Tomoo Kitamura (Japan/North Carolina), Life Form Teapot II

Concord, circa 2020, large white glazed stoneware organic form teapot, signed and labeled to underside.

10 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.

Collection of a Gentleman, Durham, North Carolina

Born and raised in Japan by creative parents (his mother a painter and poet, and father a master craftsmen builder) Kitamura developed a desire to create. Tomoo Kitamura studied ceramics under Fujia Sakuma in Mashiko, Japan, an area traditionally known for over 380 distinct styles of ceramics. Kitamura’s introspective, organic forms speak strongly of their Japanese influence while remaining fluent in contemporary dialogues and themes.

Kitamura’s works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions including, Anne Neilson Fine Art Gallery, Christa Faut Gallery, X Foundation, Charlotte NC, Lee Hansley Gallery, Gallery One, Nashville TN, the Mint Museum of Art, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Kentucky Museum of Art, Montgomery College, MD, Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington, DC. He was awarded an eleven-month residency at the McColl Center for Visual Art. His work exists in many corporate collections such as, Phillip Morris and Electrolux, and private collections throughout the United States, Japan and Israel.

Bio courtesy of the artist's website.

Glaze and firing anomalies as made; good estate condition.