Makoto Hatori,ceramic artist who trained as a Japanese traditional potter but expresses his own philosophy into new, contemporary creations.
http://www2r.biglobe.ne.jp/~makoto-h/[Statement] - When we talk about the present, standing within the constant flow of time, going up against the stream is not the same as going back to the headwaters, if tradition is made up of an interweave and entanglement of time and people, the external and internal. Tradition keeps changing constantly. Tradition --- is not something that supports the past and reaches the present. Tradition supports the present and opens the way to the future.
[Bi ography] - Makoto Hatori graduated from the Nihon University, College of Arts where he studied sculpture, later he continued his studies at Gifu Prefectural Institute of Ceramics. Since 1978 the artist has participated in numerous exhibitions and symposiums in Japan, Italy, Great Britain, New Zealand, Egypt, Belgium, Germany, Lithuania, USA, Croatia, South Africa, Australia, Taiwan, Estonia, Korea, Spain, Hungary and the China. He has published a number of articles and reviews on ceramic art. In 1992 he taught ceramics at the Manchester Metropolitan University Department of Art and Design. From 1994 to 1996 he was a member of Association of Contemporary Applied Arts in England. His works are included in the collections of South African, Korean, Hungarian, UK museums.
college
Nihon University College of Arts
