Vashon Center For The Arts Celebrates Japanese-america Artist Akio Takamori With A Gallery Show

Vashon Center for the Arts celebrates the nationally acclaimed Japanese-America Artist Akio Takamori with a GALLERY SHOW, (May 6-29), and a companion LECTURE (May 7 at 2 pm).

This exhibition and lecture are part of Akio Takamori | Clay on Vashon, a trilogy of tributes presented by Vashon Center for the Arts, Mukai Farm and Garden, and Vashon Heritage Museum.

AKIO TAKAMORI: Time includes selected works curated by Akio Takamori's widow, Vicky Takamori. Some of the selected works on the exhibit will also be available for acquisition.

Gallery Show Opens: Friday, May 6, 2022

FIRST FRIDAY Reception 5:00pm- 8:00pm

Gallery Show Ends: May 29, 2022

Regular Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Sunday • Noon-5:00 p.m.

Admission to the VCA Gallery is FREE-all are welcome!

Exhibition information and sales at www.gallery.vashoncenterforthearts.org

Akio Takamori is a Japanese-American artist who worked prolifically in printmaking, drawing, thrown and slab pottery, figurative sculpture, and ceramic landscapes. Growing up in Japan, he apprenticed in the craft of industrial ceramics. Inspired by American ceramist Ken Ferguson, he moved to the United States in 1974, eventually settling in Seattle and becoming an associate professor of ceramics at the University of Washington in 1993. His work is seen around the world and across Puget Sound. His public installation, "Three Women," towers over shoppers as they weave through three large-scale figures outside the South Lake Union Whole Foods. His piece, "Willy B," is one of seven in the Seattle Art Museum's collection. Akio Takamori died from pancreatic cancer in 2017 at age 67.