Sensa Kuroi

1945 -
  • Ceramics
  • Price Range $1,000 - 14,000
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 1

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    • Category
      Ceramics
    • Techniques
      Inlay ceramics, Ash glaze, Iron underglaze
    • Born
      1945 -
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
      Important Intangible Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture
      Important Intangible Cultural Property of Setouchi City
    Sensa Kuroi

    Style

    Making pieces with quiet, rustic and simple colors using ash glaze which is a characteristic of Mushiake ware. My speciality is making inlaid pieces by shaving the surface of the base and inlaying clay of another color to create a gradation. I make various pieces from small tea utensils to large vessels.

    Biography

    • 1945
      Born as the second son of Ichraku Kuroi (Important Intangible Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture)
    • 1966
      Completed course at the Kyoto Municipal Kogei Training Center (current Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture)
      Started making ceramics under his father, Ichraku Kuroi, Important Intangible Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture
    • 1980
      Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 1981
      Selected for the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
    • 1982
      First Solo Exhibition at Tenmaya Okayama
    • 2002
      Collaboration Exhibition with the late Toshio Matsuo (recipient of the Order of Culture) at Tenmaya Okayama
    • 2011
      Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Okayama Anniversary Exhibition (2011 - 2013 in Okayama, Tokyo etc.)
    • 2014
      Primary Judge at the 57th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (also in 2019, 2020 and 2022)
    • 2018
      50th Anniversary Exhibition at Tenmaya Okayama
      Invited to submit to and hold a lecture at the Miyagawa Kozan Retrospective Exhibition
    • Held solo Exhibitions at various art museums and department stores Mitsukoshi, Daimaru, Sogo, Takashimaya nationwide, Tenmaya in Hiroshima, Fukuyama, Yonago and Takamatsu, Keio Department Store and Sanyo Department Store

    Awards

    • 2002
      Received the Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award
    • 2007
      Received the Sanyo Shimbun (Cultural Merits) Award
    • 2019
      Received the Marusen Special Cultural Award
    • 2021
      Received the Toyo Kaneshige Award (Grand Award) at the 64th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

    Public Collections

    • Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
    • Setouchi CIty Museum of Art

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