EXHIBI­TIONS

EIJI UEMATSU

Active since the 1970s, Eiji Uematsu is a contemporary ceramic artist whose visual language emerges out of his dialogues with clay and nature. Incorporating improvisation and chance processes, his works harness the vitality of clay slip, earth, and fire to evoke overlooked landscapes and flows of time. Viewed in contrast to the current era of advancing digitization, Uematsu’s approach prompts reflection on the intersections between the body and natural forces and raises questions about what it means for artists to handle materials.

GALLERY 38

Gallery 38 was founded in Tokyo in 2016. Since its inaugural exhibition of works by ceramic artist Eiji Uematsu, the gallery has pursued dual aims: to introduce emerging and established international artists to Japan—including Romain Cadilhon, Hartmut Landauer, Oliver Marsden, Christiane Pooley, and Stephanie Quayle—and to discover and promote emerging and historically significant Japanese artists abroad.