Shio Kusaka
All works in the collection (2)
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Title: (grid 88)
Year: 2014
Medium: porcelain
Dimensions: 27.5 x 18 x 18 cm (10 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.) -
Title: (carved 94)
Year: 2016
Born in Iwate Prefecture, Japan in 1972. Kusaka moved to the United States in the 1990s and is currently based in Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2001. Her interest in vessels grew from the influence of her grandmother, who practiced the tea ceremony. The intuitive, organic forms, the patterns that incorporate irregularity and imperfection, and the humor that appears in color and motif are valued as a fusion of the traditional aspects of pottery with contemporaneity. Highlights include the Whitney Biennial (2014) and the 8th Isamu Noguchi Award (2021). Kusaka has also collaborated many times with Jonas Wood, her partner in both life and work, including a two-person exhibition at Ryosokuin, Kyoto in 2025.
