ARTISTS / 鴨下知美 TOMOMI KAMOSHITA

Tomomi Kamoshita (b. 1977) is a ceramic and kintsugi artist born in Tokyo. Graduated from Joshibi University ceramics course in 2000, she specialises in creating pottery and three-dimensional artworks with a focus on shape and colour. In 2010, she was introduced to the modern version of kintsugi technique and has been creating kintsugi and yobitsugi works ever since. She incorporates foreign materials such as sea glass to create a new form of kintsugi called yobitsugi. The new objects fashioned in the process resemble their initial form, but have irregular shapes, places of transparency and opacity, framed by thick brassy lines. 

 

Since 2003, she has held exhibitions both domestically and internationally, including Paris, New York, San Francisco and India. She extends her impact through holding workshops alongside exhibitions in these cities in recent years. In 2019, she published a book on her kintsugi artworks, KINTSUGI – Seeing Light Through the Cracks. 

 

Exhibition 

 

2018  Held a solo exhibition and workshop titled "Kintsugi in the Himalayas" at Deer Park in India.

2018  Held the "NOSTALGIA and MODERNISM Exhibition" at Parsleysage in Ozawa.

2018  Organised the "Rittai to Utsuwa 11 Exhibition" at Context in Asagaya.

2018: Held a solo exhibition and workshop titled "Kintsugi in India" at Vana in India.

2017: Organized the "Rittai to Utsuwa 10 Exhibition" at Context in Asagaya.

2017: Held a solo exhibition titled "UTSUWA and KINTSUGI" at New York Setsugekka.

 2016  Participated in the "Contemporary Talents of Japan" exhibition at Ronin Gallery in New York.

2014   Participated in the "kuh Kintsugi Exhibition" at Espace Japon in Paris.

2014  Held a solo exhibition titled "Color of Japan, Color Harvest" at Globus Washitsu in New York.

2016  Organized the "Rittai to Utsuwa 9 Exhibition" at Context in Asagaya.

2015  Featured on NHK's program "Bi no Tsubo" (The Beauty of Pottery).

2015  Organized the "Rittai to Utsuwa 8 Exhibition" at Context in Asagaya.

2014  Organized the "Rittai to Utsuwa 7 Exhibition" at Context in Asagaya.

2013  Participated in the "Modern Chano-yu Exhibition" at Harney & Sons in New York.

2013: Organized the "Rittai to Utsuwa 6 Exhibition" at Context in Asagaya.

2012: Organized the "Rittai to Utsuwa 5 Exhibition" at Context in Asagaya.

2010: Organized the "Rittai to Utsuwa 4 Exhibition" at Context in Asagaya.

2009: Organized the "Rittai to Utsuwa 3 Exhibition" at Context in Asagaya.

2008: Organized the "Rittai to Utsuwa 2 Exhibition" at Context in Asagaya.

2007: Organized the "Rittai to Utsuwa Exhibition" at Context in Asagaya.

2003: Held the first solo exhibition at a gallery in Ginza.

 

Event

2019  Conducted Kintsugi workshops in San Francisco, Sonoma, and Los Angeles.