En Iwamura (born 1988, Kyoto, Japan) is an artist based in Shigaraki, Japan, whose practice centers around ceramic sculpture, painting, and drawing. His work is largely informed by the Japanese philosophical concept of Ma, which is primarily concerned with the influence of spatial relationships, between both beings and inanimate objects, on consciousness, emotion, and experience. Iwamura earned his BFA and MFA from the Kanazawa College of Art and Craft in Kanazawa, Japan, and later earned a second MFA from Clemson University in South Carolina, United States. He was awarded residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation (Helena, Montana), the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute (Jingdezhen, China), and Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park (Shigaraki, Japan), among others, and gave guest artist talks at such prominent institutions as Harvard University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute. Most notably, his work has been featured in solo- and two-person exhibitions at the American Museum of Ceramic Art (Pomona, CA), Gallery of Contemporary Art (St. Louis, MO), and Ross+Kramer (New York and East Hampton, NY). Most recently, Iwamura was commissioned to create a public art installation at Sha Tau Kok in Hong Kong, alongside Vivian Ho and Louis To Wun.
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