Tatsuya Goshima

• Category
  Ceramics
• Techniques
  White porcelain, Pale blue porcelain
• Born
  1980 -
• Based in
  Kumamoto
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  

About the Artist

Expressing the Beauty of White Porcelain

Ceramic artist Tatsuya Goshima creates beautiful white porcelain using Amakusa pottery stone from his hometown Kumamoto. Without thinking of the design beforehand, he makes the form with his intuition on the potter's wheel to create stylish, contemporary vessels with silhouettes that change depending on the viewpoint. He has received many awards, including the 60th Anniversary Award at the West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition held in Kyushu where the history of pottery lives on, and has also received the Incentive Award at Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition. Unbound by convention and leaving freedom of interpretation to the viewer, his elegant and beautiful forms charm many people.

Style

I try to create natural lines of plants and express the bumps and dips by carving. I use Amakusa pottery stones and form the vessels using a potter's wheel.

Biography

• 1980
  Born in Kumamoto

Awards

• 2015
  Received the Incentive Award at the 50th West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2017
  Received the Kagoshima Broadcasting Corporation (KKB) Award at the 52nd West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Kagoshima Broadcasting Corporation (KKB) Award, 52nd West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Asahi Culture Center Award, 52nd West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2022
  Received the Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting (KAB) Award at the 56th West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the Incentive Award at the 69th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2026
  Received the 60th Anniversary Award at the 60th West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition