KANSAI NOGUCHI
Japanese artist Kansai Noguchi's journey from improvisational musician to master ceramicist spans continents and creative disciplines. Raised on Shikano Island near Fukuoka, Noguchi grew up immersed in local fishing culture and the structure of jazz, where seemingly arbitrary rearrangements can make performance more electric. After years touring Japan with various bands, a 2013 trip to New York City inspired him to pursue visual art: a path through new material that necessitated invention. Returning to Japan, Noguchi undertook rigorous training with sculptor Takuya Yoshida and ceramist Ikuko Hiyoshi. As novel as Noguchi’s artistic approach appears, it is really an inheritance of the functional simplicity and classic forms of Jōmon pottery, Korean Yi Dynasty ceramics and classical Greek sculpture. From large sculptural vases to smaller disc-like forms, signature works feature intricately crackled white glazes and bold monochrome patterns. In his hands, graphic modernism is deliberately weathered, capturing a striking tension between contemporary visual language and the timelessness of ancient artifacts. "I'm attracted to things that have endured over time," Noguchi explains. "Physically, objects only continue to decay, but there is a certain beauty there"—between past and present, silence and sound, tradition and technique.
Process
Works
Black Eye
2024
Painting on Wood Panel
28.5" x 24"
KN2503
Kansai Noguchi "KEMURI" 2024
Kansai Noguchi "LUNCH" 2024
The Power of Nikawa
2024
Painting on Wood Panel
28.5" x 24"
KN2410
Kansai Noguchi "UNTITLED" 2024
Apollo Vase No.02
2024
Earthenware
11.5"H X 15"W X 12"D
KN2405
Apollo Vase No.03
2024
Earthenware
10"H x 13"W x 9.75"D
KN2404
Apollo Vase No.04
2024
Earthenware and white porcelain slip
6.5"H X 9"W X 7.75"D
KN2406
Hi Fu Mi Yo
2022
Canvas, paint, ink
47"H X 36.75"W
KN2201
Jomon Yakishime Object No.01
2024
Stoneware
Sold
Jomon Yakishime Object No.03
2024
Stoneware with white slip and black glaze
8.25"H X 2.5"DIA
KN2408
Jomon Yakishime Object No.02
2024
Stoneware with white slip and black glaze
5.25"H X 2.25"DIA
KN2407
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.1
2024
Stoneware
16.25"H X 18.5"DIA
Sold
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.10
2024
Earthenware
9.25"H X 8.5"DIA
Sold
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.11
2024
Earthenware
12.5"H X 7"DIA
Sold
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.12
2024
Earthenware
Sold
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.14
2024
Earthenware, porcelain slip, crushed pearl
10.75"H X 6.75" DIA
KN2411
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.13
2024
EARTHWARE WITH WHITE SLIP AND BLACK GLAZE
9.5"H X 7.75"DIA
Sold
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.15
2024
Stoneware with white slip and black glaze
20.5"H x 12"D
KN2409
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.2
2024
Stoneware
Sold
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.3
2024
Earthenware
13.5"H X 12.5"DIA
Sold
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.4
2024
Stoneware
Sold
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.5
2024
Earthenware
Sold
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.7
2024
Earthenware
11"H X 8.5"DIA
Sold
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.8
2024
Earthenware
Sold
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.9
2024
EARTHWARE WITH WHITE SLIP AND BLACK GLAZE
9.25"H X 10.5"DIA
KN2504 - SOLD
Kansai Noguchi Kushidango Painting, 2021
Untitled Beige
2024
Stoneware
5"H X 3.75"W X 2"D
Sold
Untitled Black
2024
Stoneware
Kansai Noguchi Untitled Painting No. 02, 2022
Untitled Painting
2022
Canvas, paint, ink
30.5"H X 37"W
KN2202
Vase No. 37
2024
Clay With White Porcelain Slip & Black Glaze
13 H x 7.25 inches
Sold
Yakishime Jar
2025
Earthenware, porcelain slip, crushed pearl
16.5" H x 16.5" W inches (42 x 42cm)
Apollo Vase No.01
2024
EARTHWARE WITH WHITE SLIP AND BLACK GLAZE
8"H X 7.5"DIA
KN2401
Jomon Yakishime Vase No.6
2024
EARTHWARE WITH WHITE SLIP AND BLACK GLAZE
12"H X 12"DIA
KN2503 - SOLD
Moon Jar
2025
EARTHWARE WITH WHITE SLIP AND BLACK GLAZE
18.5" H x 17.3” DIA
KN2501 - Sold
Moon Jar
2025
EARTHWARE, white porcelain slip, black porcelain slip, metal details
14.7" H x 15.3” DIA
KN2502
Vase No. 35
Clay with white slip and black glaze
19.6"H
Sold
Exhibitions
MOON JARS
NO SIMPLE MATTER
FEB 26, 2025 – APR 18, 2025
GUILD GALLERY