今園田 千紘
RITSUKO IMAI
1984 Born in Gunma, Japan
2003 Started pottery at college
when studying abroad in England
2011 Graduated from ceramic school in Mashiko,
Tochigi, Japan
2015 Ceramic exhibition “Family” ~ Tokyo
2016 Exhibition “Tenoyukue” ~ Kamakura
Exhibition “ShinShin” ~ Osaka
2017 Ceramic exhibition ~ Tokushima, Saitama, Chiba
2018 Exhibition “What if the poem were water…”
Kyoto Tsutaya Books
2019 Ceramic exhibition ~ Osaka & Tokyo
2020 Spring Exhibition ~ Toyko
Ritsuko Imai studied the basics of arts such as pottery and photography when she was in college in England. In 2011, she returned to Japan and practiced her pottery creation in Mashiko ceramic school. She values casting what comes from her inner side and what naturally comes within, not copying someone else’s work or trend. Her artwork is often unidentifiable for purpose, like something excavated from ancient ruins.
英國に大学で陶芸やカメラなど美術の基礎を一通り学ぶ、回國後に益子の窯業学校に陶芸を学び、卒業後、陶芸家としての道を歩み始める。2014年には初の個展を開く人気作家となった。作品をつくる上で大切にしているのは、誰かの作風や流行りを意識したものではない、自分の中から自然と湧き出てくるものを投影すること。普段は誰も目にとめないような、作為のない造形物から受けたインスピレーションを、作家‧今井律湖というフィルターを通して、作品にしていきたいと語る。
