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October 23, 2023 In Uncategorized

🏺Workshop – FREE STYLE Creation🏺

This will be my final workshop in my studio for 2023!

You’ll have the chance to create up to two pieces—cups, vases, plates, or small sculptures—whatever you feel inspired to make.

I’ll start with a demonstration of basic hand-building techniques (this is not a wheel-throwing class), followed by one-on-one guidance as you work on your pieces.

This workshop is designed to be beginner-friendly while still offering valuable techniques and insights.

All works will be glazed and finished by me.
Each participant only needs to attend once, and your pieces will be fired and ready for pickup in 2–3 weeks.

If you have any inquiries or want to join my workshop, please Email me to info@keikomatsui.com.au

12th (SUN) November

11:45 – 14:00 (session#1)

13th (Mon) November

11:45 – 14:00 (session#2)

$OLD OUT

[Workshop fee includes all materials, 2 firings fee, and use of the tools]

To book, please click

www.keikomatsui.com/purchase from our website.

July 28, 2023 In Uncategorized

🌸Workshop – ichirin vase🌸

As the spring is approaching just around the corner, I am conducting a workshop in my studio. This is the first workshop I am offering to the public since I allocated my studio in Melbourne.

I will let you create your own ichirin vase(s) by hand. “Ichirin” means a single flower, it’s very popular object in Japan. I will show you many techniques to assist your creative ideas.

All work will be glazed by me so that you can only attend the workshop ONCE. How good is that!

If you have any inquiries or want to join my workshop, please Email me to info@keikomatsui.com.au

15th (Tue) August 10:45 – 12: 15 (session#1)

20th (Sun) August 10:30 – 12:00 (session#1) 12:30 – 14:00 (session#2)

$OLD OUT

[Workshop fee includes all materials, 2 firings fee, and use of the tools]

November 6, 2021 In Workshop/ワークショップ

■Montsalvat Art Festival – Open studio
□モンサルヴァット・アート・フェスティヴァル・工房一般公開

Montsalvat Arts Festival 2021

Sunday, 21 November 2021 | 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM

In celebration of our brilliant art and active community, Montsalvat opens our gates to an exciting day of outdoor activities, music, performances, open studio programs and workshops for all ages.

Monsalvat’s 24 studio artists will open their doors to provide you with the opportunity to meet with them, gain insight into their artistic process, and purchase some of their originals.

You will explore a diverse community of emerging to well-established artists, across various mediums and disciplines. Accompany us, be inspired and support each of our artist’s unique practice, ranging from painters, sculptors, ceramicists, photographers, jewellers, puppeteers, designers, textile and glass artists.

Arrive in the morning to see the delightful Callisto Strings perform as you enter through the Barn Gallery. Bring the whole family along and share a laugh with Tilly and The Big Funny Giant, performed and crafted by the Jesters Workshop at Montsalvat.

Unwind and relax into the afternoon and have a dance to our outdoor music line-up featuring The Experience, STAV. and Stefanía. With five exhibitions across our gallery spaces and an exclusive feature exhibition, Montsalvat: The Beginnings, we invite you to explore our vast collection and experience new stories of our local community.

Expect plenty of all-day festivities, including artist talks, Clay Talk ceramic workshops and kids craft activities, all set within the wondrous 12 acres of Montsalvat’s beautiful gardens and heritage buildings.

Come and capture the warmth of the spring season. Explore our event website for ticketing information and further details of our program.

Entry tickets are purchased at

https://www.montsalvat.com.au/montsalvat-arts-festival-2021

 

October 6, 2021 In Workshop/ワークショップ

■5days Summer Workshop at Sturt Contemporary Craft Centre in Mittagong NSW
□ミッタゴンのSTURTにて、5日間集中サマーワークショップ開催

In this Summer Workshop, I will focus mainly on TWO things.

ONE  is to navigate you to find your own form. I will discuss with each student their ‘current’ form and then the student will be guided to discover their new form by doing section throwing, assembling, making collages on paper, and creating paper vessels.

We will visit Sturt Pottery’s permanent collection cottage on Day1 and discuss vessels form and techniques for your warm-up.  

My SECOND  focus will be on observing your ‘current’ skills, and teaching you further throwing skills meticulously, in order to take you to the next level. It does not matter what shape you are making, I want you to challenge taller, wider, and finer piece in this workshop.

