Ippodo Gallery - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for Ippodo Gallery. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

  • poster for Masaaki Miyasako “Living Dreams”

    Masaaki Miyasako “Living Dreams”

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2023-10-26 - 2023-11-22

    Masaaki Miyasako imbues his Nihonga painting ‘Suite’ with unique symbolism connected to his life and message of conservation. A jazz musician in his youth, the white birds that streak across the scene...More »

  • poster for “Extreme Surfaces: Cutting Edge Kogei” Exhibition

    “Extreme Surfaces: Cutting Edge Kogei” Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2023-01-12 - 2023-02-16

    Ippodo Galleryis a pioneering kogei-focused gallery based in Tokyo and New York. Our mission is to honor the living tradition of Japanese fine art in the contemporary world by cultivating craft- and culture-oriented...More »

  • poster for Jihei Murase III “Innovation in Form”

    Jihei Murase III “Innovation in Form”

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2022-09-08 - 2022-10-12

    The craft of Jihei Murase III is the culmination of generations of expertise and innovative genius. This long-awaited exhibition is the second showing with Ippodo Gallery New York, after a solo exhibition...More »

  • poster for Yukiya Izumitan “Layers of Time: Spatial Ceramic”

    Yukiya Izumitan “Layers of Time: Spatial Ceramic”

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2022-01-13 - 2022-02-17

    The 25 ceramic works in the Yukiya Izumita exhibition are in perpetual tension. His inventive use of layered clay is as sophisticated as it is attuned to the earth, with the folds of mud suggestive of...More »

  • poster for Kenji Wakasugi “‘Adore’ Madonna and Fusuma Photography”

    Kenji Wakasugi “‘Adore’ Madonna and Fusuma Photography”

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2021-12-03 - 2022-01-07

    A sequel to Synthesis, Wakasugi’s inaugural exhibition at the gallery in 2016, Synthesis II highlights the artist’s exploration of photography inspired by traditional ink-painting. The show will also feature...More »

  • poster for Massimo Micheluzzi “Master of Venetian Glass”

    Massimo Micheluzzi “Master of Venetian Glass”

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    • Media: Ceramics - Other
    • 2021-10-12 - 2021-11-19

    Ippodo Gallery and Barry Friedman Ltd. present their first collaborative exhibition: Massimo Micheluzzi: Master of Venetian Glass. The imaginative displays of vases will fill the serene space of Ippodo...More »

  • poster for Kenji Wakasugi “Synthesis II”

    Kenji Wakasugi “Synthesis II”

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2021-09-09 - 2021-10-14

    Ippodo Gallery presents Synthesis II, our second solo exhibition of works by Kenji Wakasugi. A sequel to Synthesis, Wakasugi’s inaugural exhibition at the gallery in 2016, Synthesis II highlights the...More »

  • poster for “Moonlit Night” Exhibition

    “Moonlit Night” Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting - Ceramics
    • 2021-09-02 - 2021-10-05

    Autumn is a poetic and enriching season in Japan, deeply rooted in traditions that celebrate the harvest and the beauty and wonder of the natural world. To honor the season, people gather to drink sake...More »

  • poster for Koichiro Isezaki “The Breath of Clay”

    Koichiro Isezaki “The Breath of Clay”

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2020-03-12 - 2020-04-16

    Ippodo Gallery presents Koichiro Isezaki’s first NYC solo exhibition: The Breath of Clay, The Life of Koichiro Isezaki’s Contemporary Bizen. First son of Japanese National Treasure Jun Isezaki, Ippodo...More »

  • poster for “Conversations in Tea: The Modern Ritual Through Ippodo Artists” Exhibition

    “Conversations in Tea: The Modern Ritual Through Ippodo Artists” Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2020-02-06 - 2020-02-24

    In between our first exhibition of the new year and participation in Asia Week NYC 2020, we present “Conversations in Tea: The Modern Ritual Through Ippodo Artists.” The traditional idea of the tea ceremony,...More »

  • poster for Yukiya Izumita “Scenes of Lightness”

    Yukiya Izumita “Scenes of Lightness”

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    • Media: Sculpture - Ceramics
    • 2019-12-13 - 2020-01-24

    After his highly successful exhibition, Surface Folds, in 2017, Ippodo Gallery presents Scenes of Lightness works from Yukiya Izumita’s Sekisoh and Fold series. “I transform my chaotic inner thoughts...More »

  • poster for Ken Matsubara “Kūkai: Sun and Moon”

    Ken Matsubara “Kūkai: Sun and Moon”

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2019-10-10 - 2019-11-22

    In 2008, the tiny boat Ippodo Gallery set sail on a vast ocean that is New York. Excited, eager, and bright, Ippodo Gallery opened in Chelsea. Six months later, the 2008 financial crisis hit and then in...More »

  • poster for “Tea Ware and New Beginnings” Exhibition

    “Tea Ware and New Beginnings” Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2019-08-20 - 2019-09-13

    Ippodo Gallery presents its final exhibition at 86th Street. Featuring tea bowls and tea ceremony-related artwork from some of our most significant artists, this exhibition truly represents the gallery’s...More »

  • poster for Shin Fujihira “Ethereal Clay”

    Shin Fujihira “Ethereal Clay”

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2019-06-13 - 2019-07-21

    As a legend in the field of ceramic art, Shin Fujihira’s impact on Japanese ceramics was profound. His whimsical works lived in an imaginative world of their own and, since his death in 2012, only a very...More »

  • poster for Laura de Santillana “Moon. From Kyoto to New York.”

    Laura de Santillana “Moon. From Kyoto to New York.”

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    • Media: Sculpture - Other
    • 2019-04-19 - 2019-05-24

    “The glass tablets are envelopes in which the light lives and refracts; there is the surface work, a skin. This light that is incorporated in the object becomes the body of the object. Light is not outside,...More »

  • poster for Daisuke Nakano “Burst of Nature”

    Daisuke Nakano “Burst of Nature”

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2019-03-07 - 2019-04-06

    A nandina plant with red berries struggles under the weight of the falling snow while a marten holds its breath, its eyes gazing in our direction. The sweet perfume of a magnolia in full bloom almost wafts...More »

  • poster for “2018 Retrospective Show” Exhibition

    “2018 Retrospective Show” Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2018-12-11 - 2019-01-25

    2018 has almost come to an end. To honor the support we’ve received from everyone this past year, we would like to host a special 2018 retrospective show. All the highlighted artists from our gallery...More »

  • poster for Tohru Matsuzaki “Rinpa: Silver Waves”

    Tohru Matsuzaki “Rinpa: Silver Waves”

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    • Media: Sculpture
    • 2018-11-01 - 2018-11-21
  • poster for Mokichi Otsuka  “Between Forms: The Terracotta Cosmos”

    Mokichi Otsuka “Between Forms: The Terracotta Cosmos”

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2018-09-06 - 2018-09-28

    Ippodo Gallery presents terracotta works by Mokichi Otsuka (b. 1956). Explorations of form take shape with two recurrent motifs-predominately women and cats. Female heads, busts and hands bear reference...More »

  • poster for Midori Tsukada  “Oceans Formed”

    Midori Tsukada “Oceans Formed”

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    • Media: Ceramics - Other
    • 2018-05-24 - 2018-06-21

    Ippodo Gallery presents ” Oceans Formed,” glass works by Midori Tsukada. 20 will be on view, a must-see presentation of exceptional glass and copper creations. After years of study in both glass and...More »

  • poster for “Tea Bowls: Art of the Five Senses” Exhibition

    “Tea Bowls: Art of the Five Senses” Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2018-03-26 - 2018-04-07

    “It (Teaism) insulates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something...More »

  • poster for Shota Suzuki “Ripples & Blooms”

    Shota Suzuki “Ripples & Blooms”

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    • Media: Sculpture
    • 2017-12-07 - 2017-12-29

    Ippodo Gallery presents Shota Suzuki (b. 1987), in his first ever solo exhibition outside Japan this December. The works speak for themselves, just as nature does: Suzuki’s work celebrates the beauty of...More »

  • poster for “The Essence of Imperfection: Wabi Sabi” Exhibition

    “The Essence of Imperfection: Wabi Sabi” Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting - Drawing - Photography - Product - Ceramics
    • 2017-10-26 - 2017-11-22

    Ippodo Gallery presents a selection of works by nine artists, in conjunction with the exhibition, A Teahouse for Philadelphia, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art(PMA). Ippodo artists, Jihei Murase, Tohru...More »

  • poster for Mitsukuni Misaki “Earth From Sky : Stoneware Works”

    Mitsukuni Misaki “Earth From Sky : Stoneware Works”

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2017-09-07 - 2017-09-29

    Times continue to change But only when the rhythm and pace of my body adapt I am drawn by the look and touch of a maturing artwork Slow against time’s movement Is it light or air that moves me? I create...More »

  • poster for “Bamboo Exposed: Mastery in Modernity of Hafu Matsumoto” Exhibition

    “Bamboo Exposed: Mastery in Modernity of Hafu Matsumoto” Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture - Installation
    • 2017-06-08 - 2017-07-07

    Ippodo Gallery presents a solo show of Hafu Matsumoto (b. 1952), the last disciple of Shokansai Iizuka (1919-2004), dedicated to the tradition and innovation of Japanese craftsmanship. 20 of works will...More »

