Yoshinori Akazawa

• Name — Yoshinori Akazawa • Native Name — 赤沢嘉則 • Other Names — Akazawa Roseki V • Born — 1971 • Education — Kyoto City University of Arts • Occupation — Contemporary Artist • Website — Official site https: YoshinoriAkazawa.com/

Yoshinori Akazawa was born to the ceramic artist Akazawa Roseki IV, a lineage with a history as ceramic spanning around 150 years. Until the Edo period, Akazawa, his family line served as temple officials (tera-samurai) at Myoshin-ji Temple for generations. Akazawa studied Japanese painting called Nihonga, the foundation of visual expression, at Kyoto City University of Arts. Furthermore, at several ceramics research facilities, he explored contemporary artistic expression by fusing traditional Kyō ware and Kiyomizu ware ware techniques with original ideas while exploring modern artistic expressions.

• Museum of Kyoto • Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art • Azuchi castle ruins Sōken-ji temple • International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy • Art Museum of City of Ravenna, Italy • Raffaele Bendandi House Museum, Faenza, Italy • Gualdo Tadino Contemporary Ceramic Art Collection, Gualdo Tadino, Italy • Palazzo Botton, Castellamonte, Italy • Musée Ariana • Cultur center Kapfenberg Museum, Austria • Herman Pečarič gallery, Piran, Slovenia • Rothko Museum • Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University • Museum of Ceramics in La Rambla, Spain • Museum of Ceramics in L’Alcora, Spain • Museus d’Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain • Caldas da Rainha Municipality Museum, Portugal • Changchun International Ceramics Gallery, China • National Ceramic Art Center, Tunisia