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K E I K O M AT S U IA S O L O E X H I B I T I O N
“Keiko Matsui works predominantly in porcelain. Her work begins on the potter’s wheel and is
then manipulated, cut and reassembled to evoke a quiet and subtle abstraction. Making and
reinterpreting objects is her focus, and she pays particular attention to the form, proportion
and profile of a vessel, and the interconnectedness beetweeen the interior and exterior.
What Keiko loves most is the mental solace she finds at the potter’s wheel. While she admits
that there are ever-present challenges on the technical side, these can always be solved. The
most difficult aspect is emplying her head and keeping up her work every day.”
Amber Creswell Bell, CLAY, Thames & Hudson, 2016
Seika Vase, 2021
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze
27.5 x 24 cm
$1,500
Flow blue bowl , 2020
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze
4.5 x 13 cm
$300
Seika Vase, 2021
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze
18 x 11 cm
$400
Flow blue bowl, 2020
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze
6.5 x 17.5 cm
$400
Seika Flat Spoon#1, 2021
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze
0.5 x 18 cm
$180
Flow blue bowl, 2020
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze, lacquer, and kintsugi powder
7 x 17.5 cm
$450
Flow blue bowl, 2020
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze
11 x 20.5 cm
$750
Ichirin (a single flower) LOTUS Vase, 2020
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze, lacquer, and kintsugi
powder
25 x 8 cm
$850
Flow blue bowl , 2020
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze
5.5 x 17 cm
$380
Ichirin (a single flower) PEONY Vase, 2020
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze, lacquer, and kintsugi
powder
25 x 12 cm
$850
Seika Vase, 2021
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze
24 x 15 cm
$950
Seika Bowl, 2021
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze
6 x 24 cm
$385
Seika Vase/Jug, 2021
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze
22 x 19 cm
$850
Seika Jug, 2021
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze
12.5 x 11 cm
$280
Seika Spoon#2 2021
Porcelain, cobalt, glaze
2 x 22 cm
$220
KEIKO MATSUI is a Japanese-born, Melbourne based
ceramicist. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Art
(Honours) degree in 2006 at the National Art School in
Sydney.
Her work begins on the potter’s wheel and is then
distorted, torn and reassembled to evoke a quiet
and subtle abstraction. Making and reinterpreting
objects is Keiko’s focus. She pays particular attention
to the form, proportion and profil of a vessel and the
interconnectedness between the interior and exterior.
Keiko has exhibited widely both nationally and
internationally in both group and solo presentations . Her
recent achievements include North Queensland Ceramics
Award ,Gosford Art Prize , Vitrify Alcorso Ceramic Award,
John Fries Memorial Award, Small Art Object Prize in
Vallauris, France and the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize.
Amber Creswell Bell
+61 0414 747 761
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