  • poster for Yukiya Izumita “Surface Folds”

    Yukiya Izumita “Surface Folds”

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2017-03-09 - 2017-04-07

    Ippodo Gallery presents Surface Folds ̧ a show of Yukiya Izumita’s clay wares in New York. Coinciding with Asia Week New York, 30 works will showcase Izumita’s deep understanding of clay and artistry,...More »

  • poster for Jihei Murase “Lacquer Forms: Modern Negoro”

    Jihei Murase “Lacquer Forms: Modern Negoro”

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2016-10-13 - 2016-11-03

    Ippodo gallery is pleased to hold an exhibition of lacquer works by Jihei Murase III. Murase is a third-generation lacquerware artist, with the Murase family traditions dating back to the Edo period (1603-1868)....More »

  • poster for Yuki Hayama “Beauty of Life”

    Yuki Hayama “Beauty of Life”

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2016-09-09 - 2016-09-29

    Ippodo Gallery presents Beauty of Life¸ the debut exhibition in the US of ceramic works by Yuki Hayama. Hayama’s ceramics are characterized by careful patterns, with meticulous attention to detail acting...More »

  • poster for “Urushi Lacquer : The Graceful Soul of Wood”

    “Urushi Lacquer : The Graceful Soul of Wood”

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2014-03-14 - 2014-03-30

    To coincide with New York’s Asia Week, Ippodo Gallery presents ’URUSHI Lacquer – The Graceful Soul of Wood’, an exhibition showcasing works by contemporary artists who utilize urushi in their craft. It...More »

  • poster for Yukiya Izumita "The Clay Talks"

    Yukiya Izumita "The Clay Talks"

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2012-10-18 - 2012-11-17

    'When I decide to express something through clay, I look for the answer in its roughness or fragility, its ephemerality, and its tension or lightness.' -Yukiya Izumita Ippodo Gallery NY presents Yukiya...More »

  • poster for Katsuya Ohgita "Condensed Light"

    Katsuya Ohgita "Condensed Light"

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    • Media: Sculpture - Crafts
    • 2012-06-14 - 2012-07-14

    "I hope that the surface of the simple forms of the glass, become one with the light that resides within, making the viewer realize afresh the existence of light." -Katsuya Ohgita The Ippodo Gallery...More »

  • poster for Atsuya Tominaga "Sphere"

    Atsuya Tominaga "Sphere"

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    • Media: Sculpture
    • 2012-04-19 - 2012-06-09

    Ippodo Gallery NY presents sculpture by Atsuya Tominaga. Atsuya Tominaga is a Japanese sculptor who has inherited the spirit of Isamu Noguchi, and this will be his second solo exhibition at Ippodo Gallery...More »

  • poster for Tohru Matsuzaki "Works in Urushi Lacquer"

    Tohru Matsuzaki "Works in Urushi Lacquer"

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2012-03-15 - 2012-04-14

    "Wood is doomed to decay but by applying numerous coats of urushi lacquer, it is possible to create objects that will continue to be loved by their owners for 500 or even 1,000 years". -Tohru Matsuzaki Matsuzaki's...More »

  • poster for Takashi Tomo-oka Exhibition

    Takashi Tomo-oka Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2012-02-02 - 2012-03-10

    Tomo-oka's photographs can be described as contemporary Nihonga-style pictures. They represent a new form of painting that is carried out not with ink and brushes, but using a digital camera then printing...More »

  • poster for Ryoji Koie Exhibition

    Ryoji Koie Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2011-03-16 - 2011-04-23

    Koie Ryoji was born in Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture, an area renowned since ancient times as a center for the production of various types of pottery. Today, it is also famous for the mass-production...More »

  • poster for Sato Toru "Phantasmal Core-Formed Glass"

    Sato Toru "Phantasmal Core-Formed Glass"

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    • Media: Product - Crafts
    • 2010-09-23 - 2010-10-23

    Core-forming is one of the most ancient methods of producing glass containers, the technique dating back to the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, where it was used to produce bottles to contain...More »

  • poster for Katsuyuki Sakazume "Ceramics"

    Katsuyuki Sakazume "Ceramics"

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    • Media: Sculpture - Ceramics
    • 2010-05-13 - 2010-06-19

    The most distinctive characteristic of ceramic artist, SAKAZUME Katsuyuki’s work, is that it is of the high-fired, unglazed stoneware, known in Japan as yakishime. While he was studying English literature...More »

  • poster for Yoko Semoto "Paintings in Tempera on Gold Backgrounds"

    Yoko Semoto "Paintings in Tempera on Gold Backgrounds"

