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Voice in The Earth |
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Ceramic Artist Gus McCloskey |
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After graduating from Pratt Institute of Art in New York,
personal travels took him to Japan, which had a profound
influence on his style. Following that inspiration led him
to complete several rigorous traditional apprenticeships
over a period of 5 years with master potters in a secluded
mountainous region on the southern island of Kyushu. These
apprenticeships provided a disciplined foundation for his
personal expression by submerging himself in old world
aesthetics he discovered a voice in the earth.
A Japanese proverb says "Look into the old to find the new". |
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KAMAMOTO |
Japanese Gallery Hisago opened on September 29,
2007 and operates as what is known as a Kamamoto. This is a family based business in Japan usually where the living
quarters, pottery production and sales facilities are all on the same premises.
Ceramic artist, Gus McCloskey and his wife, cultural director, Hisayo have
lived in Boerne since 2005 after having lived in Fuokuoka, Japan for
over 15 years.
This is the first and only gallery in central Texas which
directly represents Japanese culture which includes a beautiful
tearoom and rock garden. All the works in the gallery are handmade here in
the Boerne studio with authentic Japanese techniques.
Any custom orders are welcome. |
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Artist's Profile
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1990 |
Graduated from Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, NY
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1991〜1996 |
Apprenticeships
with Japanese master potters of Takatori and Agano |
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1996 |
Established Tohjin-An Pottery/Gallery and built wood-burning and oil
kilns, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
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Juried Exhibitions |
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Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, San Antonio School
of Art and Craft, San Antonio TX. 2008 |
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Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, San Antonio School
of Art and Craft, San Antonio TX. 2007 |
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20th Kyushu Crafts Exhibition, July 2004
(Kyushu Gendai Kogei Ten, Arita, Japan)
Received Award of Merit
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42nd Japan Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, March 2003
(Gendai Kogei Ten, Tokyo, Japan) |
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Japan Art Exhibition, October 2002 (Nitten, Tokyo, Japan) |
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Asahi Ceramic Art
Exhibition, August 2002
(Asahi Togei Ten, Nagoya, Japan)
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18th Kyushu Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, July 2002
(Kyushu Gendai Kogei Ten, Arita, Japan) |
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41st Japan Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, March 2002 (Gendai Kogei Ten, Tokyo, Japan) |
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Group Show in cooperation with Art Space Sato, Fukuoka City,
Japan, April 2009 |
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Bonnie Beesley Rug Gallery, San
Angelo TX. April 2009 |
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Boerne Area Artists Association Show, Kendall Inn,
Boerne, TX. October 2006 |
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San Antonio Potters Guild Exhibition, Stempfel
Gallery, San Antonio TX., May 2005 |
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Coop Gallery, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo TX.
November 2008 |
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Gallery Hikari, Fukuoka City, Japan, May 2006 |
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Duo Duo Gallery, Maebaru City, Japan, July 2005 |
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Open Space Gallery, Fukuoka City, Japan, October 2003 |
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Duo Duo Gallery, Maebaru City, Japan, July 2003 |
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Fukuoka City Museum of Art, Fukuoka City, Japan, July 2002 |
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Tohjin-An Studio/Gallery, Keisen Town, Japan, Two kiln
openings annually from 1996-2006 |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX. |
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San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX |
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Japanese Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo Museum of Art
in Ueno Park |
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Visiting with fellow artists at the Japanese Contemporary
Crafts Exhibition in Tokyo. |
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