The Stratford Gallery Masahiro Fujita - Artists

Masahiro Fujita

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Overview

Fujita san was born in Imbe, Bizen Province, Japan in 1983. He is the eldest son of the eldest son of a family that has a long and proud Bizen pottery legacy. His father, Fujita Ryuho III, as well as his grandfather and great grandfather were all potters. A Fujita lineage in ceramics stretches back to 1853.

Masahiro graduated from the Kanazawa College of Art in 2010 majoring in sculpture and also from the Kyoto University. Even before graduating, his work has been the subject of group and solo exhibitions, marking him out as a progressive, expressionist Bizen potter. His work has been shown and collected internationally and featured in several publications.

Gallery Statement

His approach to making is steeped in the ethos of Bizen tradition but also enjoys a freedom associated with his youth and globally connected modern outlook. A highly prized rising star in Japan, Masahiro is humble about both his personal and family achievements in Bizen pottery history. All of his works are wood fired in his great grandfather's Noborigama kiln built in 1927. They are a combination of traditional and contemporary Bizen Forms with natural red pine ash glazing.