Genta Ishizuka – Works at The Ashmolean Museum

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Genta Ishizuka – Works at The Ashmolean Museum

22 August 2024

Erskine, Hall & Coe have announced that two works from their recent Genta Ishizuka: Internal exhibition have joined the permanent collection of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.  The works, Untitled (faded gold) (acquired with the generous support of Christopher Gorman-Evans) and Untitled (tangled) (acquired with the assistance of the Story Fund), were both produced this year.

About the artist:

Born in Kyoto in 1982, Genta Ishizuka currently lives and works in Kyoto.  He earned a BFA from Kyoto City University of Arts, during which time he participated in an exchange program at the Royal College of Art, London in 2006.  He graduated with a MFA in Urushi Lacquering from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2008.

Following several solo exhibitions in Kyoto and Osaka, Ishizuka’s work has received international recognition and awards.  In 2019, Ishizuka won the annual LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize, and The Best Young Artist Award by the City of Kyoto.

Erskine, Hall & Coe’s next exhibition, opening on the 4th of September, will feature twenty-five new works in porcelain by celebrated Irish ceramic artist, Sara Flynn.

Erskine, Hall & Coe

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London
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