Kishi Eiko

BiographyKishi Eiko is a contemporary Japanese artist born in 1948, Nara, Japan, whograduated both in from Kyoto Seika University of Arts and Tekisui Museum CeramicInstitute. Her work is well known for the time-consuming saiseki-zogan technique which involves mixing colored pigments into the shigaraki clay and working on previously hand-build geometric shapes surfaces by scraping, carving and tooling it layer by layer, resulting in amazingly detailed, meticulous, mosaic-like patterns. Before the clay is dry, the artist finishes the sculpture with fine cross lines. Read More

The final result are abstract sculptures presented in geometrical shapes that vary onsize with the Japanese traditional Noh Theatre being one of her sources ofinspiration, playing with the role of light and angle on rigid surfaces. Her work isusually associated to words such as delicacy, tenacity, complexity and emotional.Public permanent collection presence include Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom; The Minnesota State University, USA; National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK; Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA; The Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, USA; Musée nationale de ceramiques, Sèvres, France; International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy; among others.