Artist Statement
Living in this highly urbanized information age, where our lives are becoming more and more virtualizes by the day, has awakened the desire to connect with nature within me. Together with unceasing news of environment problems from the media, it has gradually turned this desire into anxiety. As a ceramic artist, I have adopted the making processes for my artwork as a meditative approach to this uneasiness.
My work is the manifestation of doubts concerning my relationship with nature. Through the repetitive, labour-intensive actions of collecting, mold making and casting of botanical elements from my immediate environment, I look into the psychological aspect of my urge to connect with nature. The result of these activities also holds an archival quality in my artworks. These processes are like an accumulation of “vocabularies” which are later visualized into a “language” as an expression of my thoughts in regards to my environment.
Born in Singapore.
Education
2014 - 2017 Utatsuyama Craft Workshop, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
2010 - 2014 Masters in Fine Arts
Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan
2000 - 2003 Diploma in Fine Arts (Ceramics)
LaSalle College of the Arts, Singapore
Selected Exhibition
2017
記語 II（個展）
Ki-go II (solo exhibition)
Silver Shell, Tokyo, Japan
金沢卯辰山工芸工房研修者作品展
Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo Exhibition
21st Century Museum, Kanazawa, Japan
第73回 金沢市工芸展
73rd Kanazawa City Craft Exhibition
Meitetsu Mza, Kanazawa City, Japan
2016
The Tree of Life: the 4th Southeast Asian Ceramics Exhibition
The Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines
第4回「着想は眠らない展」
4th Chakuso wa nemuranai Exhibition
Gallery Bougatei, Nagano, Japan
縁煌 七周年記念展
Enishira 7th Anniversary Exhibition
Enshira Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan
記語（個展）
Ki-go II (solo exhibition)
Silver Shell, Tokyo, Japan
際遇 (2人展)
Yamanoue Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan
よいの形
Yoi no Katachi
Gallery Voice, Tajimi, Japan
UTATSUYAMA WORKS+
Ginza no Kanazawa Dining Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015
現代陶芸の今
Contemporary Ceramic Art – 6th Kikuchi Biennale
Tomo Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
点からの軌跡
From a Point
Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2015 アート楽宴
2015 Feast of Art
Yamanoue Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan
The Ceramic Cosmic World
Fujieda Folk Museum, Shizouka, Japan
器と生活
Vessels and Life
DOR Art Room, Tainan, Taiwan
Medalta International Tool Show 2015
Medalta Historic Clay District, Medicine Hat, Canada
かなざわ燈涼会
Kanazawa Toryoe
Konboya Shirai, Kanazawa, Japan
卯辰山のかたち
Forms of Utatsuyama
21st Century Museum, Kanazawa, Japan
2014
第九屆中國當代青年陶藝雙年展
9th Contemporary Ceramics Biennale Exhibition
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
2014 伊丹国際クラフト展 主題「酒器．酒盃台」
2014 Itami International Craft Exhibition - Shuki．Shuhaidai
Itami Musuem of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan
大器非凡－容器．藝術．跨界
Great Talents. Great Scope – A cross-field exhibition of vessel art
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Musuem, Taipei, Taiwan
Fire and Earth – 3rd Southeast Asian Ceramics Symposium
Workhouse Arts Centre, Virginia, USA
2014 Contemporary Ceramic art in Asia – the beginning and changes of Asia Contemporary Ceramics Art
Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Pusan, South Korean
The Third Arcticlay
Anu Pentik Gallery, Posio, Finland
去蕪存菁
Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
Sanyi Fugui Gallery, Miaoli, Taiwan
An Inverse Journey [Solo Exhibition]
Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
2013
2013 SEXSE @ Medalta
Medalta Historic Clay District, Medicine Hat, Canada
Medalta International Cup Show
Medalta Historic Clay District, Medicine Hat, Canada
2013 亞洲當代陶藝展
2013 Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia
21st Century Museum, Kanazawa, Japan
第1 屆新北市陶藝獎
The 1st New Taipei City Ceramics Award Exhibition
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
六六溜溜
Piao piao Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2012
新域 －東亞當代陶藝交流展
New Site – East Asia Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
臺灣國際陶藝雙年展 2012
2012 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale Exhibition
Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
第八屆中國當代青年陶藝雙年展
8th Contemporary Ceramics Biennale Exhibition
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Para-functional [Solo Exhibition]
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, USA
大。器 －大崎六六當代陶瓷展
Chiayi Municipal Museum, Taiwan
2011
Contemporary Ceramics Exchange Exhibition
Yido Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia
Shiwan Ceramic Museum, Guangzhou, China
縱向複合體
Tainan National University of Fine Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
2010
所謂，瑣謂
Tainan National University of Fine Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
Residency
2017 Blanc De Chine Artist-in-Residence Program, Dehua Quanzhou, China
Shigaraki Ceramic Culture Park, Artist-in-Residence Program, Koka, Japan
2013 Southeast by Southeast Artist Residency, Medicine Hat, Canada
Arcticlay Symposium 2013, Posio, Finland
The 7th Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale (Mentoring Camp II), Icheon, South Korea
2012 Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, USA
Awards
2017 Honor Prize “Blanc De Chine – International Ceramic Art Award”
2017 Finalist “The 7th Kikuchi Biennale”
2016 UNESCO City of Craft Memorial Award, “73rd Kanazawa City Craft Competition”
2016 Finalist “2016 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale”
2015 Bronze“The 6th Kikuchi Biennale”
2014 Finalist “2014 Itami International Craft Competition - Shuki．Shuhaidai”
2013 Finalist “ The 1stNew Taipei City Ceramics Award”
2011 Finalist “ 2012 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale”