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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

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