A descendant of Agano ware ceramists with a family history spanning hundreds of years, Niho Kozuru brings time-honored Japanese craft traditions into the 21st century with her colorful contemporary and abstract sculptures.
At the age of 12, Kozuru moved to the United States with her family after her father, ceramic artist Hajime Gen Kozuru, became a visiting fellow in Harvard University’s Ceramics Program. In her youth, Kozuru was inspired by her father’s work. Later she gained an appreciation of American architecture, crafts and decorative arts, particularly in New England, where she grew up. Kozuru attended the Parsons School of Design in New York, where she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She then studied at the University of Hawaii, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts.
Now based in Boston, Kozuru explores the shapes of turned wood and ceramics, often using casts of historic New England finials, urns and balusters. At the start of her sculpting career, Kozuru experimented with materials such as clay, glass and metal before settling on translucent cast rubber. She infuses it with bold, vibrant colors to emit a "positive energy,” as seen in many of her abstract sculptures, such as Liquid Sunshine: Spring Moss (2009), Longfellow Tower (2016) and the Lantern Column series (1998–2014).
Kozuru has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and Japan. Her works are featured in several major collections, including the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, the Sheldon Museum of Art, the Fuller Craft Museum, the Danforth Art Museum, the Boston Children’s Hospital and the Nogata Tanio Museum in Japan.
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Lantern Column VI
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Title: Lantern Column VI Year: 2019 Medium: Mold blown glass, cast polymer rubber, steel, cast iron Size: 69.5 W 7 X D 7 (in) ( metal base 18 X 18 in.) Niho Kozuru is a Japanes...
Steel, Iron
$2,480Sale Price|20% Off
H 18.25 in W 9 in D 4.5 in
Junonia, Hand Blown Murano Glass Vase, Multicolor
By Afro Celotto 1
Located in Miami, FL
The JUNONIA vase is a creation by the renowned Venetian glass master Afro Celotto. The dimensions of this artwork are 18.25" x 9" x 4.5". Every vase is hand signed at the bottom by...
Glass, Blown Glass
$3,980
H 45 in W 27 in D 21 in
Ernesto Morenon Abstract Welded Steel Sculpture “Eterno Conflictto"
Located in Milford, NH
A bold abstract welded steel sculpture of a galactic explosion titled Eterno Conflicto by French American sculptor Ernesto Morenon (1904-2003). Morenon was born in Marseille, and stu...
Steel
Assiduosly without words
By L.G.
Located in Paris, FR
One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in brown/black, bluish black, opaque white and White sandblasted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Tota...
Blown Glass
Drops sprinkling my discontinuous trip
By L.G.
Located in Paris, FR
One of a kind Blown and fused Glasswhite silver transparent and matte white and noir. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Total weight about 20 to 25 k...
Blown Glass
Home Medal, matte iron, etched, 78x68x8 mm
Located in Riga, LV
Zane Elerte (1987) Home Medal, matte iron, etched, 78x68x8 mm The medal is a square abstract object made of matte iron and etched with a design. It measure...
Iron
Rainning inside
By L.G.
Located in Paris, FR
One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in molted opaque black , brown/black and sandblasted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm...
Blown Glass
Constantly and successively
By L.G.
Located in Paris, FR
One of a kind Blown and fused Glass in opaque black, blueish black, transparent white and sandblasted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Total weight ...
Blown Glass
$650
H 16.5 in W 5 in D 5 in
Rare Signed White Glass Vase by Anne Nilsson for Orrefors Expo 1998
By Anne Nilsson
Located in East Quogue, NY
Rare signed and numbered Anne Nilsson for Orrefors Expo 1998 white glass vase. This beautifully crafted clear and white glass vase is approximately 16.5" tall, the base is approxima...
Glass, Blown Glass
$400
H 11 in W 4 in D 3.25 in
Abstract studio glass sculpture by a pioneering glass artist
Located in Colfax, CA
An early studio glass creation by Dr. Robert Fritz. Dr. Robert Fritz attended San Jose State College in the early 1950s, where he earned a Bachelors, and Master's of Arts. He went ...
Blown Glass
$1,699
H 17.72 in W 19.69 in
Hand-crafted Glass Urn for Sale - Ravenna Purple
By Marijke Berendsen and Joop Berendsen
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Hand-crafted Glassfusing Glass Artwork Glass Urn Symbolic Memorial Art for Sale This unique glass artwork, model "Ravenna Purple", is a hand-crafted piece of colored glass using the...
Steel
Glass Sculpture Ecartelee Shared
By L.G.
Located in Paris, FR
Really gorgeous, One of a kind Blown and fused Glass. Black opaque, white opaque, black, grey and brown. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Total weigh...
Blown Glass
Glass Sculpture Intimate
By L.G.
Located in Paris, FR
Gorgeous of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in transparent white crystal, black, brown, transparent and dark forest green. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm ...
Blown Glass
Lantern Column I
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Title: Lantern Column I Year: 1998 - 2014 Medium: Mold blown glass, cast polymer, steel, cast iron Size: 41 3/4" inches Niho Kozuru (髙鶴丹穂) is a Japanese-born mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. Kozuru casts and reconfigures molds of her own designs, classical and industrial turned architectural forms in unexpected materials. Using rubber, glass and clay she creates columns with undulating silhouettes. The “Lantern Columns” are a group of 7 towers, ranging from 4 feet to 7 feet tall. They have been shown in various configurations in multiple US States as well as the Fukuoka City Museum in Kyushu, Japan. Kozuru made 60 components by blowing glass into molds of her own designs while at Artists in Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. After traveling the world, the Lantern Columns have been arranged into their final configuration, with a steel armature within and each topped with a vivid cast iron final...
Steel, Iron
Lantern Column VII
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Title: Lantern Column VII Year: 1998 - 2014 Medium: Mold blown glass, cast polymer, steel, cast iron Size: 77 1/2 inches Price: $12,500. Niho Kozuru (髙鶴丹穂) is a Japanese-born mixe...
Steel, Iron
Lantern Column III
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Title: Lantern Column III Year: 2014 Medium: Mold blown glass, cast polymer, steel, cast iron Size: 47 1/2 inches Price: $6,500
Steel, Iron