Yoca Muta (b. 1981) tells tales of creatures, real and mythological, as painted scenes on porcelain in the vein of the Kutani tradition, in vivid color and detail. She currently lives and works in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
Selected Biography:
1981 Born in Tokyo, Japan
2008 B.F.A., Goldsmiths, University of London
2012 Graduated from the Ishikawa Prefecture Kutaniware Technical Training Institute
Lives and works in Ishikawa, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 A Tale of Two Suns, Institute of International Visual Arts, London, UK
2014 Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Land of Light, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Benimutsuki, Enishira, Ishikawa, Japan
some comfortable rubbles, Kingyo kukan, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Zuikei Jien, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
2020 The Vessels of Aesthetic, Maruzen Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
2021 The Vessels of eye, Ginza Tsutaya Books GINZA ATRIUM, Tokyo, Japan
2022 The Vessels of painting, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
The Vessels of drunkenness, Artglorieux Gallery of Osaka, Japan
2023 The Stratford Gallery, Broadway, UK
2024 Into the mountains, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
2025 Sea Roar, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2011 We Who Saw Signs, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
2019 Kutanism 2019, Natadera Temple, Ishikawa, Japan
The Sake Vessel: Contemporary Interpretations, The Stratford Gallery, Broadway, UK
2021 Ceramics, Deviation, Living Room, Seiko House Ginza Hall, Tokyo, Japan
The Future of Artisanal Beauty: Materials, Expression, Decoration, Mitsukoshi Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Go for Kogei 2021, Otaki-Okamoto Shrines, Fukui, Japan
VOLTA Basel 2021, ELYS, Basel, Switzerland
2022 Genreless Kōgei, National Crafts Museum, Ishikawa, Japan
2023 Cheongju Craft Biennale, Culture Factory, Cheongju, South Korea
2024 The Future of Artisanal Beauty: Vessels, Wrappings, Decorations, TERRADA ART COMPLEX Ⅱ BONDED GALLERY, Tokyo/ Kenninji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
2025 KOGEI ARTISTS LEAGUE, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
Skin and Viscera: Self, World, and Time, Tainan Art Museum, Taiwan
Sensorium, Mitera Sennyu-ji temple, Kyoto, Japan
2012 Gold Award, ITAMI International Craft Exhibition
2016 Grand Prize, The 11th Paramita Museum Ceramic Art Grand Prize
Public Collection:
Paramita Museum, Mie
National Crafts Museum, Ishikawa
Nomi City Kutani Pottery Museum, Ishikawa
