Yukifumi Tada

• Category
  Ceramics
• Techniques
  Overglaze enamel, Gold decoration, Silver decoration
• Born
  1973 -
• Based in
  Ishikawa
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  

Style

I was born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, and my family background includes my grandfather, who taught glaze at an art university, and my father, a craft artist; after working as a salary-man, I joined the world of ceramic art. I make the best use of the Kutani ware texture, overglaze colors, metals and other traditional materials, and produce ceramics with an emphasis on creative design patterns, which bring out abstractness from concreteness.

Biography

• 1973
  Born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
• 1998
  Graduated from Kinki University
• 2002
  Completed study at Ishikawa Prefectural Institute for Kutani Ware
• 2010
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association

Awards

• 2004
  Received the Grand Prize at the Hokkaido Ceramics Exhibition
• 2006
  Received the Incentive Award at the Ishikawa Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
• 2007
  Selected for the 54th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition (first time) (also selected for the 55th to 60th Exhibitions)
• 2008
  Received the Excellence Award at the Traditional Kutani Ware Crafts Exhibition. Work was later purchased by the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
• 2009
  Received Honourable Mention at the Contemporary Art Exhibition
  Received the Grand Prize at the Nonoichi Art Exhibition
• 2010
  Received Honourable Mention at the Issuikai Ceramics Exhibition
• 2011
  Received the Incentive Award at the Traditional Kutani Ware Crafts Exhibition
  Received the Hokkoku Shimbun President's Award at the Ishikawa Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
• 2012
  Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Ceramic Art