Jun Matsumura 松村淳

Born in Chiba Prefecture, a suburb of Tokyo, in 1986, Jun Matsumura graduated from the University of South Alabama in 2010, as well as the Tajimi Municipal Ceramic Research Center in 2015, and then the Utatsuyama Research Institute in Kanazawa, which he left in 2018. His transcendent and innovative creations have made the heart of the ceramic world beat. He was also rewarded at the Tradition and Innovation-Japanese Ceramics Now exhibition as well as at the 3rd KOGEI Triennale in Kanazawa. It was also presented at TEFAF in Maastricht, Art Fair Tokyo in 2018, Art Collect in London and Art Kyoto in 2019.

In 2021, he was rewarded during the twelfth edition of the Mino international competition. The above sculpture "Dissection of Awe" was exhibited at the Paramita Museum in June 2021, one of the best-known ceramic exhibitions in Japan. As an artist who grew up exposed to Japanese philosophy and its subcultures, he creates works based on the practice of Kogei (traditional Japanese arts and crafts) and uses porcelain as a means of reflecting on the delicacy of modern culture, encouraging the public to think about current issues in society and their underlying consequences. The shape of this sharply contoured sculpture almost reaches the realm of architecture and reaches an ambiguous line between function and non-function.

Personal or group exhibitions

2022
“Vessel or Not?” », Sokyo Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
“12th International Ceramics Competition”, Mino, Japan

2021
“Bunkindo, Gifu, Japan Chato”, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan
“The Future of Ceramic Art, the Unseen Beyond the Horizon”, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Tamba Sasayama, Hyogo, Japan

2020
“BLUE or WHITE?” – Celadon, White Porcelain, and Bluish-White Porcelain”, Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan

2019
Art Collect, London, England
Art Kyoto, Japan

2018
TEFAF Maastricht, Netherlands
Art Fair Tokyo, Japan

2017
“Kanazawa Contemporary Kogei Exhibition”, Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan