Taizo Kuroda

Taizo Kuroda (1946 - 2021) is widely recognised as one of the most important artists in Japanese ceramics. In 1966 as a young man he travelled to Paris where a chance meeting with Tatsuko Shimaoka inspired him to travel to New York and eventually Quebec where he was apprenticed to ceramicist Gaetan Beaudin. He returned to Japan several times over the coming years to study under Shimaoka who became a Living National Treasure of Japan. In 1980 Kuroda retuned to Japan for good and set up his own studio and began developing his own style.