岡崎裕子

OKAZAKI Yuko

Large Pot (Blue Gold)

陶土

ceramic

h.21.2 x w.22.3 x d.22.5 cm

2022

©︎Yuko Okazaki, Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery

小山登美夫ギャラリーTomio Koyama Gallery

ARTIST INFORMATION

岡崎裕子は1976年東京都生まれ。1997年～3年間、株式会社イッセイミヤケ広報部に勤務したのち、笠間の陶芸家・森田榮一氏に弟子入り。4年半の修行の後、茨城県窯業指導所（現茨城県立笠間陶芸大学校）釉薬科／石膏科修了。2007年横須賀にて独立し、制作活動を続けている。
草花、トンボなど自然をモチーフとした清々しく温かみがある作品、華麗な経歴をふまえて陶芸家となる大胆な道のりや、丁寧な日々の生活ぶりはメディアにも多く取り上げられてきた。

Yuko Okazaki was born in 1976 in Tokyo. After working in public relations at Issey Miyake Co., Ltd. from 1997 to 2000, she studied under ceramic artist Eiichi Morita in the city of Kasama, which has been a home for pottery in Japan for centuries. Having undergone four and a half years of training, Okazaki completed the glazing/gypsum course at the Ibaraki Pottery Training Center (now Kasama College of Ceramic Art). She commenced her independent practice in 2007, setting up her own studio in Yokosuka, where she currently continues to work.
Her refreshing and heart-warming works that feature motifs from nature such as plants, flowers, and dragonflies, her bold decision to become a ceramic artist following her remarkable career, and her mindful everyday lifestyle, have garnered much attention from the media.