KAI'S Gallery 凱奧藝術

Ikeda Chizuru

1988 Born in Japan

2011 Graduated from University of Tsukuba, school of Art and Design

2013 Completed Master’s Program in Art and Design at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences,University of Tsukuba

2013 Niki Exhibition Encouragement Award

 

I create ceramic works based on the theme of “an ambiguous existence born from the overlap and misalignment of spirituality with the body.”
I mold clay objects and then overlay pictures on the surface using engobe, a pottery technique, to give them a new character and identity.
This determines their identity. The clay form is the body, and the decoration is its spirituality.
When decoration is overlaid on a form, there is a misalignment or it is blurred, so it does not explain the form, and the decoration itself is ambiguous. You could also say it is a temporary spirituality on the surface. Although ceramic is a real material, it exists there as “ambiguous” due to the misalignment between the body and spirituality.