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Japanese master ceramist Goro Suzuki (b. 1941) works in many different styles, all rooted in Japanese traditions. One of these styles is Oribe ware, which originated in his native region of Mino in the 17th century, and features simple design motifs based on fanciful combinations of squares, rectangles and circles. The artist adds dipped or poured accents of a green flowing glaze.
Goro Suzuki’s work demonstrates a masterful manipulation of the material and an aesthetic of rustic simplicity. Long admired by Japanese collectors, the work is also a favorite of artists and connoisseurs in the United States. Suzuki’s career spans over forty years, from his early days as a production potter through his tremendous success as a revered master ceramist. He is reported to be one of the next artists designated as a Japanese "living treasure".
The Frank Lloyd Gallery has presented four exhibitions of Suzuki's work. The first show, in 1998, featured rustic teapots, full of asymmetric architecture and brushed surface design. The second show, in 1999, concentrated on the tea ceremony, a highly refined Japanese ritual. His third show, in 2003, concentrated on the centuries-old Oribe style and included Suzuki's extraordinary vessels, stacked boxes and ceramic chairs. Our most recent presentation of Goro Suzuki’s work was in 2010, in a show titled Shino and Stone. This exhibit included new work made with ceramic glazes on stones and small boulders, demonstrating the white color that characterizes the Shino style.
Goro Suzuki’s work has been exhibited extensively in Japan, and is included in museum collections in that country as well as in the United States. His work is represented in the Japanese Pavilion of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Hetsens Museum in Dusseldorf, Germany, and the Marer Collection at Scripps College in Claremont, California.
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Awards
1982 Visited U.S.A. by the invitation of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan
1975 Visited U.S.A. by the invitation of Rhode Island School of Art and
Design Prize, Asahi Ceramic Arts Exhibition ’75
1971 Prize, The Third Chunichi International Ceramic Exhibition
1966 Grand Prize, Asahi Ceramic Arts Exhibition ’66
1962 Prize, Asahi Ceramic Arts Exhibition ’62
1961 Governor of Aichi Prefecture Prize, Asahi Ceramic Arts Exhibition ’61
Museum Collections
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Cancer Research Center, Seto, Japan
Seto-Aichi Doctor Association Center, Seto, Japan
Seto-city Culture Center, Seto, Japan
Hetsens Museum, Dusseldorf, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Japanese Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
Marer Collection, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Meito Art Museum, Komaki, Japan
Nishin Culture Center, Nishin, Japan
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Toyota City, Toyota, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 Shino and Stone, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2003 Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1999 The Tea Ceremony, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1998 Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Gallery Dai-Ichi Arts, Nagoya, Japan
1997 Gallery Dai-Ichi Arts, Nagoya, Japan
Fujinoya, Sano, Japan
Sun Gallery, Sumie, Nagoya, Japan
1996 Gallery Dai-Ichi Arts Nagoya, Japan
Isetan Department Store, Tokyo, Japan
Sun Gallery Sumie, Nagoya, Japan
1995 Gallery Dai-Ichi Arts, Nagoya, Japan
Fujinoya , Sano, Japan
Inui Gallery, Ashikaga, Japan
Gallery Kenbishi, Kariya, Japan
1994 Gallery Kenbishi, Kariya, Japan
Gallery Dai-Ichi Arts, Nagoya, Japan
1993 Gallery Dai-Ichi Arts, Nagoya, Japan
Maruei, Nagoya, Japan
1992 Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo; Kyoto;Osaka; Yokohama, Japan
Gallery Dai-Ichi Arts, Nagoya, Japan
1991 Akamatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Dai-Ichi Arts, Nagoya, Japan
1990 Akamatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Dai-Ichi Arts, Nagoya, Japan
1989 Gallery Dai-Ichi Arts, Nagoya, Japan
Maruei, Nagoya, Japan
1988 Gallery, Dai-Ichi Arts, Nagoya, Japan
Maruei, Nagoya, Japan
1987 Gallery Dai-Ichi Arts, Nagoya, Japan
1986 Gallery Dai-Ichi Arts, Nagoya, Japan
Maruei, Nagoya, Japan
1984 Maruei, Nagoya, Japan
1982 Maruei, Nagoya, Japan
1981 Ikebukuro, Seibu, Tokyo, Japan
1980 Maruei, Nagoya, Japan
1979 Inui Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1978 Maruei, Nagoya, Japan
1977 Ikebukuro Seibu, Tokyo, Japan
1970 Gallery Q, Los Angeles, California
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