Scenes of Lightness: Works by Yukiya Izumita

After a successful exhibition in 2017, Surface Folds, Ippodo Gallery is pleased to once again present Yukiya Izumita’s work in Scenes of Lightness. Featuring work from both his Sekisoh and Fold series; the exhibition shows Izumita’s continuous exploration of complex forms. Izumita’s pieces exhibited carry a quality of weightlessness and ethereal flow; however, they also conjure a feeling of monumentality, like that of ancient landmarks conveying the profound passage of time. Picking up one of Izumita’s tea bowls, one can experience both a sense of lightness and weighted warmth. As layered waves push through solid forms, Izumita’s pieces breathe, like gentle wind blowing through a dense forest, his pieces remind us to appreciate the small moments of nature. Yukiya Izumita, trained in Kokuji-ware under Gakuho Shimodake in 1992, opened his own workshop in Noda Village, Iwate Prefecture, on the border with the northern ceramic production area of Aomori Prefecture in 1995. Izumit