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2010-04-01 - 2010-05-01

    Born in 1930, Yoko SEMOTO is now eighty years old and continues to work actively, producing tempera paintings on lavish, gold-leaf backgrounds. The daughter of a strict stockbroker and frugal mother, she...More »

  • poster for "A Celebration of Spring -HANA-" Exhibition

    "A Celebration of Spring -HANA-" Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting - Other - Sculpture - Product - Crafts - Ceramics
    • 2010-02-05 - 2010-03-13

    Ippodo gallery has planned an exhibition on the theme of flowers, ‘Hana’ in Japanese, to celebrate the arrival of spring. According to the traditional Japanese calendar, February 4 is known as ‘risshun’,...More »

  • poster for Shinya Yamamura "Infinity in the palm of your hand –URUSHI decorations"

    Shinya Yamamura "Infinity in the palm of your hand –URUSHI decorations"

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2009-11-19 - 2009-12-26

    Transcendental beauty. Beyond time and distance. Infinity in the palm of one’s hand. It is the ultimate aesthetic of Shinya Yamamura. His lacquer works on display at Ippodo gallery NY feature lidded Way...More »

  • poster for Shigeru Uchida "Hako"

    Shigeru Uchida "Hako"

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    • Media: Architecture - Furniture - Product
    • 2009-10-15 - 2009-11-13

    “Box” is the title of this second exhibition of Shigeru Uchida, the designer of ”Po-an,” Ippodo Gallery’s tea room space in New York. Uchida has explored Japan’s fundamental aesthetic sense of space in...More »

  • poster for Ryota Aoki "New Ceramics Laboratory Vol. 2"

    Ryota Aoki "New Ceramics Laboratory Vol. 2"

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2009-09-10 - 2009-10-10

    Bijoux is a work first created by Aoki when he spent a half a year studying at the L'Ecole des arts décoratifs in Geneva. Bijoux, in French a “jewel,” is a white porcelain work produced from a mold shaped...More »

  • poster for "New Ceramics Laboratory Ryota Aoki's Nippon!”  Exhibition

    "New Ceramics Laboratory Ryota Aoki's Nippon!” Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2009-07-02 - 2009-08-31

    Ryota Aoki was born in 1978. He dresses in Comme de Garcons fashions, wears a turban and ear piercings and works in a studio that looks like a secret hide-away with made-in-Japan rap blaring in the background....More »

  • poster for Park Young Sook "New Ceramic Works"

    Park Young Sook "New Ceramic Works"

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    • Media: Sculpture - Ceramics
    • 2009-05-14 - 2009-06-27

    Ippodo Gallery New York will present the works of a Korean female ceramicist, Park Young Sook. She is known world-wide as the creator of large, milky-white procelain ”Moon Jars.” From the beginnings of...More »

  • poster for Tohru Matsuzaki "New Lacquer"

    Tohru Matsuzaki "New Lacquer"

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    • Media: Product - Crafts
    • 2009-03-19 - 2009-05-09

    Ippodo Gallery New York will presentn the first US exhibition by Japanese lacquer artist Tohru Matsuzaki from March 19 through May 9 in its Chelsea space. Featuring some 50 works, the exhibition provides...More »

  • poster for "Contemporary Japanese Designs in Ceramics, Bamboo & Tankin" Exhibition

    "Contemporary Japanese Designs in Ceramics, Bamboo & Tankin" Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture - Product - Crafts - Ceramics
    • 2009-02-05 - 2009-03-14

    In 2009, Ippodo will present a diverse selection of contemporary art and design that has earned the gallery a significant following in Japan. On the heels of Chicara Liquid Chrome, an exhibition of four...More »

  • poster for Chicara Nagata "Chicara Liquid Chrome"

    Chicara Nagata "Chicara Liquid Chrome"

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    • Media: Product
    • 2008-11-07 - 2009-01-31

    Ippodo Gallery announces an exhibition of four hand-made motorcycles by the prize-winning Japanese artist Chicara Nagata. Marking the first time these functional works of art have been exhibited outside...More »

  • poster for "Art of Ceramics" Exhibition

    "Art of Ceramics" Exhibition

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    • Media: Product - Crafts - Ceramics
    • 2008-10-31 - 2008-12-27

    he ippodo gallery presents Art of Ceramics, an exhibition of traditional Japanese tableware, in Po’An, the gallery’s crafts showroom. Created as a portal to Japanese life and culture, Po’An exhibits carefully...More »

  • poster for "BA KA SU" Mieko Yuki

    "BA KA SU" Mieko Yuki

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    • Media: Sculpture - Ceramics
    • 2008-10-02 - 2008-10-26

    The Ippodo Gallery presents Bakasu, an exhibition of ceramic figurines by Mieko Yuki. Yuki, an actress renowned for her work on stage and in films and television, has asserted a compelling identity with...More »

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