By Kensuke Yamada
Located in St. Louis, MO
Kensuke Yamada (b. 1979) was born in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. He received his MFA from the University of Montana in 2009 and has a BA from The Evergreen State College, in Olympia, Washington. Kensuke has participated in artist residency programs at The Archie Bray Foundation (Montana), Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (Mass), Oregon College of Art and Craft (Oregon), and was an invited guest to make a sculpture at Chihuly Inc (Washington) and Ox-Bow (Michigan). His work is included in the permanent collections of the Missoula Art Museum (Montana), Safeco Insurance (Washington), and the Bellevue Club (Washington).
“With clay I look for sculptural conversations that evoke the beauty, the subtleties, the sadness and the humor of our everyday life. In viewing my sculpture I hope for people to enjoy the moment, rather than the movement of time. I hope for my work to fill the space between two seemingly distant things, to provide a connection and thus create the story of you and me.”
Selected Collections
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
The Clay Studio Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
"Large Head...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kensuke Yamada Art
MaterialsCeramic, Stoneware, Glaze