Daisuke Iguchi, Shuto Saturday, March 18 - Sunday, April 2, 2023

Gallery NOW is pleased to present “Daisuke Iguchi: Shuto” from March 18, 2023.
Since his childhood, Iguchi has been strongly attracted to the decay of nature, such as moss-covered stones, wood, and rusted iron, and has named his work “Shuto.
His hand-working without sketching has both openness and tension, and his silver patterns are fused with the form of the piece, giving it the presence of an ancient vessel, while at the same time giving it a modern air.
This exhibition, the first at Gallery NOW, will focus on his new works.

Daisuke Iguchi
1975 Born in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
1998 Graduated from Tohoku University of Art & Design, Faculty of Art, Department of Ceramics
1999 Completed a research course at Tochigi Prefectural Ceramics Institute under Masayuki Uraguchi
2004 Built his own kiln in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture
2008 The 7th Mashiko Ceramic Art Exhibition, Special Prize of the Jury
2013 “Energy of New Generation in Kasama and Mashiko”, Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of Ceramic Art, Ibaraki, traveling to Mashiko Ceramic Museum, Mashiko, 2002
2014 The 54th East Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo Governor’s Prize, “Contemporary Ceramic Phenomenon,” The Museum of Ceramic Art, Ibaraki, Japan
2016 “KIKUCHI Hiromi Prize: Crafts Today,” Hiromi Kikuchi Memorial Museum of Tokyo
2018 “Textbook of Crafts” Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi
2019 “The 14th Paramita Ceramic Grand Prize Exhibition” Grand Prize, Paramita Museum
Clay and Abstraction: When Memory is Born into Form” Mashiko Ceramic Museum