Kazunori Hamana

Kazunori Hamana est né en 1969 à Osaka au Japon. 

FORMATION

MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA 

Lives and works in Isumi, Chiba, Japan 

EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES

2022
Archipelago, Germantown, New York

Pierre Marie Giraud Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2021
Kazunori Hamana in collaboration with Yukiko Kuroda, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2020
Pierre Marie Giraud, Brussels, Belgium

Curator’s Cube, Tokyo, Japan

Xavier Hufkens’s home, organized by Pierre Marie Giraud, Belgium

2019
Blue Projects at Blue Mountain School, London, UK

2018
Curator’s Cube, Tokyo, Japan

2014
Vessels and Sea-Drift, Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo, Japan

2013
Dieci, Osaka, Japan 

2012
Playmountain, Tokyo, Japan

EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES

2022
William McKeown, curated by Jonathan Anderson, Château La Coste, Le-Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France

Momentary Pause, Casa Perfect Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Vessels, SIZED.STUDIO, Los Angeles, CA

2021
A Room with Six Floating Pots and Message Bottles: Kazunori Hamana and Yoichi Umetsu, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

Benefit Art Auction Preview Exhibition, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

White, Sokyo Annex, Kyoto, Japan

Kazunori Hamana, ooido syoujou, Blum & Poe, Tokyo, Japan

2020
Blum & Poe, Tokyo, Japan

At The Noyes House Blum & Poe, Mendes Wood DM and Object & Thing, The Eliot Noyes House, New Canaan, CT

5,471 miles, Blum & Poe, Tokyo, Japan

2019
Mingei Now, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

Echoes of Quiller Orchardson, Ben Hunter, London, UK

2018
Juxtapoz x Superflat, Pivot Art + Culture, Seattle, WA; traveled to Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2015
Kazunori Hamana, Yuji Ueda, and Otani Workshop, curated by Takashi Murakami, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA; traveled to Blum & Poe, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHIE

CATALOGUES

2021
Kemske, Bonnie. Kintsugi: The Poetic Mend. London: Herbert Press, 2021.

2020
Mingei Now. Kyoto: Sokyo Gallery, 2020

Kazunori Hamana. Text by Charlotte Dumoncel d'Argence. Brussels: Pierre Marie Giruad, 2020.

ARTICLES & REVUES 

2022
Alphonso, Sharon. “10 Japan-based Contemporary Ceramic Artists You Need to Know.” TokyoWeekender, December 23, 2022.

Hall, Kenji. "Blemished Beauties." Crafts (Autumn/Winter 2022): 98–113.

Françoise, Muriel. "L'appel du large." Milk Decoration (Spring 2022): 44–51.

2021
Kirshner, Hannah. “On Japan’s Pacific Coast, an Artist Communes with Nature.” NYTimes.com, December 3, 2021.

Mitchell, Rory. “Bold, Bulbous, and Irregular: The Ceramics of Kazunori Hamana.” Ocula.com, October 23, 2021.

2019
Akkam, Alia. “6 Not-To-Miss Design Exhibitions Opening in New York in November.” ArchitecturalDigest.com, November 6, 2019.

2018
Crossley-Baxter, Lily. “Japan’s Unusual Way to View the World.” BBC.com, October 22, 2018. 

Crossley-Baxter, Lily. “Kazunori Hamana: Simple Vessels of Complex Self-Reflection.” JapanTimes.co.jp, September 2, 2018.

“T Suggests: Abstract Gnomes, Japanese Breads and More.” T: New York Times Style Magazine, August 10, 2018. 

2016
Laster, Paul. "Armory Edition: 22 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before March 7." Observer.com, March 1, 2016.

Lothar, Marcus. "Curated by Takashi Murakami, Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Ceramics Comes to Blum and Poe New York." Widewalls, March 2, 2016.

“Kazunori Hamana.” Interview by Laura Gomez. KlassikMagazine.com, April 13, 2016.

Roazen, Ben. "Takashi Murakami Curates an Exhibition of Japanese Ceramics." Hypebeast, March 2, 2016.

Rosen, Miss. "Takashi Murakami Curates New Generation of Japanese Ceramicists." CraveOnline.com, Marchi 19, 2016.

Soler, Francesca. "Japanese Art Superstar Takashi Murakami Curates a New Generation of Japanese Ceramicists." We-Heart.com, March 2016.

"Takashi Curates." Interview with Takashi Murakami. NeueJournal, March 23, 2016.

2015
Karl, Brian. “Kazunori Hamana, Yuji Ueda, and Otani Workshop at Blum & Poe.” SFAQ, October 23, 2015.

Lansroth, Bob. “Get a Charge out of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics in an Exhibition Curated by Takashi Murakami at Blum & Poe.” Widewalls, September 11, 2015.

Ollman, Leah. “Humble Ceramics in a Stunning Installation at Blum & Poe.” Los Angeles Times, September 27, 2015.Pettinau, Marta. “Da Artista Pop A Curatore.” Artribune (Italy), September 9, 2015.

Review of Kazunori Hamana, Yuji Ueda, and Otani Workshop. ArtScene California (October 2015): 22.

Shaw, Anny. “Murakami Organizes Japanese Ceramics Exhibition in Los Angeles.” Art Newspaper, August 27, 2015.

Wee, Darryl. "Takashi Murakami Curates Japanese Ceramics at Blum & Poe." Blouinartinfo.com, August 31, 2015.

Welch, Thomas. “Takashi Murakami Shines Light on Japan’s Most Promising New Artists.” Selectism, October 7, 2015.

Wu, Su. “Zen Garden: Takashi Murakami Brings a Selection of Japanese Ceramics to LA.” Wallpaper, September 21, 2015.

MUSÉES / COLLECTIONS PUBLIQUES

BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou, China