Katsushi Mori

Style

On producing my artwork, I always think of the balance between the shape and the patterns. I make the oblong shaped pieces using the coiling method, which is piling up strings of clay. For the vertically long shaped pieces, I use the potter's wheel to form the clay into a cylindrical shape, and then shape it into a flat vessel by placing it between two boards and pressing. The patterns are all drawn by hand (freehand) before biscuit firing. After drawing the patterns and adding nunome (texture of cloth), the vessel is dried, biscuit fired, and after applying a matte glaze, it is reduction fired.

Biography

• 1954
  Born in Nakano Ward, Tokyo
• 1978
  Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art, Department of Design
• 1982
  Selected for the East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected every year from this year onward)
• 1985
  Solo Exhibition at Akasaka Inui Gallery ('87 '88 '91 '93)
• 1986
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 29 times from this year onward)
• 1987
  Selected for the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition ('91 '95 '01)
• 1991
  Solo Exhibition at Daimaru Shinsaibashi Main Store ('93 '96 '00 '03)
• 1993
  Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store ('95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10)
• 1995
  Solo Exhibition at Ginza Wako ('06)
  Solo Exhibition at Nakamura Art Salon (Shimodate, Ibaraki) ('98 '01 '04)
• 1997
  Solo Exhibition at ”Koubou Ima" Ginza ('99 '00 '02 '03 '05 '09 '12)
• 2002
  Solo Exhibition at Daimaru Kobe
• 2009
  Judge for the East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2014
  Artwork selected for the 61st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition purchased by the Imperial Household Agency
• 2015
  Solo Exhibition at Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store ('16 '17 '18 '19 '20)

Awards

• 1988
  Received the Tokyo Branch Award at the East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2012
  Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the 40th Ceramics Traditional Kōgei Exhibition