Masaomi Yasunaga
All works in the collection (2)
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Title: Crumbling
Year: 2024
Medium: glass, copper
Dimensions: 12.5 x 16 x 16 cm (4 7/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. ) -
Title: Empty Vessel
Year: 2024
Medium: Glaze, coloured glaze, coloured slip and kaolin
Dimensions: 82.6 x 66 x 35.6 cm (32 1/2 x 26 x 14 in.)
Born in Osaka, Japan in 1982. Yasunaga completed the master's program in Environmental Design at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Sangyo University in 2006, studying during that time under Satoru Hoshino of Sodeisha. He is based in Iga, Mie Prefecture. Yasunaga makes ceramics with glaze as the main body material. Because glaze melts at a lower temperature than clay and transforms dramatically in the kiln, he places the greatest importance on the firing process within the work, facing fire and glaze while taking in both the anticipated and the unforeseen. Since joining major galleries in the UK and the US, he has presented a succession of important exhibitions abroad, including a solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) in 2025.