This is my first ever long-hours workshop, which gives me abundant time to teach you & discuss about the many aspects of pottery. All students will be invited to the Artist tutor’s visual presentation talk after the classes. I am planning to talk about my journey as a potter, and experience of Artist-In-Residency in Arita, Japan. 

For those interested in my 5 days intensive throwing workshop from 5th Jan to 9th Jan in 2022, please register your interest  HERE . Alternatively, please contact Pheobe at Sturt Contemporary Craft Centre.

202２年の1月4日から9日まで5日集中で磁器の轆轤ワークショップを行います。コロナ禍の為、人数制限がございますので、ご希望の方は早めにお申込みください。尚、現時点では全く手付金なしで申し込むことが可能です。

お問い合わせは、Sturt Craft Contemporay CentreのPheobeさんまで。

 

Sturt Contemporary Craft Centre

Address: Cnr Range Road & Waverley Parade, Mittagong NSW 2575

Contact: Ms. Pheobe Middleton [Email: pmiddleton@sturt.nsw.edu.au]

August 1, 2020 In Uncategorized, Exhibitions/個展, Media/メディア

■”The Splash Moon” is selected as a finalist for NQ Ceramic Awards 2020
□NQセラミックアワード2020のファイナリストに選ばれました

My work “The Splash Moon” is selected as one of the finalists for the Biennal NQ Ceramic Awards 2020.

The Splash Moon (30 x 33 x 40 cm height), by Keiko Matsui
[Photography: Greg Piper Image Solution]

I am thrilled to announce that The Splash Moon was selected as one of the finalists for the Biennal NQ Ceramic Awards 2020.It is not easy to travel anywhere now due to the COVID19 pandemic, however, I appreciate if you could visit the exhibition when you are around. There are so many beautiful and technically challenging artworks in this prestegious awards.

The Moon represents powerful feminine energy.

It signifies wisdom, intuition, birth, death, and a spiritual connection. I am allured by the moon for the reason that it is an eternally beautiful object.

The Splash Moon is a sculptural vessel combining strong Japanese aesthetics: WABI (subdued, austere beauty) SABI (rustic patina), and YOU-NO-BI (Beauty in utilitarian objects).

It endeavours to express the light (splashes of gold kintsugi pigment) and the darkness (dark bronze glaze running) of the moon while incorporating the shape of a female’s pudendum as a base.

The silver part on the base is not the shadow of the moon above, yet it is enticing the viewer to ponder.

You may feel like standing in the universe after contemplating this artwork by walking in a full circle.

Congratulations to the winners and all the finalists!

If anyone would like to purchase this one-off piece, please contact the gallery staff directly.

クイーンズランド州で由緒あるNorthern Queensland Ceramic Awards 2020 のファイナリストに、私の作品”The Splash Moon”が選ばれました。
写真からは見ることができませんが、女性器を抽象的に示唆したフォルムの土台(真上から見ると)の上に、満月のような光沢のある黒とマットな黒のバックグランドに金・銅のしぶきが飛散しています。
この作品はSculptureにしか見えない作品ですが、実は花器で金色のSplashの下から華を生けることができます。
月は常に私を魅了するオブジェで、今までも月に関する作品を制作してきました。何処にいるかによって、月の形は違いますが、月自体の形は変わっていません。貴方が何処で月を見るかによって、月の形は違って見えるだけで。
光と影。私はこの作品に女性の命と、自分の二面性と矛盾を、表と裏の違う見え方で表現しました。
ギャラリーでは、多くの素晴らしいアーティストの方々の作品と共に、The Splash Moonは、丸いPlinth(作品をのせる台)の上に、ゆったりとした空間の中で展示されています。
もしギャラリーを訪れることが出来たなら、ゆっくりと、作品の周りを一周して鑑賞してみて下さい。貴方を宇宙の世界へ引き込むことができるかもしれません。
不安定な世界で、心も不安になっている方もいらっしゃることでしょう。もし機会があれば、タウンズビルのPerc Tucker Regional Galleryに足を運んで静かな時間を満喫してみて下さい。

最後に、優勝者及び全てのファイナリストの皆さんおめでとうございます！

コロナ禍で大変な時期ですが、お近くにお越しの際はお立ち寄りくださると嬉しいです。又、この一点物の作品をご購入になりたい方は、ギャラリーまで直接お問い合わせくださいます様お願い致します。

