Contemporary Sake Bottle (tokkuri) by Kodai Ujiie

Contemporary Sake Bottle by Kodai Ujiie

The ceramic works of Kodai Ujiie (b. 1990) are refreshingly avant-garde. Since his debut exhibition in 2014, Ujiie’s colorful and abstract wares have interpolated the kintsugi lacquer mending technique and experimented with unusual celadon colors. Ujiie now works from his kiln in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture.

Biography:

1990 Born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

2013 Graduated from BFA at Tohoku University of Art and Design

2015 Graduated from MFA at Tohoku University of Art and Design

Currently based in Tajimi, Gifu, Japan.



Exhibitions:

2017 Silver Shell Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

2018 Miyagi Prefecture Jun Sugimura Museum of Art, Miyagi, Japan

2019 Ippodo Gallery Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

2021 Nihonbashi Takashimaya S.C., Tokyo, Japan

2021 Gallery Kurimoto, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan

2022 The Stratford Gallery UK, United Kingdom

2022 Ippodo Gallery Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

2022 Gallery Bunkindo, Gifu, Japan

2023 Nihonbashi Takashimaya S.C., Tokyo, Japan

2023 Tosei Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

2023 "Skin and Body: Crazed Vessels by Kodai Ujiie", Ippodo Gallery New York



Art Fairs:

2022 Design Miami, Miami, Florida

2023 Design Miami, Miami, Florida