Flowering and buds by Nobuhito Nakaoka

Height: 18.4cm Width: 12.6cm

"Flower Vase, Buds" is a work that combines Nakaoka Nobuhito's outstanding technique with his humorous aesthetic sense. This flower vase is made using the colored ash glaze technique, skillfully combining gosu and manganese pigments with ash glaze to achieve a unique and beautiful color and texture. The flower shape is humorous, yet the design is also beautiful.

Skillful application of colored ash glaze technique

"Flower Vase, Megumi" is a work that fully demonstrates Nakaoka's colored ash glaze technique. The ash glaze, a blend of oak ash and earth ash, has a texture similar to a natural glaze similar to Vidro glaze, but the vivid colors of the gosu and manganese flow beautifully onto the surface of the flower vase, deeply moving the viewer.

Humorous and beautiful design

The design features a humorous floral shape, yet is also strikingly beautiful. This piece, expressing a unique aesthetic sense, brings elegance and joy to everyday spaces. No matter what flowers you use, it will create a joyful and beautiful moment.

A fusion of tradition and innovation

While respecting the traditional techniques of Tamba ware, he incorporates his own unique creativity to create new value. "Kasei, Mesei" is one of his signature works, and is a wonderful fusion of the rich history of Tamba ware and Nakaoka's modern sensibility.

Elegance and practicality

Its beautiful design is also practical. It functions as a vessel for arranging flowers, while also providing the viewer with a sense of quality time and space. This piece, which combines outstanding craftsmanship and aesthetic sense, will bring new discoveries and joy every time you use it.

Creating a special space

It has the power to transform everyday spaces into something special. The humorous and beautiful design and the unique color and texture achieved through the colored ash glaze technique provide a comfortable sense of satisfaction to the user. This piece, created by Nobuhito Nakaoka, brings a special moment into the everyday.

"Kasei, Mesei" is a humorous and beautifully designed piece that combines tradition and innovation. This kasei, made using the colored ash glaze technique, brings gaiety and joy to any space and leaves a deep impression on those who see it.

Nobuhito Nakaoka Biography

1977 Born in Osaka
1996 After graduating from high school, he studied under Tanba ware artist Tadashi Nishibata
2001 Graduated from Kyoto City Industrial Research Institute, Department of Ceramics
2003: Assigned to Saint Vincent as a ceramics volunteer with the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers
2005 Term ends, return to Japan
2006 Became independent in Tachikui, Sasayama City

Selected Works
2010 Selected for the Hagi Grand Prize Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics
2011 Kobe Biennale 2011 Contemporary Ceramic Art Competition Selected
2012 Selected for the 29th Tanabe Museum Grand Prize Exhibition of Tea Ceremony Art (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020)
Selected for the Itami International Craft Exhibition Sake Ware and Sake Cup Stand
2013 30th Tanabe Museum Grand Prize, Tea Ceremony Forms Exhibition, Excellence Award Kobe Biennale 2013, Contemporary Ceramic Art Competition, Runner-up Prize 31st Chozo Prize Tokoname Ceramic Art Exhibition, Selected, Contemporary Ceramic Art Hagi Grand Prize Exhibition III, Honorable Mention
2014 10th International Ceramics Exhibition Mino, International Ceramics Competition, Selected
2015 Kobe Biennale 2015 Contemporary Ceramic Art Competition Selected 32nd Chozo Prize Tokoname Ceramic Art Exhibition Selected
2017 Selected for the 10th Contemporary Tea Ceramics Exhibition
2018 Japan Ceramic Association Encouragement Award Kansai Exhibition Selected
2019 Selected for the 12th Contemporary Tea Ceramics Exhibition
Selected for the 25th Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, Contemporary Ceramic Art Hagi Grand Prize Exhibition V, Excellence Award
2020 13th Contemporary Tea Ceramics Exhibition Selected
2021 Kasama Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition Selected

Exhibition
2009 Kobe Art Marche (until 2015)
2010 Kobe Sogo Group Kiln Exhibition
2011 Toyoda Midsummer Cold Sake Cup Exhibition (2012 2013)
Art Salon Yamaki, Tanba-yaki "Group Kiln" Three-person Exhibition, Hanshin Umeda Main Store, New Artist Ceramics Exhibition 2012, Gallery Voice, Bowl Shape Sake Ware Toyoda Solo Exhibition, Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store, Tanba Young Artists Three-person Exhibition, Seibu Shibuya Store, Solo Exhibition, Kobe Sogo, Group Kiln Exhibition, Ie soleil et la lune, Nakaoka Nobuto Ceramic Exhibition
2013 Solo exhibition at Toyoda Sake Ware Wad "My Cup Clothes Exhibition" Group exhibition Solo exhibition at Art Salon Yamaki
2014 Kobe Sogo Group Kiln Exhibition Identity & Originarity ~ Contemporary Ceramics New Collection Exhibition ~ Hyogo Ceramic Art Museum Kochi Daimaru 4-person exhibition
decoplay (Taiwan) 3-person exhibition at Seibu Shibuya store ~En~
Art Salon Yamaki Solo Exhibition
2015 Ritz-Carlton Osaka Group Exhibition Toyoda Sake Ware Solo Exhibition Torin Shungama 3-person Exhibition Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store Solo Exhibition Tosei Nagaoka Store Group Exhibition Lesoleil et la lune Solo Exhibition Deco play (Taiwan) Group Exhibition Takashimaya Yokohama Store Group Exhibition
2016 Contemporary Art - Life & Art - "Ceramics that add color to your life, tableware" Higashihiroshima Municipal Museum of Art Hankyu Umeda Solo Exhibition "Nobuhito Nakaoka's 10th Anniversary Exhibition"
MIZEN FINE ART Tea Ceremony Exhibition (France)
Kakiden Gallery "TANBA: Tea Ceremony Exhibition by 10 Artists"
"Rencontre: Intersecting Contemporary Ceramic Art Collection" The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo Invited to exhibit at the TEA BOUL Exhibition of Gyeongsangnam-Do (Korea)
2017 Gallery Voice "Current Tableware, Future Tableware"
REVELATION Art Fair 2017 at the Grand Parisi (France)
Fukuoka Mitsukoshi Solo Exhibition Kakiden Gallery "Four Ideas Pottery Exhibition"
2018 Deco play (Taiwan) Solo Exhibition at Hankyu Umeda Main Store Solo Exhibition at Kakiden Gallery Tamba Exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store "Feature on Tea Bowls by Contemporary Artists"
Nagoya Sakae Mitsukoshi Solo Exhibition
2019 Ginza Mitsukoshi Tea Ceramic Two-Person Exhibition, Sake Ware Toyoda Solo Exhibition (Kyoto)
Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store "Feature on Tea Bowls by Contemporary Artists"
2020 Solo Exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store "Ultramarine and Lyricism"
2021 Solo Exhibition at Hankyu Umeda Main Store Solo Exhibition at Fukuoka Mitsukoshi
2022 Contemporary Ceramics Hagi Grand Prize VI Selected

2023 Solo Exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store "Exploring Form"

2024 Solo exhibition at Fukuoka Mitsukoshi, solo exhibition at Kyoto Takashimaya

Public Collections, Hyogo Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum, Tanabe Museum of Art, Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Museum of Art