Kenichi Ogawa

Ogawa’s practice prioritizes sight and touch, and how from ancient times to today, they have been at the root of people’s encounters with visual imagery. The surfaces of his small-scale ceramics bare the viable traces of his physical handling: the pressing, molding, and breaking of clay needed to generate each unique shape. Replicating objects and images from daily life,

Ogawa’s works act as memorials to the present and treasure the small moments of everyday experiences. The traditions of Japanese calligraphy and ceramics underline all of his work. Though the construction and invention of new creative possibilities, Ogawa tries to understand their aesthetic and spiritual essence.

Kenichi Ogawa was born in 1969 in Aichi, Japan, where he lives and works. He has exhibited at Kenji Taki Gallery (Nagoya, Japan), TENT Gallery, University of Edinburgh (UK), Seoul City Museum (Korea), Gallery DEN + Floor2 (Tokyo) and Mieke van Schaijk Gallery (Rotterdam, Netherlands).