Exhibition period
Date: 31 July – 20 September 2020

Address:　Perc Tucker Regional Gallery (Corner of Flinders Street and, Denham St, Townsville QLD)

June 3, 2020 In Exhibitions/個展

■A review for”PORCELAIN” Exhibition at Canberra City News
□キャンベラ・シティー・ニュースに’PORCELAIN’レビュー記事掲載

I would like to share the review of Canberra City News (cut out of my artworks only) today. Our exhibition has began at Beaver Galleries in Canberra ACT on 28th May, and runs until 14th June 2020. Fortunately, the gallery door is open to the public viewing now. (maximum 10 people at one time due to COVID19 restriction)

I will be exhibiting my new body of work “Up_in_the_ch+air” sculptural vases. If you would like to purchase my artwork,  see Online Catalogue and contact to Susie & Martin at Beaver Galleries.

本日、キャンベラ・シティー・ニュースに個展の作品のレビューが掲載されました。また、ギャラリーは5月28日より最大10名様まで入る事が可能です。

グループ展は5月28日から6月14日まです。花器であり、オブジェでもある磁器の新作”Up_in_the_ch+air”を展示させて頂きました。ご購入希望の方は、ギャラリーオーナーのSusieさんかMartinさんまでご連絡願います。

Beaver Galleries

Address: 81 Denison Street, Deakin, Canberra, ACT, 2600

Exhibition period: 28th May until 14th Jun 2020

Note: No opening due to COVID19

May 24, 2020 In Uncategorized, Exhibitions/個展, Workshop/ワークショップ

■Peacocks are coming to my studio!
□孔雀が工房に！

I hope everyone is handling new iso-life style well by now. My routine has not changed much (except I have to do homeschooling for my child – which takes lots of my ‘day’time) as I have an access to my studio at Montsalvat in Eltham VIC. One of their famous creature is peacocks. I had 3 female peacocks wanted to come inside of my studio. I wonder what they are interested…although there aren’t any food I keep in my studuo?

自粛生活に皆様もう慣れたころでしょうか？私の日常は、子供のホームスクールを除けば、さほど変わらず、工房にて制作を続けています。今日はモンサルヴァットの有名な孔雀たちが工房を訪れました。食べ物、何も置いていないのに、何に興味があったのかな？

May 24, 2020 In Exhibitions/個展

■”PORCELAIN” Exhibition at Beaver Galleries in Canberra
□キャンベラ・ビーバーギャラリーにてグループ展’PORCELAIN’

My second group exhibition in 2020 will be at Beaver Galleries in Canberra ACT from 28th May until 14th June 2020.

I will be exhibiting my new porcelain “Up_in_the_ch+air” sculptural vases. If you would like to purchase my artwork,  see Online Catalogue and contact to Susie & Martin at Beaver Galleries.

Ar+iS+ S+T+EMEN+
Up_in_the_ch+air is one of my sculpture series I have been working for a while. I first started to make this series when I was at the National Art School period back in 2006. I was feeling very unstable and not knowing where to practice my art as I could not find my studio after graduation. At the same time, I had to move house and looking for a place to settle. I have been back and forth from Japan and Australia many years and searching for the place for my soul then.
I stopped making Up_in_the_ch+air series when I was living in the Central Coast NSW as I was busy raising my newborn while setting up my own studio in my backyard. After 20 years of living in Sydney & the coast, I recently moved house and studio from the Central Coast to Melbourne in December 2019. It was definitely one of the stressful events in my life as we drove back and forth interstate during the great bushfires.
When I finally settled at beautiful and historical studio at Montsalvat in Melbourne in the beginning of 2020, the first artwork I started making was Up_in_the_ch+air. I must admit that I felt uncertain and unstable as I just landed new house and new studio, however, I felt very happy at the same time. It was excitement for the unknown. All my previous house/vase is made from coarse stoneware, however I used Australian whitest porcelain for my new work and applied cobalt glaze.
Up_in_the_ch+air is sculptural house and functional vase. In Japanese culture where I was born and raised, we place a single flower or tree branch in a small vase and appreciate nature in handcrafted ceramics. Although I have been living overseas more than half of my life, Japanese philosophy and aesthetic has strongly stayed within me.
At the same time, studying ceramics in Australia gave me vast and innovative approaches to my practice. Many people say that my work is not 100% Japanese yet a bit of Australian in a whimsical way. I may get those comments from the viewers, because most probably I won’t stick to the tradition of ceramics. I sometime combine with textile, thread, wood, wire, and Kintsugi techniques (the art of Japanese mending for the broken ceramics) into my ceramics.
A chair somehow resembles an individual person to me as it has character and presence. You will find your place or sense of belonging when a chair is placed in an empty room. It also implies home, or gathering as there are always chairs when people get together.
In this uncertainty, my artwork may resonate to many people yet it may give them joy and happiness. Isn’t it amazing having an observatory chair on top of your house? Isn’t it fun putting chairs on top of the roof and drinking a glass of wine together while looking up the moon? Isn’t it heavenly when you always have a place to contemplate under the stars? I believe that dreamy conversation will begin though the artwork.
I am determined to create artwork that touches one’s heart even I feel like standing with one leg like my ceramic chair now.
May 2020, Keiko Matsui

2020年の2番目のグループ展は5月28日から6月14日まで、キャンベラのビーバーギャラリーで行います。

花器であり、オブジェでもある磁器の新作”Up_in_the_ch+air”を展示させて頂きました。ご購入希望の方は、ギャラリーオーナーのSusieさんかMartinさんまでご連絡願います。

Beaver Galleries

Address: 81 Denison Street, Deakin, Canberra, ACT, 2600

Date: 28th May until 14th Jun 2020

February 4, 2020 In Uncategorized, Exhibitions/個展, Media/メディア

■VICTORIAN BUSHFIRE APPEAL FUNDRAISING EXHIBITION
□ヴィクトリア州山火事支援チャリティー展示会

DESTRUCTION, BEAUTY & HOPE @ Long Gallery, Montsalvat.
VIC bushfire fundraising exhibition2
It has been heartbreaking to watch as the devastating bushfire crisis continues, therefore Montsalvat has decided to offer support in the form of a special fundraising exhibition entitled ’Destruction, Beauty & Hope’ to try and raise much needed funds for the appeal.

Montsalvat have invited artists to donate artworks for the exhibition with 100% of the sale of these artworks being donated to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal. Montsalvat will also be supporting the exhibition with a special opening in the Long Gallery on 1st February (2-4pm). All of which will go directly to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal and 100% of these donated funds will go directly to communities in need.

The exhibition will feature over 30 works from local and prominent artists such as visual artists Lewis Miller and Karen Hopkins, internationally renowned ceramicist Kevin White and award-winning designer jeweler Jeanette Dyke. As well as many of Montsalvat’s studio artists and local artists.

I have donated my kintsugi vase for this fundraising exhibition as a part of Montsalvat’s artists as well as newly arrived resident in VIC. Please pop in the Long Gallery!

年末から続くヴィクトリア州の山火事を支援する為に、モンサルヴァトがチャリティー展示会を行う事になりました。展示会のタイトルは”Destruction, Beauty & Hope”です。

モンサルヴァトは地域のアーティスト達に声をかけたところ、沢山の芸術作品の寄付が集まり、モンサルヴァト敷地内にあるロングギャラリーで１月２９日から３月６日まで作品の展示を行い、売り上げの全てがヴィクトリア州の山火事をサポートする為に寄付されます。

地域で著名な画家のルイス・ミラー氏をはじめ、モンサルヴァトからは、国際的に有名な陶芸家のケビン・ホワイト氏、数々の賞を受賞しているジュエリー・デザイナーのジャネット・ダイケ氏等、約３０人のローカルアーティストが参加しています。

私もモンサルヴァトのアーティストとして、また、新しいヴィクトリア州の住民として、金継ぎの黒の花器を寄付させて頂きました。是非、ロング・ギャラリーにお越し下さい。

Jean-Paul Zilliacus' s sculpture in front of Long Gallery at Monstalvat

Jean-Paul Zilliacus’ s sculpture in front of Long Gallery at Monstalvat

Exhibition period
Date: 29th Jan – 6th Mar 2020

Opening Party: 1st Feb 2020
Time: 2pm – 4pm
Address: 7 Hillcrest Ave, Elltham [Long Gallery at Montsalvat]

Please RSVP to montsalvat@montsalvat.com.au or (03) 9439 7712

For information on the appeal visit www.vic.gov.au/bushfireappeal