My artistic goal with ceramic materials is to shape an expression based on the wonderful phenomenon of nature rather than to be completely made up of man’s power. This is because ceramics is created from chemical reactions and material changes by heating. I want to create my pieces as ‘having evolved a piece naturally’ by controlling the characteristics of materials and the action of firing. It is impossible, of course, to control the phenomenon completely. However, it is important for me to challenge nature, to pursue the possibilities within the control of the artist and to realise the principle of nature. The beauty that comes from the fusion between creativity of man and the power of nature. -This is the goal I want to achieve with the materials.
Koji Shiraya
Education
| 2010 | MA Royal College of Art, Ceramics and Glass |
Solo exhibitions
| 2023 |
To keep moving, you must keep your balance, COHJU contemporary art, Kyoto |
| 2018 | the world, COHJU contemporary art, Kyoto |
| 2017 | After the dream, 2017 in Maniwa, old Senkyo elementary school, Okayama |
| 2016 | the world, COHJU contemporary art, Kyoto |
| 2015 | SiO₂, Al₂O₃, CaO, Gallery 360°, Tokyo |
| 2013 | Trinary, Victor Felix Gallery, London |
Selected group exhibitions
| 2023 |
Nakanojo Biennale 2023, Gunma |
| Nakanojo Biennale 2023 Preview, Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo |
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| 2021 | Nakanojo Biennale 2021, Gunma |
| Hishio achieve exhibition, Hishio, Okayama |
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| 2020 | Adrian Sassoon at Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London |
| 2019 | Nakanojo Biennale 2019, Gunma |
| 2017 | Memories and records, Galerie Ashiya Schule, Hyogo |
| 2016 | Surprising Japan, Usagi Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2014 | Odyssey, The Church of St Edmund The King, London |
| 2013 | Insight into Beauty: Chawan, Embassy of Japan in the UK, London |
| Odyssey, Bath Abbey, Bath |
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| The Homecoming, Victor Felix Gallery, London |
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| 2012 | Award Winners’ Exhibition, Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham |
| The Open West, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester |
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| 2011 | Ku’ Damm 101 Happening 2011, Ku’ Damm 101 Hotel, Berlin |
| Art in the Gardens 2011, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire |
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| 2010 | Making Sense, Flow Gallery, London |
| SHOW 2010, Royal College of Art, London | |
| 2009 | Einfall: Beyond Spontaneity, Freud Museum, London |
Selected art fairs
| 2022 |
Adrian Sassoon, Masterpiece, London |
| 2019 | COHJU contemporary art, Art Osaka, Osaka |
| 2018 | COHJU contemporary art, Asia Now, Paris |
| COHJU contemporary art, Sydney Contemporary, Sydney |
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| COHJU contemporary art, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle |
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| 2017 | COHJU contemporary art, Sydney Contemporary, Sydney |
| 2016 | COHJU contemporary art, Untitled, Miami |
| COHJU contemporary art, Art16, London |
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| COHJU contemporary art, Art Stage Singapore, Singapore |
Awards
| 2017 |
Scholarship, the 150th Anniversary of Japan-Denmark diplomatic relations |
| 2012 | Curators Award, The Open West |
| 2008 | Bronze, Ceramic Design, The 8th International Ceramic Competition MINO, Japan |
| 2005 | Silver, Ceramic Arts, The 7th International Ceramic Competition MINO, Japan |