opening. Kakurezaki was born in Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu, and now lives and works in Imbe, the ancient home of Bizen ware. He has the advantage of being viewed as an outsider in Imbe, which allows him to experiment in ways that most of the other 500 potters working there cannot. While he works within the tradition of Bizen, his work is quite aesthetically different from conventional Bizen wares. His fresh and independent vision has inspired other potters to contend with classical forms, and has already established a standard of his own.
Selected Public Collections:

Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Higashi Hiroshima Museum, Japan
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN
Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Musée national de céramique, Sèvres, France
Tanabe Museum, Matsue, Japan
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT