Shio Kusaka
Born 1972, Japan; Lives in Los Angeles.
Education
| 2001 | BFA, University of Washington |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2020 | ‘Shio Kusaka’, Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, Los Angeles |
| 2018 | ‘Shio Kusaka’, Gagosian Gallery, Rome |
| 2017 | ‘Shio Kusaka and Jonas Wood’, Museum Voorlinden, Netherlands |
| 2016 | The Modern Institute, 3 Aird's Lane, Glasgow |
| 2015 | ‘Shio Kusaka and Jonas Wood’, KARMA, New York |
| ‘Shio Kusaka and Jonas Wood: Blackwelder’, Gagosian, Hong Kong (with Jonas Wood) | |
| 2014 | Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago |
| Greengrassi, London | |
| Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago (with Jonas Wood) | |
| 2013 | ‘Jonas Wood & Shio Kusaka: Still Life with Pots’, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton |
| Anton Kern Gallery, New York | |
| 2012 | Upstairs at The Modern Institute Osborne Street, Glasgow |
| Blum and Poe Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 2011 | Greengrassi, London |
| 2010 | Anton Kern Gallery, New York |
| 2009 | Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago |
| Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Frendale | |
| 2005 | Tortoise, Venice |
Group Exhibitions
| 2022 | ‘Vessels’, David Zwirner, London |
| 2020 | ‘20/20’, David Zwirner, New York |
| 2019 | ‘Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950—2019’, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
| 2018 | ‘Fire and Clay’, Gagosian Gallery, Geneva (Curated by Fabian Stephan) |
| ‘Close at Hand’, Gagosian Gallery, San Francisco | |
| ‘Close at Hand’, Gagosian Gallery, San Francisco | |
| 2016 | ‘Going Public - The Napoleone Collection’, Touchstones Rochdale |
| ‘PLEASE HAVE ENOUGH ACID IN THE DISH!’, M+B, Los Angeles | |
| ‘Mir ist das Leben lieber, I Prefer Life, Collection Reydan Weiss’, Museum Weserburg, Bremen | |
| ‘What's Up’, Soho Revue and Union Club, London | |
| ‘ALL RIGHT’, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles | |
| 2015 | ‘Small Sculpture’, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago |
| 2014 | ‘FIRE! (curated by de Pury de Pury)’, Venus Over Manhattan, New York |
| ‘Displayed (curated by Matthew Higgs)’, Anton Kern Gallery, New York | |
| Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art | |
| 2013 | ‘Ten Years’, Wallspace Gallery, New York |
| 2012 | ‘East and West Shift to the Middle’, Bill Brady, Kansas City |
| ‘Verlangsamte Performance’, Van Horn, Düsseldorf | |
| 2011 | ‘Paul Clay’, Salon 94, New York |
| ‘Dwelling’, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York | |
| ‘Banquet of the Black Jackal’, The Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 2010 | ‘Not Extractions, but Abstractions (Part 2)’, Clifton Benevento, New York |
| ‘Not Extractions, but Abstractions’, Karma International, Zurich | |
| ‘Multiple Pleasures: Functional Objects in Contemporary Art’, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York (Curated by Nathalie Karg/Cumulus Studios) | |
| 2009 | ‘Objects, Furniture & Patterns’, Art Since the Summer of '69 |
| 2008 | ‘Friends and Family’, Anton Kern Gallery, New York |
| 2004 | ‘FAITH’, Champion Fine Art, Culver City |
| 164½, Los Angeles |
Bibliography
Press
| 2022 | Morgan Becker: ‘Shio Kusaka’s ‘one light year’ celebrates the essential qualities of ceramic art’, Document Journal, 03/2022 |
| 2021 | Bustler‘s Top Prize-Winning Architects and Designers of 2021, Archinet, 30/12/2021 |
| 2018 | Popescu, Adam: ‘Andy Warhol in the Powder Room. Christopher Wool on the Floor.’, New York Times, 29/05/2018 |
| Moroz, Sarah: The Process Behind Shio Kusaka‘s Elegant, and Whimsical, Pots, Blouin Artinfo, 24/05/2018 | |
| 2016 | Bagley, Christopher : ‘What Happens When Two Artists Fall in Love’, W Magazine, 27/09/2016 |
| Sobieski, Elizabeth: ‘Crafts Take A Giant Leap Forward’, Huffington Post, 11/07/2016 | |
| Eckardt, Stephanie: ‘At Home in the Studio With Shio Kusaka and Jonas Wood’, W Magazine, 07/07/2016 | |
| 2014 | Haskell, Rob: ‘Artist Shio Kusaka’s Mesmerizing Ceramic Pottery’, Architectural Digest, 04/2014 |
| 2010 | Yablonsky, Linda: ‘Artifacts, Feats of Clay’, The New York Times Magazine, 12/08/2010 |
| Jovanovich, Alex: ‘Shio Kusaka’, Art US, 03/2010 |
Exhibition Reviews
| 2020 | Peijko, Jennifer: ‘Like the Best Guest at a House Party: Shio Kusaka’, Frieze, 07/02/2020 |
| 2016 | Campbell, Andy: ‘Shio Kusaka’, Artforum, 57 11/2016 |
| ‘Shio Kusaka at Blum & Poe’, Contemporary Art Writing Daily , 17/08/2016 | |
| Creahan, Dan: ‘Los Angeles – Shio Kusaka at Blum and Poe Through August 20th, 2016’, Art Observed, 13/08/2016 | |
| Miranda, Carolina A.: Datebook: Guillermo del Toro‘s monster‘s ball, the look of teen spirit and London painters calling, LA Times, 29/07/2016 | |
| Slenske, Michael: ‘Food for thought: chef Vinny Dotolo brings together two worlds at M+B, LA’, Wallpaper, 22/07/2016 | |
| Varadi, Keith J.: ‘Shio Kusaka at Blum & Poe’, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, 21/07/2016 | |
| Slenske, Michael: Playful Clay: Shio Kusaka‘s Vibrant Vessels Arrive at LA‘s Blum & Poe, Wallpaper, 06/07/2016 | |
| 2012 | Fitzpatrick, Kyle: ‘Banks Violette & Shio Kusaka At Blum & Poe‘, laimyours.com, 10/01/2012 |
| 2011 | Smith, Roberta: ‘Art in Review’, The New York Times, 07/2011 |
| Herbert, Martin: ‘Art Review’, Time Out London, 07/2011 | |
| 2010 | Doran, Anne: ‘Art Review’, Time Out New York, 776 15/08/2010 |
| Smith, Roberta: ‘Art in Review’, The New York Times, 05/08/2010 |
Publications
| 2023 | one light year, David Zwirner, London |
| 2019 | Shio Kusaka, Gagosian; Rizzoli, Rome / New York |
| 2016 | Shio Kusaka: Volume 3: 2014, 2015, 2016, Karma, New York |
| 2015 | Blackwelder, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., in association with Gagosian Gallery |
| 2012 | Pots, Wood Kusaka Studios, Los Angeles |