Yasuhisa Kohyama

Many of Kohyama’s works, with the exception of the sake vessels are sculptural. For a Shigaraki potter, that alone would be novel. This being Kohyama, though, we’re in a realm beyond mere curiosity. This exhibition is the closest you’ll come to finding spirit in form since the first Jomon potters touched clay.

Yasuhisa Kohyama’s Profile

1936: Born in Shigaraki
1955: Studied with ceramic designer Sazuko Hineno
1968: Graduated from Industrial Experiment Center, Shigaraki
1969: Became a member of The Japan Craft Design Association
1976: Revived use of the traditional Japanese “anagama” natural firing kiln to reproduce the classical style pottery “ko-shigaraki”
1977: Started a third studio, “kasei-kama”
1977: Studied sueki, an old style of Japanese stoneware
1992: started a third studio, “iori-kama”
1992: Established the clay group Tsuchimon-no-kai
1993: Worked at the European Ceramic Work Center, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
1996: Instructor at the cleveland institute of art and kent University, Ohio. U.S.A.
1997: Worked at “atelier du cep”, Aube, France
1999: Instructor at “Huara Huara Studio” and lectured at the National Museum Santiago, Chile
1999: Instructor at Cleveland Institute of Art and Kent University, Ohio, U.S.A.
2005: Lectured at New South Wales University, Sydney, Australia