2023 AUGUST / 上出惠悟

サイズ 15cm×15cm、筒描染色、エディション 1/1、価格 165,000円 (税込)

上出惠悟 / KEIGO KAMIDE

1981年石川県生まれ、 2006年東京藝術大学美術学部絵画科油画専攻卒業。同年より、 1879年創業の九谷焼窯元である上出長右衛門窯の後継者として、職人と共に多くの企画や様々な作品を制作、伝統の枠に囚われない柔軟な発想で九谷焼を現代に伝える。伝統柄をアレンジした「笛吹」や、スペイン人デザイナーを招聘した「JAIME HAYON × KUTANI CHOEMON」シリーズなどを発表。2013年合同会社上出瓷藝(かみでしげい)設立を機に本格的に窯の経営に従事すると共に、KUTANI SEAL、丸八製茶場、結わえる、福光屋、ユニクロなどのブランド、企業の商品企画、パッケージデザイン制作を担当。また個人作家としても活動し、精力的に個展を開催している。

KBIGO KAMIDE (B. 1981 IN ISHIKAWA) GRADUATED FROM TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF ARTS WITH A BA IN PAINTING SPECIALIZING IN OIL PAINTING IN 2006. DURING THE SAME YEAR, KAMIDE JOINED KUTANI CHOEMON, HIS FAMILY-OWNED KUTANI WARE MANUFACTURER FOUNDED IN 1879. AS A 6TH GENERATION SUCCESSOR TO THE HISTORICAL POTTERY, HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ARTISANS TO CREATE VARIOUS PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS WITH FLEXIBLE IDEAS UNCONSTRAINED BY TRADITION, BREATHING LIFE TO KUTANI WARE TO APPEAL TO MODERN LIVING. KAMIDE DESIGNED CONTEMPORARY KUTANI WARE PRODUCTS SUCH AS JAPANESE TEACUP WITH AN ARRANGEMENT OF THE TRADITIONAL KUTASI PATTERN “FUBFUKI (FLUTIST),” AND “JAIME HAYON KUTANI CHOEMON” COLLECTIONS COLLABORATED WITH SPANISH DESIGNER JAIME HAYON. SINCE KAMIDE SHIGEI LLC’S ESTABLISHMENT IN 2013, KAMIDE HAS BEEN ENGAGING IN FULL-SCALE KILN MANAGEMENT WHILE ALSO MANAGING THE PRODUCT PLANNING AND PACKAGE DESIGNING FOR BRANDS AND COMPANIES SUCH AS KUTANI SEAL, MARUHACHI SEICHAJO, YUWAERU, FUKUMITSUYA,AND UNIQLO. AS AN INDIVIDUAL ARTIST, KAMIDE HOLDS SUBSEQUENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS.