Kyoko Suzuki
Kyoko Suzuki
Ceramiste
Biography – Kyoko Suzuki
Artist Statement
What draws us to certain things—colors, shapes, forms—often comes from a place beyond reason.
My work begins in this space of instinct and emotional resonance.
Mushrooms, a symbol rooted in childhood memory, have become central to my practice—transformed into reflections of unseen emotional forces.
In nature, fungi play a quiet but essential role beneath the surface, sustaining life without recognition.
To me, this mirrors the role of love: invisible, yet nurturing and deeply vital.
Through my sculptures, I aim to give form to that presence—an emotional grounding that gently connects us to ourselves and each other.
Born in Japan
Resides and works in Tokio, Japan
Education
Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Textile Design.
After working as a textile designer, she encountered ceramics during her stay in Italy. Inspired by hand-painted plates, she began studying overglaze decoration on her own. Since 2011, she has been actively working as a ceramic artist.
EXHIBITION
2024 Solo Exhibition, doinel, Tokyo
BOTANICA” Bunkamura Gallery 8, Tokyo
2023 MUSHROOMS, Ojiichan to Inu / Hokkaido
2022 “MUSHROOM LOVERS, Hankyu Umeda / Osaka
“Textured Mushroom”doinel,Tokyo
“Mushroom 2022” Hirayama-ten, Kyoto
2021 ART CERAMICS 2021, Hirayama-ten, Kyoto
“Mushrooms Grow”, doinel, Tokyo
2020 Art Ceramic Exhibition, doinel, Tokyo
“CERAMIC MUSHROOMS 2020” Toyama
“MUSHROOM WORLD” BOITE, Sendai
2019 Toadstool”doinel, Tokyo
“Ceramic Mushrooms” Hirayama Nichiyouhinten, Kyoto
2023 “Obon Night 2023 with Mushroom Show” Aichi
2022 “PARTNER” presented by Gallery CONTAINER Fukuoka
2021 “Bunkamura Gallery Selection 2021” Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo
2020 “Mostra di Artisti Giapponesi Contemporanei”Rome, Italy
2019 “SEMPRE DESIGN EVENT 2019”Sempre Home Tokyo, Japan
“TREASURE-BOX”Antwerpen Art, Belgium
ART FAIRS
2025 NAARDEN The Art Fair, Netherlands
KunstRAI 2025 Amsterdam, Netherlands
2024 Hybrid Art Fair Madrid, Spain
POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair Berlin, Germany
Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam (2025, 2024, 2019), NYC (2023), Milan (2020), Brussels (2019), Stockholm (2019)
2023 Art Parma Fair Parma, Italy
WHATZ International Contemporary Art Fair Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Art Moments Jakarta Jakarta, Indonesia