Sensa Kuroi

1945 -
  • Ceramics
  • Awarded once at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range $1,000 - 13,000
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  • Category
    Ceramics
  • Techniques
    Ash glaze, Inlay ceramics, Iron underglaze, Klin effects
  • Born
    1945 -
  • Based in
    Okayama
  • 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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